When you didn’t develop up within the Midwest, you may be stunned the primary time a waiter or waitress units down a plate of “sizzling beef sandwich” in entrance of you. You’re shocked as a result of one, you in all probability anticipated one thing nearer to a French dip, and two, you panic just a little as a result of there’s no manner you’d be capable of choose up this “sandwich” along with your palms—by no means thoughts the mashed potatoes and overcooked greens practically spilling over the perimeters. There’s meat and two slices of bread to make sure, however the entire plate is flooded in a pool of skinny, brown gravy.
Bewildered, you neglect to restrain the humorous look in your face, and any native-born Nebraskan inside view will smirk. They let you know to think about it as an open-faced sandwich, and that you simply’ll want a fork and knife to eat it. So, you are taking your first chunk just a little aggravated, considering “in what galaxy is that this thought of a ‘sandwich?’” However you recover from it and discover that the unusual assemblage of slow-cooked meat, gravy, and starch works. Tasty doesn’t need to imply smart.
