But What Brought The Sandwiches There?

But What Brought The Sandwiches There?

I love puns and used one to name my sandwich group (based on something I read on the back of a Cheerios box when I was a kid). Now I find out that there's more to the story. A NY Times story about puns and wordplay has this to say (color emphasis mine.):

"Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, was a specialist. He could effortlessly execute the double pun: Noah's Ark was made of gopher-wood, he would say, but Joan of Arc was maid of Orleans. Some Whately-isms are so complex that they nearly amount to honest jokes: "Why can a man never starve in the Great Desert? Because he can eat the sand which is there. But what brought the sandwiches there? Why, Noah sent Ham, and his descendants mustered and bred."

On a more serious side note-Seattle Magazine has just come out with a 2009 list of favorite places to eat. Among them are:

Best Sandwich
Paseo Caribbean Restaurant
Fremont
4225 Fremont Ave. N
206.545.7440

Best Cheap Eats
Dick's Drive In
Multiple locations, including Capitol Hill
115 Broadway Ave. E
206.323.1300

Best Burger
Red Mill Burgers
Multiple locations, including Phinney Ridge
312 N 67th St.
206.783.6362
Best Place for Kids

Red Robin
Multiple locations, including Eastlake
3272 Fuhrman Ave. E
206.323.0918

We have yet to get burgers from Red Mill and Paseo is new to us so...do I smell restaurant review articles? There's also a Jimmie John's Gourmet Sandwich shop in town that I want to try and they do online orders with cheap delivery! I'll keep you posted.

Oh! I'm also getting coupons to try out the new Oscar Mayer Deli Creations sandwiches. Now if that isn't right up my alley I don't know what is.

Okay, let's all give a big groan and get back to making those tasty Sammies!

Sue Barton © 2009