A Minnesota-ism

[vakkotaur]

Or at least I never heard it before moving to Minnesota. Take a hot sandwich, such as turkey or roast beef, put mashed potatoes on top, and then cover that in gravy and what do you have? I'd call it a mess, or maybe inedible, and certainly unnecessary. Yet that is what gets called a commercial here. Turkey Commercial, Beef Commercial, and I

Comments

[jmaynard]

The rest of the world calls it a "hot roast beef sandwich" (or "hot turkey sandwich"), like The Ranch does. It's yummy no matter what you call it.

[vakkotaur]

If I order a sandwich, of any temperature, and there's gravy on it, it's getting sent back for being criminally defective. Potatoes belong on the side, and gravy belongs in a waste treatment facility.

[yakko]

If they put the mashed potatoes and gravy on the side, -then- I'd call it a sandwich.

I'd find the meal as described to be weird, but not inedible (unlike various cabbage-based products I could name)

[aedifica]

We used to get them occasionally at school lunches in Ames; I can't remember at the moment what they were called, but I know it wasn't that. I think it was "hot roast beef sandwich".

I haven't seen any since I moved to Minnesota; if I do, I'll be sure to ask the name.

[kelloggs2066]

Sounds like it *could* be good, but I wouldn't try to pick it up with my fingers...

[kinkyturtle]

Ew!

Never heard of it either. What's the deal with putting muck on top of a sandwich? The point of a sandwich is that you can pick it up with your hands. This sounds like you'd need a knife and fork!

[rillifane]

Its sort of a bastardized cottage pie when you think of it.

[vakkotaur]

For those who, like myself, need to look that up.