Chicken & Avocado Club Sandwich.

‘Cause to the Universe I don’t mean a thing,

and there’s just one word that I still believe, and it’s love,…

love. love. love. lo-v-aaaaaahhhh!’. ‘Pearl Jam - Love Boat Captain’

Love; For the sandwich. Again? Yes, again. There is no better testing ground for new flavour combinations, than that which can be found between two slices of bread. Whether it’s toil-worthy pulled Pork, crammed to overflowing inside a soft, round bun - Or plastic cheese slices, folded into cheap white bread (Which even felt wrong at age 10.)

How then, is it possible to make a great sandwich even better? It seems to me, that the only reasonable solution, is to shove another slice of bread in the middle.

‘What’s Cooking America’ cites the origins of the Club Sandwich, to a New York Gentlemen’s club over 100 years ago.

‘1894 - The most popular theory is that the sandwich first appeared in 1894 at the famous Saratoga Club-House (an exclusive gentlemen only gambling house in upstate Saratoga Springs, New York) where the potato chips was born. Originally called Morrissey’s Club House, were neither women nor locals were permitted in the gambling rooms. In 1894, Richard Canfield purchased the club.’

Just like the original, single-decker sandwich, named in honour of (but not by), the fourth Earl of Sandwich ‘John Montagu, the Club was born out of necessity. Necessity being the need to remain alive whilst stood at the gambling table.

So, I put the challenge to you all - Entertain my love of the Club Sandwich by making and posting your own. I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with.

~ by gkbloodsugar on April 1, 2008.