Wedges and Cubans Because We Can’t Stop Talking About Food

Regarding our discussion of all the different names for a particular type of sandwich the

Sub sandwich the po boy the hoagie the zip several listeners wrote to say that we left

Out one that was popular in the northeast john zimmerman from stanford connecticut said that in

Southwestern Connecticut, you call that kind of sandwich a wedge.

Oh, yeah.

I’ve got a couple emails about the wedge.

Yeah, we sure did.

That sounds fantastic.

That sounds giant.

Doesn’t it?

Like if there’s a whole wedge of salad on it or a whole wedge of cabbage.

A wedge of lettuce.

We also got an email from Drew Smith about Cuban sandwiches.

I had mentioned Cubans and Miami, but he told me that Cubans and Tampa and Cubans and Key West is a better connection.

And he told me about a book called The Cuban Sandwich, A History in Layers, co-written by Andy Hughes of the University of South Florida, published in 2022, that goes deeply into the history of this fantastic sandwich.

The Cuban, Martha, is one of my favorite sandwiches, the pickles and the pork and the bread.

And if you get the heat just right, it is the most, is the best sandwich ever.

So thank you, Drew, for that extra information on the Cuban.

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