America's signature sandwiches
Photos: America's signature sandwiches
Tuesday is National Sandwich Day and a good excuse to celebrate tasty creations stuffed between slices of bread. Here's a brief look at some of America's favorite sandwiches.
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Sandwiches, valued for their portability, have long been stuffing lunch pails and lunchboxes. Here a worker pauses for a sandwich while resting on a girder during the construction of a skycraper in the 1930s.
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Englishman Harry Hawkins prepares peanut butter and jam sandwiches for lumberjacks in the Canadian Rockies in 1941.
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Sloppy Joes -- seasoned beef on a hamburger bun -- have been a kids' favorite and a staple of school lunch menus for decades. The sandwich dates to the 1930s.
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The classic Philly cheesesteak contains melted Provolone over thinly sliced grilled steak on a long hoagie roll. When in Philadelphia visit Pat's or Geno's for an authentic, and greasy, taste of history.
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The po' boy sandwich originated in New Orleans and is typically served on French bread, although there are many varieties. Here workers make oyster and shrimp po' boy sandwiches in the Vucinovich's Restaurant food booth at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
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You can't visit the Maine coast without trying a lobster roll -- usually seasoned lobster meat on a toasted hot dog bun with a little mayo. Red's Eats in Wiscasset serves one of the best.
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For comfort food on a cold day, it's hard to beat a toasty grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup. Here Jimmy Fallon and bandleader Questlove try their hand at flipping the sandwiches on a 2013 episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
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Served on a long roll, the submarine or "sub" sandwich is also known by other regional names, including hero (New York) and hoagie (Philly). Workers in New York City set a Guinness World Record in 2013 by making 2,706 hero sandwiches in an hour.
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The basic ham sandwich was named the second-most popular sandwich in the country in a 2014 survey. Here President Barack Obama helps volunteers bag ham-and-cheese sandwiches at a Martha's Table kitchen in October 2013 in Washington, D.C.
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