Sandwiches of History From the Road: The Final Chapter?

As I sit in the hotel room about to to the final Sandwiches of History: LIVE! show here in Tempe, I could not be more grateful. From the great audiences who came out to enjoy the nonsense, to my fantastic special guests (still blows my mind), to the awesome venues, and to, of course, my tour producer, Jeremy Wein of ThisMyShow Presents. What started as a 6 city tryout stretched to 33 shows across 29 cities including Toronto, Dublin, and London. Never in a million years could I have predicted any of this when I started Sandwiches of History but as I said, I am eternally grateful.

That said, I am working on a different kind of Sandwiches of History tour wherein you, the good folks who show up, will get to taste sandwiches of history. Stay tuned. Now, on with the sandwiches!

The Sandwiches of the Week 🥪

Monday, September 29, 2025
Women’s Luncheon Sandwich (1961)
Farmer’s Journal Time Saving Cookbook

Rating: 7
Plus ups: Cowboy Candy (this is the recipe I use but only make half)
Plussed up rating: 7 1/2

The idea of using cornbread for sandwich is certainly tempting. Nice sweet corn flavor to play off the savoy ham and cheese. The thing is, cornbread by nature is crumbly already. So, when the recipe has us make a mid tomato sauce and pour it over, well, it just falls apart. Plussed it up with the tangy, sweet heat of Cowboy Candy but feel this would’ve been much better if the sauce was served on the side. You know, for dunkin’.

Should you make it? Nah, not worth the trouble, really

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Fried Egg Salad Sandwich (recent history)
ToastToHome.com

Rating: 7 1/2
Plus up: Fresh thyme
Plussed up rating: 8

Boy, this recipe certainly triggered some folks. From not liking runny yolks to using scissors to cut the eggs, to simply “why not just build a sandwich with the fried egg?” I liked the idea of using cut up fried eggs as the ingredient in an egg salad as opposed to hard boiled egg. The frying brings a different and, in my opinion, welcome flavor to the party. Not to mention if you step back, you can basically remix this in a number of ways as well. I dig it.

Should you make it? Yeah, here’s the recipe.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Farmer Sandwich (1909)
The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book

Rating: 6 1/2
Plus up: Dried rosemary powder
Plussed up rating: 7

Behold, I found a recipe from the OG recipe book I started with that I had not done yet! This sandwich was an exercise in epic simplicity yet still delivered on flavor. Roasted pork with applesauce. That’s it and it was tasty. But, I wanted to sneak in a little herb action so I ground up some dried rosemary (so I wouldn’t be eating the needles) as the plus up.

Should you make this? Yep, it’s easy and tasty.

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Thursday, October 2, 2025
Peanut Butter and BBQ Sauce Sandwiches (future history?)
My brain

Rating:
1/Bachan’s Japanese BBQ Sauce 6 1/2
2/James River BBQ Sauce 7
3/ Kinder’s Founder’s Reserve BBQ Sauce 7 1/2
Plus ups: 1/ green onion | 2/ broiled cheddar cheese | 3/ chopped onion
Plussed up rating: 7 | 7 | 8

Every once in a while I get an idea after doing a sandwich of history. In this case the odd Everything Sandwich I did a while back that had peanut butter, jelly, mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. Not only was it not bad, it reminded me of BBQ sauce. Which got the ole gears turning - why is peanut butter and BBQ sauce a thing? So, I indulged myself and explored the three above. I gotta say, all were tasty. Especially when plussed up.

Should you make this? Yes but maybe mix the BBQ sauce in with the peanut butter, then add the plus ups.

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Friday, October 3, 2025
Lemon Honey Sandwich (1923)
The Motorist’s Luncheon Book

Rating: 7
Plus up: Mike’s Hot Honey | Black pepper
Plussed up rating: 7 1/2 | 7 1/2

For the life of me, I could not figure out why “honey” was in the name of this sandwich since there was no honey listed in the ingredients. Well, about two second after posting someone pointed what now seems obvious. The honey is in reference to the consistency of the lemon curd-esque filling 🤦‍♂️ Yeah, I am not that quick. This was tasty and I was happy they used both the zest and the lemon juice as they each bring a different kind of lemony flavor. Plussed it up with actual honey, hot honey to be precise and tried one with black pepper. Both were good but I’m not sure this was worth the effort involved.

Should you make it? Nah

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Saturday, October 4, 2025
Eastern/Western Sandwich
Our History

Rating: 6
Plus up: Dijon mustard and chopped white onions
Plussed up rating: 6 1/2

This sandwich used a technique that I’m not sure I would repeat. Don’t get me wrong, it was tasty, but it had us mix raw crumbles of hamburger into scrambled egg and then cook both at the same time. While the beef did cook, the egg overcooked. Again, it was still tasty but not how I’d do it were I to make it again. Plus up with the tangy Dijon and some sharp, chopped white onion really perked things up.

Should you make it? I’d say yeah but cook the hamburger on it’s own until halfway done, then pour in the eggs.

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Saturday, October 5, 2025
Libyan Cafe Sandwich (Libya)
International Sandwich Sunday

Rating: 8
Plus up: Avocado
Plus up rating: 8 1/2

Regardless of whether or not this is a native sandwich to Libya, it is served there and is tasty. As you know, I’m not a fan of having lettuce in a sandwich that then gets heated but I will say that the romaine held up pretty well. The tangy, spicy harissa played off all of the other ingredients nicely and pressing it made it nice and crunchy on the outside.

Should you make it? Yeah, why not? But maybe add the lettuce after you press it.

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Alrighty, then. It’s back the regular schedule kind of. Going camping the second half of this week but have episodes in the can and ready to go, as nobody says. Not sure if I’ll be able to pull of In The Chips with Barry but will try for sure. Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Barry