Categories: SANDWICH

Ingredients

• a ham sandwich with very specific contents in a precise order: one slice of white bread, sliced baked ham, sliced Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, old-fashioned dill pickle slices, mayo, and another slice of white bread.

Directions

1. Many rail workers would enjoy lunch at a local hotel restaurant. The meal of choice was a ham sandwich with very specific contents in a precise order: one slice of white bread, sliced baked ham, sliced Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, old-fashioned dill pickle slices, mayonnaise, and another slice of white bread. The persnickety railroad workers helped create a Columbian culinary legend which was eventually dubbed “the Shifter,” in a nod to its relationship with the railroad.

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