Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

The drowned sandwich (ahogada torta) was invented in Guadalajara in
the early 1900's. It was literally a mistake, a "slip-of-the-hand",
senior De La Torre accidentally dropped the sandwich in the
container. "It's drowned", the customer cried

The same story is told about the French dip, said to have been
similarly discovered/invented in Los Angeles.

And with just a slight switch in the bread and condiments you have
the Chicago style "Italian Beef" sandwich.

New taste:

Roslind and her two Vietnamese buddies are swapping more and more
foods and cooked dishes when they get together. I am now in
possession of a pound of Vietnamese finely ground coffee. I am not
in love with milk in my coffee, overly sweet coffee or iced coffee
so I am not making the classic Vietnamese iced drink with condensed
milk but brewing it like any other drip coffee and drinking it hot
and black with just a tiny bit of sugar. It's got an odd but
interesting flavour, no doubt because it's made from Robusta not
Arabica beans: strong, bitter, with caramel and toasted grain notes
and a peculiar fruity acidity. I won't recommend it to you as it is
said to have twice as much caffeine as Arabica coffee.






Cheers

Jim


... Drink coffee: do stupid things faster with more energy.

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