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From: "Jana Sloan Broglin, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Soda vs Pop
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:50:26 -0500
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That's a "wet" roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy!
Jana in Ohio

Jean R. Legried wrote:

>At 12:06 PM 2/26/2008, Paul & Elizabeth Steiner wrote:
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>>I am wondering where in Southern Minnesota you are from, Jean? And
>>whether you call a hot beef/turkey sandwich (open-faced sandwich
>>served with gravy and mashed potatoes) a "commercial"? While
>>traveling throughout Minnesota in the 1990s on business, my
>>co-workers and I discovered that this dish was called a "commercial"
>>in Southwestern Minnesota. We tested the boundaries of this
>>regionalism by asking for a "commercial" in small town cafes, and
>>knew we had gone beyond them when greeted with a blank look from the
>>waitress. Our work didn't take us to Iowa or South Dakota to find
>>out if this extended beyond Minnesota's borders.
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>Elizabeth ---------
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>I'm in Freeborn County near the intersection of I-90 and I-35 *but* I
>have never heard of a "commercial"! The sandwich you described,
>though, isn't quite like the hot sandwiches served in this area. Our
>sandwiches aren't open faced -- they're made with two slices of bread
>with lots of roast beef or roast pork (turkey isn't used), mashed
>potatoes and gravy. Since you encountered this in southwestern
>Minnesota could it have something to do with the turkey and open
>faced style? Southwestern Minnesota has lots of turkey farms so maybe
>this is something local.
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>Jean
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