By: Danielle Patrick

     The sandwich, it is one of the most eating food in America. Sandwiches can be eatin anytime of the day.

They are considered breakfast sandwiches, lunch, dinner, even snacks. Sanwiches can easily be made. Sandiwches can range from a deli to a ham sandwich. Both ara edible, but the deli sandwich will most likely taste better. One of the most common sandwiches made in America are peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches. Most people could probably live off of sandwiches if they had to. They are easy to make, it doesn't take along time to make them, and most people find a sandwich enjoyable to eat.

     Sandwiches have been around longer than they have appeared to be. Rabbi Hillel is said to be the first person to fill the inside of bread, but he did it with apple slices. Hillel lived in the 1st century B.C. He started the Passover, which involved mixing chopped nuts, wine, apples, and spices to make a sandwich. What this did was remind the Jews of thier hard times they had to indure before being delivered from Egypt. Since Rabbi was the first person to do something so unique, he influenced the Palestinian Judaism. When this practice was added to the Seder,the Hillel sandwich was named after him.

     There are many states that have a specific sandwich they call their own. New Orleans is a Italian flavored, olive filled muffuletta, stuffed with fried oysters, they call it a po-boy. In Los Angeles, they have a French Dip, which is gravy sopped beef. In Springfield, Illinois, the horseshoe ham is listed as the favorite, it includes; ham, cheese, eggs, and fries. In Manhattan, its a mile-high pastrami.

     One place that is most common for people in America to get sandwiches is Subway. Although Subway is known for sandwiches, people often go there because they would like to healthy. Most people look at Jared, the spokesman for Subway, because they saw how much weight he lost, and the reason he lost weight is because he ate Subway. Most people think all you have to do is eat Subway and not excersice, but Jared must have done excersice sometimes to lose as much weight as he did. Some many people are going to Subway which is really making Subway global. There are more Subway resturants than there are McDonalds in the world. Every since the five dollar foot long came along, even more people are going to Subway.

Bibliography:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/SandwichHistory.htm

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art11819.asp

Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2004, American Regional Cuisine, Feburary 3, 2009

http://www.subway.com/subwayroot.index.aspx

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