Sandwich of the Day ~ Open Face Spaghetti

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"There are sandwich shops in New York which offer the nobility and gentry a choice of no less than 100 different sandwiches, all of them alluring and some of them downright masterpieces."

H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

National Sandwich Month 2008 ~ Day Three!

We here at Because of all the Sandwiches There strive to bring you all the most relevant and up to date sandwich news so I plan to tell you about at least one of my favorite sandwiches every day in August. I know, I know. It's a lot, but variety is the spice of life!

Today I share one of my favorites:

Spaghetti

I was reading a book this week (Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman) that made me giggle. When Rita was visiting friends in New Zealand she was frequently served "spaghetti pizza" which was a piece of white bread with canned spaghetti smeared on it and then heated.

We make spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner one night and the next day we slice French bread, butter it and load on the thick reheated leftover meat sauce and call them Spaghetti Sandwiches. These are definitely knife and fork sandwiches and similar in taste to a meatball sub, but very quick to make. (About a pound of ground beef, turkey, pork or meatloaf mix browned with garlic, onion and McCormick's Italian herbs, freshly ground pepper and sea salt, then add 2-3 8 ounce cans of tomato sauce and simmer while cooking the pasta.) I know this will seem penny pinching, but...in our grocery stores two 8 ounce cans are the same price as a 15 ounce can, so we buy the small cans and get an extra ounce of sauce.

By the way ~~ Make sure to check out Shannon W's article:

What's for Dinner? Open Face Italian Meatball Sandwiches

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Comments: 6

Marilyn M. Aug 4, 2008, 9:04am EDT

Wasn't there once a TV character who took spaghetti sandwiches to work? I don't like spaghette enough to make this. And hubby can't have that much starch. But I'm sure my step-daughter would love this. :-)

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Dorine H. Aug 4, 2008, 11:08am EDT

At first I was afraid to read this article, imagining a pile of looped spaghetti on top of bread. It would actually seem like a tasty idea, and I can't let myself get that close to such a carb hit! So it's just the meat sauce on the bread. Much better. Not exactly for the lunch box but definitely a treat at home.

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