Whether you call it a hot roast beef sandwich, an open-face roast beef sandwich, or a roast beef Manhattan, it is warm, wonderful comfort food to me. Traditionally in my family, we referred to it as a hot roast beef sandwich. However, some menus of local restaurants listed it as an open-face sandwich. It would […]
Archives for September 2015
Hobo Bread
Hobo bread may have originated in the 1930s with the transient workers who rode the rails in freight cars across the United States as reported by some. Even if it did not, it seems likely that this originated as a “poor person’s food” because it is known for being baked in a previously used can…usually […]
Warm German Potato Salad
My mom used to tell me that German potato salad was her favorite. As a young adult, she had boarded at the home of an older woman who had immigrated to the United States from Germany. I believe this is where she developed her affinity for the warm potato salad. My mom would rarely make […]