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Thread #85586   Message #1587419
Posted By: GUEST,Joe_F
20-Oct-05 - 09:02 PM
Thread Name: happy? - Oct 19 (Sandwich invented)
Subject: RE: happy? - Oct 19 (Sandwich invented)
H. L. Mencken, in an article on sausages, gave Jewish delicatessen owners (in the U.S.) credit for inventing the ham & cheese sandwich. (Previously, he said, there had only been ham sandwiches and cheese sandwiches.) I suspect a certain malice.

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