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Daniel Okrent's avatar

Sardines and raw onion, ideally on black bread!

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Daniel Okrent's avatar

I forgot: mayonnaise, and maybe a leaf of lettuce.

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Daniel Halpern's avatar

Ham Salad, the best of the forgotten!!!

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Adin's avatar
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It’s not olive loaf, but seems closely related: the chopped olives & cream cheese sandwich at S&P Lunch - quite tasty, though I could have done with slightly less cream cheese than they put on the sandwich

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Mark Satlof's avatar

And last few years bologna has started disappearing!

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Amy Cavanaugh's avatar

One of my faves and I’ll order anytime I see it. Hard to beat a classic on white bread with mustard but the fancy one at Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans comes close.

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Amy Cavanaugh's avatar

Love a good liverwurst - my fave is in Galien, Michigan at Ray and Al’s. It’s made with bacon, mayo, Dijon, and pickled red onion and is something special.

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Steve Miller's avatar

Not quite the same as your project, but Barry Enderwick’s “Sandwiches of History” (2024) is a worthy entry in food archaeology, reconstructing forgotten sandwiches going back to the 1800s and beyond. He even has a recipe for a “toast sandwich” - toast between two untoasted slices, meant predictably for folks on a restricted diet. Distant relative of the chip butty.

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Mason Pettit's avatar

Faicco’s on Bleecker used to carry olive loaf. I bet they still do.

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KK in NYC's avatar

Now I'm going to have to keep an eye out for these things—good game for all of us to play! I swear I saw olive loaf somewhere fairly recently, but what is time anymore?

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Dave Cook's avatar

Several years ago at Clemente's in Gravesend, I treated myself to olive loaf and mozzarella on a roll, in large part because I hadn't seen (or hadn't noticed) olive loaf in ages. I have to get down that way again!

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Dan Perlman's avatar

Best meatloaf sandwich at Momma's Mustard, Pickles, & BBQ in Louisville. Especially the mashup meatloaf-grilled cheese sandwich!

"Back in the day", when I first moved to NYC in the early 80s, there was a burger place somewhere up near Central Park, and I'm not remembering the name of it, but they offered a "Smithfield Burger", which was a burger topped with about half a can of Smithfield deviled ham. It was so good....

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Mariah Kreutter's avatar

I see pimento grilled cheeses on menus more often than a cold pimento cheese sandwich. Captain Dan’s Good Time Tavern in Bed-Stuy does a good one.

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Mark W Kane's avatar

My house. We eat all of those on a fairly regular basis.

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Adam's avatar

Dulce de Leche, the NJ mini-chain of Argentine bakeries, sell a fantastic crustless ham and cheese tea sandwich, about whose provenance I would like to learn more

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Juliette Sibley's avatar

Tuna salad sandwich?!?

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JS's avatar

The pimento cheese sandwich at The Masters is apparently still only a buck and a half. Of course, a pass to the tournament costs a tad bit more!

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