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Betty Crocker recipe for sandwich loaf
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entrée
An entrée (, ; ), in modern French table service and that of much of the English-speaking world, is a dish served before the main course of a meal. Outside North America and parts of English-speaking Canada, it is generally synonymous with th ...
made from a loaf of horizontally sliced bread. Typical fillings include egg salad, chicken salad, ham salad, tuna salad
Tuna salad is a salad dish consisting of tuna and mayonnaise. The tuna used is usually pre-cooked, canned, and packaged in water or oil. Pickles, celery, relish, and onion are popular ingredients to add. Tuna salad is used to make tuna fish s ...
, and Cheez Whiz. While rare today, the dish was quite popular during the mid-20th century in the United States
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.
History
Sandwich loaf was mentioned as early as 1935: " ..giving the fork a chance for active play, the sandwich loaf made its appearance. This loaf, as you all must know by now, is a delicate triple-layered affair generously frosted with creamy cheese."Duncan, Dorothea. "Breadless Sandwich' is Latest Innovation", ''Washington Post
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'', January 27, 1935 (p. S6)
Sandwich Loaf is still common enough to be served in restaurants near the US/Mexico border where the dish is called ''sandwhichon''. This variation is garnished with pineapple, cherries, pickled jalapenos and pecans, and visually resembles a traditional ''tres leches'' cake.
It remains popular in parts of French Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick) by the name ''pain sandwich'' (bread sandwich).
Preparation
To create a sandwich loaf
A loaf (: loaves) is a (usually) rounded or oblong quantity of food, typically and originally of bread. It is common to bake bread in a rectangular bread pan or loaf pan because some kinds of bread dough tend to collapse and spread out during ...
, bread
Bread is a baked food product made from water, flour, and often yeast. It is a staple food across the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cu ...
is cut horizontally and spread with layers of filling. Common fillings include egg salad, chicken salad, ham salad, tuna salad
Tuna salad is a salad dish consisting of tuna and mayonnaise. The tuna used is usually pre-cooked, canned, and packaged in water or oil. Pickles, celery, relish, and onion are popular ingredients to add. Tuna salad is used to make tuna fish s ...
, and Cheez Whiz. In a simple sandwich loaf, the fillings may all be the same, but in more complex creations each layer is different.
White bread
White bread typically refers to breads made from wheat flour from which the bran and the germ layers have been removed from the whole wheatberry as part of the flour grinding or milling process, producing a light-colored flour.
Nutrition
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is usually used to create a sandwich loaf, but whole wheat is also used. Sometimes white and whole wheat are used in alternating layers to create a ribbon effect. Common garnishes are olives
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, parsley
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, grapes
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, and carrot curls. The loaf is sliced like a cake and eaten with a fork.
See also
*Dagwood sandwich
A Dagwood sandwich is a tall, multilayered sandwich made with a variety of meats, cheeses, and condiments. It is named after Dagwood Bumstead, a central character in the comic strip ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie'', who is frequently illustrate ...
, a tall stacked sandwich
* Sandwich
A sandwich is a Dish (food), dish typically consisting variously of meat, cheese, sauces, and vegetables used as a filling between slices of bread, or placed atop a slice of bread; or, more generally, any dish in which bread serves as a ''co ...
* Smörgåstårta
* Dressed herring
Dressed herring, colloquially known as shuba, herring under a fur coat, or furry herring ( or ), is a layered salad composed of diced spekesild covered with layers of grated boiled eggs, vegetables ( potatoes, carrots, beetroots), chopped on ...
* Bunny chow
* List of American sandwiches
* List of sandwiches
Sandwiches are a common type of lunch food often eaten as part of a packed lunch. There are many types of sandwiches, made from a diverse variety of ingredients. The sandwich is the namesake of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, a British statesman ...
References
* Casey, Kathy. ''Retro Food Fiascos: A Collection of Curious Concoctions''. Portland: Collectors Press, 2004. * Crocker, Betty. ''Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book.'' Facsimile ed. Minneapolis: Macmillan USA and General Mills, 1998. * Doubleday and Company inc. ''The Pillsbury Cookbook.'' New York: Doubleday, 1989. * Lovegren, Sylvia. ''Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.External links
Betty Crocker recipe for sandwich loaf
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