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What are French dipped sandwiches?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 05:21:47 AM EST
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They're sandwiches 'au jus' - they're yummy!  

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by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 06:05:58 AM EST
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Does 'sandwiches' mean the same thing to Americans and Brits?  My vision of dipping a sandwich in juice creates a horrible and unappetising mess...

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 06:12:34 AM EST
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Well, they're on french bread rolls.  They do get a bit soggy if you don't eat them fast enough, but that's usually not an issue.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 06:16:51 AM EST
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Here's their page.  The french dip is a staple in the states, but Phillipe's invented them:

http://www.philippes.com/

you need to click on the History section.

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by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 06:26:55 AM EST
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Oh, dipped in meat juice. Now I see the appeal (for the taste buds if not for the cholesterol).  I had orange juice in my head...

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 09:26:30 AM EST
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One French dip sandwich

by ATinNM on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:50:11 PM EST
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Thanks!  That does indeed look yummy.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:52:15 PM EST
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That doesn't look like anything French I've ever seen!

It might taste good, though...

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by Melanchthon on Fri Oct 23rd, 2009 at 01:32:14 PM EST
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Well, we don't use horse meat, so maybe that's it. ;)

They are quite good, especially if you get the sauce just right.

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Oct 24th, 2009 at 10:24:01 AM EST
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Melanchthon is French and labors under the delusion something labeled "French" must have something to do with France.

Us Americans, on the other hand, are much more broadminded and use nouns in a vastly more free-form manner.  

(A great help in marketing, I must add.)  

by ATinNM on Sat Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:16:01 PM EST
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It's French, 'cause it's got that thar "aw juss" sauce. :D

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:34:49 PM EST
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Reminds me: does any Frenchman here (or indeed anyone) ever heard of "French salad"?

(I believe to know it is a similar misnomer, but don't know if it is Hungarian-only or more widespread.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sat Oct 24th, 2009 at 04:30:51 PM EST
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Not a salad-eater, but the wife tells me she's never heard of it.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Oct 25th, 2009 at 09:14:15 PM EST
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In Spain that's a Russian Salad.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 17th, 2009 at 06:46:36 AM EST
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