i’m wondering if anyone knows why the french decided to call this sandwich, the “sandwich americain”? to me, it’s not very american in nature: baguette, bratwurst-ish kind of sausage, FRENCH (ok. belgian) fries (yes INSIDE the sandwich! ingenious!), a few veggies sparcely scattered throughout. no, i’m not knocking this brilliant concoction because it is really YUMMY. you can usually pick up one of these at a snackfood stand near the beach or sometimes randomly scattered in cities. it beats the new york hotdog, hands down. (sorry new yorkers)

my idea of something that would be called an american sandwich would be: square, clothlike, tasteless wonder bread (you know, the kind of bread that sticks permanently to the roof of your mouth), several slices of bologna (or better yet, SPAM), crackly, watery iceberg lettuce, maybe some slices of beefsteak tomatoes AND for the grande finale: a squiggle or two of CHEESEWHIZ!!!

btw, the latter imaginary sandwich is just a joke, all in plain fun so don’t go getting all medieval on me.