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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: [APG] "Hot Roast Beef Sandwich" = "Combination"
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:34:58 -0500
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"L.L. Scott" <> wrote:


>I have not seen that sandwich under any name served in the South in years.
> Loved them.
>
>>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"?

I grew up in South Dakota and we called an open-faced hot roast beef
sandwich with mashed potatoes - all smothered with brown gravy - a "beef
combination." (A "turkey combination" was also available.)

I lived in North Carolina for 9 years and here in Northern Virginia for the
last 40 and this delicious (and, by today's standards, unhealthy) delicacy
never appears on any menu in those places.

I dream of them! In fact, I can tell you the last time I had one: On a
research trip to Champaign County, Ohio, in June, 1998!

Richard P.

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