Baloney © Denzil GreenBaloney is a now much-maligned North American sausage used primarily as an inexpensive cold cut for sandwiches. It is not really known in Europe. Baloney is a lightly-spiced sandwich or luncheon meat that is already cooked and ready to eat. It has a smooth-texture, very much like the meat in North American…
Sandwiches
Eat a Hoagie Day
The 14th of September is Eat a Hoagie Day. What cold cuts do you like on your hoagies, and what condiments? What sauce do you like on yours? Just a simple oil and vinegar sauce, with herbs, or a creamy sauce?
French Dip Day
The 12th of November is French Dip Day, celebrating the juicy meat sandwiches served with a side of meat pan drippings to dip your sandwich into.
German Butterbrot Day
The last Friday in September is German Butterbrot Day. It celebrates the simple German open-faced sandwich called a ‘Butterbrot’.
Grilled Cheese Day
The 12th of April is Grilled Cheese Day — the day to celebrate grilled cheese sandwiches! We’ve got some great ideas to turn today into a party — or take your grilled cheese sandwiches to next-level gourmet!
Marshmallow Cream Spread
Marshmallow Cream Spread © Denzil Green Marshmallow Cream Spread is made from essentially the same ingredients as marshmallows are (corn syrup, sugar syrup, vanilla flavour, and egg white), but in different proportions and without the gelatin so that it won’t set. The Marshmallow Cream Spread with the brand name “Fluff” is the original, made by…
Monte Cristo Day
The 17th of September is Monte Cristo Sandwich Day, celebrating the ham and cheese sandwiches fried up in a golden egg batter and served with jam and powdered sugar.
Open-Faced
Open-faced is a term usually used to refer to some kind of sandwich, be it based on bread, bagel, croissant, or tortilla. If it’s a sandwich, just one piece of bread is used. The sandwich fillings are put on that, and in the absence of a top piece of bread, the fillings become instead a…
Pain de Mie
Pain de mie is what English speakers would consider regular sandwich bread. It is sold in French supermarkets sliced and packaged. It has sugar in it, making it sweeter than other French breads, but not as sweet as normal North American commercial breads, which have a lot of sugar in them by anyone’s standards. It…
Pullman Loaf Pans
Pullman loaf pans (aka Pullman bread pans) make a perfectly rectangular loaf of bread that is consistent in width and height for its entire length, so that when sliced it yields consistently-sized, perfectly square slices of bread for sandwiches. It does this thanks to a cover that slides onto the bread pan, helping to mould…
Sandwich Day
November 3rd is Sandwich Day. You get to have a sandwich at breakfast, lunch and dinner! And who doesn’t love sandwiches?!
Shit on a Shingle
Shit on a Shingle made with creamed, chipped beef is a classic American military dish. This recipe makes enough for one person for lunch or a light supper; you can easily multiply this recipe as needed.
Spiedie Fest
Spiedie Fest celebrates the tangy and smoky taste of the marinated and grilled meat sandwich known as a “spiedie”.
Tartarmad
Tartarmad is a Danish version of steak tartare. It is an open-faced sandwich consisting of raw minced beef, seasoned with salt and pepper, served on a piece of dense, often black, rye bread. The sandwich is topped with grated horseradish, fresh rings of onion, and a raw egg yolk. It may be garnished with minced…