On Oct 7, 8:49 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "kuvasz guy" > wrote
>
> > On Oct 7, 5:40 pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >> Funny, that's where I had my first jewish sloppy joe, from a little
> >> Jewish deli on Vauxhall Road.
> > just curious, since this is my favorite sandwich, and I'd never heard
> > of them until jersey: what do you consider an autrhentic jewish sloppy
> > joe?
>
> I'm going to give this a shot. From memory:
>
> 3 layers of rye bread ... thin slices
> a layer of turkey
> a layer of roast beef
> cole slaw
> russian dressing
>
> Not necessarily in that order. The turkey and roast beef
> were separated by bread. Oddly enough, the sandwiches
> were very neat and, I think, quartered. Not sloppy at all.
>
> Anyone who knows better, feel free to step in. Okay, just
> for jokes, I googled, and this is the first thing that popped up.
>
> http://www.chowhound.com/topics/314663
>
> nancy

Pretty close to what I've had; I also like the version that used to be
made locally -- it had ham and swiss cheese as well. It was called a
bigmouth, possibly because of the ham. I guess the cole slaw, russian
dressing and rye make it authentic... I've had the version of
the jewish sloppy joe made with pastrami -- good, but not the
same...

...fred