Poor-Boy Sandwich Recipe

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Ingredients:

12-inch loaf French bread
1/2 cup(1 dL) mayonnaise
1 cup(1/4L) shredded lettuce
6 thin slices cooked beef
about 1/2 cup(1dL) beef gravy, warmed
2 tomatoes, sliced thin

Directions:

Split the bread lengthwise and warm it in the oven. Spread the bottom half with mayonnaise. Pile on shredded lettuce and top with overlapping slices of beef. Spoon warm gravy over the meat, top with tomato slices, and add the top half of the bread. cut in 2-3 pieces and servewarm. Serves two to three.

In New Orleans they make poor-boy sandwiches with fillings that start with fried potatoes and ascend tp crabmeat. The classic is this hot sandwich made with leftover roast beef and gravy.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@mail.heritage.com"
Poor-Boy Sandwich


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