"Barry Popik" > wrote in message
om...
>
> Yeah, these sites are correct. The "Monte Cristo" sandwich is from
> the 1940s and 1950s.
> As I posted (somewhere else) in November 2000:
>
>
> From RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT, June 1936, pages 412-413:
>
> _Hy's Three-Ring Circus MENU MAKING_
> E. A. Bachman, proprietor of the Annex, Portland, Oregon, features Hy
> Frager,
> the famous American chef who peps up menu listings with verbal
> acrobatics.
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Thank you for the additional information. Obliged.

Charlie