In article <
njdf6...@news6.newsguy.com>,
RH Draney <
dado...@cox.net> wrote:
> On 6/9/2016 3:53 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> >> but either chicken or turkey can be the meat part. When the meat is
> >> beef, the gravy is brown. When the meat is chicken or turkey, the
> >> gravy is white.
> >>
> >> Some Manhattans are served as in the photograph with bread above and
> >> below the meat. Some are "open face" with bread below but not above.
> >>
> >> It's a standard offering in many restaurants, but not in high-end
> >> restaurants. Find one of those restaurants that is open for breakfast
> >> and lunch only, and Manhattans are likely to be on the menu one day a
> >> week.
> >>
> >> I have no idea if it's a regional thing or not. Midwest, for sure,
> >> and quite common in the Southeast including Florida.
> >
> > I don't remember ever hearing of that, even when I was a grad student in
> > Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. On the other hand, it's not the kind of
> > thing I'd order, so I could easily forget.
> >
> > Cleveland is only sort of in the Midwest.
>
> In another part of New Mexico, there is, or used to be, a concoction
> called a "hot hamburger"...it was an actual item available on the menu
> at the Drifter restaurant in Silver City....
>
> Allow me to explain....
>
> If you put cold sliced turkey between two slices of white bread, with
> perhaps some mayo and the usual lettuce and tomato, that's a turkey
> sandwich...if you put sliced turkey on *top* of a slice of white bread
> and cover it with gravy, that's a "hot turkey" sandwich....
>
> And if you put a hamburger patty inside a bun with assorted garden
> stuff, that's a hamburger...but if you put the same patty on top of a
> slice of bread and put gravy on it, the Drifter called that a "hot
> hamburger"...like the hot turkey, the fries or potato chips that would
> come with the original item are replaced with mashed potatoes, and those
> too get gravy....
If you put two halves of a hamburger bun on a plate, and put a hamburger
on each, and then pour chili liberally over that, and then top with
chopped onions and grated cheese, it's a Chili Size
CA, USA when I first encountered same.
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chrles