50 States, 50 Sandwiches, 50 Posters

There used to be a bakery and deli in Birmingham, Alabama that made reubens the size of regulation footballs on pumpernickel bread. They were the greatest food products that I've ever encountered, before or since. Sadly, the place went out of business about a decade ago.

Pennsylvania...should be shared. In western PA it is the Pittsburgh style to include french fries and slaw on any Italian bread sandwich. Look up Primanti's.

West Virginia's had better be a pepperoni roll.

I don't know what our sandwich here in WA state would be. Probably something using salmon.

Fluffernutters are made with the addition of bananas here. I like to add bacon to mine.

Tennessee's sandwich should be PB&J with bananas to commemorate Elvis since it was his favorite. Even if he wasn't born there he built Graceland there. Or maybe pulled pork with Memphis style bbq sauce on a hamburger bun.

Yay for fluffernutters. I love them too.

I am from Delaware. As far as I know there is no iconic state sandwich. We tend to eat a lot of Philly cheesesteaks. I'll be interested to see what she comes up with.

FLUFFERNUTTERS!!!!!!!! delicious!!

Hi Ramalama,

I am from Connecticut, too! Before I make each sandwich I do a good bit of research on the internet and there are even a few books about state sandwiches. I will admit, for some states it is a bit harder to find just one sandwich to represent the entire state.

Sorry you don't agree with the chicken parmigiana but I had quite a few growing up in Connecticut and it does represent the state's large Italian American population.

Clearly I am no expert, but I am enjoying this delicious journey!

Kelly

as a CT native, I fail to see how the chicken parm represents my state. How is this person coming up with which sandwich for which state? I mean, sure you can find chicken parms in CT but I'm fairly certain other states have em too.

@Greg — there is a whole song about fluffernutters! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe2o7d_marshmellow-fluff-fluffernutter_shortfilms. My dad used to sing it when he was making the sandwiches for us growing up. I can't see Fluff without singing the song!

@ John — reubens are so easy to make, I can't believe I haven't done it before! We definitely had some delicious leftovers but mainly just for lunch and dinner :)

@Kelly -- sometimes I buy the ingredients for reubens and eat them for a few days -- breakfast, lunch and supper.

I hadn't heard of fluffernutters, but I want to try one now.

I think Massachusetts missed out on the obvious leftover Thanksgiving turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce. I definitely had peanut butter and fluff sandwiches, but never heard the term "fluffernutter." I don't know how representative parmigiana is of CT. Perhaps a nice left over Yankee Pot Roast sandwich?

I echo the disbelief that you don't know about fluffernutters. I love 'em. Hell, I had one for lunch today.

Hi John! Looks like we both have some delicious memories of the reuben. The first time I made it at home was when I made that poster and I have to say it was pretty darn good. No Katz's deli but tasty all the same.

Thanks for writing about my project, hope you follow along on Twitter @StatelySandwich!

p.s. Keroa: fluffernutters were definitely a lunchbox staple for me!

You didn't know about marshmallow fluff and peanut butter? That was a staple for kids at my school and I was in Illinois XD