Salami? WTaF? Any Torta Cubana I've seen generally has some combination of ham, pulled pork or pork cutlet, maybe even chorizo but processed lunch meat?
And I like beans, but here in Texas they're served separately from chili unless you want to take a lot of ribbing. Or you just call it bean soup. -swj
FOURTH! It's Cuban Sandwich, not Torta Cubana. Because it's an American invention combining ingredients contributed by Cuban, German and Italian workers from the cigar rolling industry.
Side note: It's also fun listening to Spanish speakers pronouncing a lot of Florida place names with proper Spanish pronunciation and not realizing the correct way to say it is in Gringoese because they never learned to speak Spanish when they tried to make it sound fancy and exotic to retirees from Michigan, New Jersey and New York.
I've had a similar experience with a Frenchman in Oregon. He was perplexed by our pronouncing the S in Deschutes. Oregon has a lot of French place names courtesy of Hudson's Bay Company voyageurs but we ma gle the pronunciation
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Salami? WTaF? Any Torta Cubana I've seen generally has some combination of ham, pulled pork or pork cutlet, maybe even chorizo but processed lunch meat?
ReplyDeleteAnd I like beans, but here in Texas they're served separately from chili unless you want to take a lot of ribbing. Or you just call it bean soup.
-swj
First, Texas is wrong about this. Several historians have dug into it and the earliest recipes for chili have beans.
DeleteSecond, the Cuban sandwich was invented in Tampa, Ybor City to be exact and included salami from day one.
Third, proper salami isn't the bullshit Oscar Mayer shit you can buy at the grocery store but stuff you need a real Italian deli to get.
FOURTH! It's Cuban Sandwich, not Torta Cubana. Because it's an American invention combining ingredients contributed by Cuban, German and Italian workers from the cigar rolling industry.
DeleteSide note: It's also fun listening to Spanish speakers pronouncing a lot of Florida place names with proper Spanish pronunciation and not realizing the correct way to say it is in Gringoese because they never learned to speak Spanish when they tried to make it sound fancy and exotic to retirees from Michigan, New Jersey and New York.
I've had a similar experience with a Frenchman in Oregon. He was perplexed by our pronouncing the S in Deschutes. Oregon has a lot of French place names courtesy of Hudson's Bay Company voyageurs but we ma gle the pronunciation
DeleteThe first Cuban sandwich in the US was from Tamps, Fl and it had Genoa salami.
ReplyDeleteAnd I prefer my chili with beans.
Is there a debate about the mustard used on a Cuban?
ReplyDeleteSomewhere, I got the impression that it isn't considered to be a real Cuban unless you use French's mustard, or something very close to that.
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No debate about yellow mustard. Must be included. Even in Miami.
DeleteThere's some debate about mayo. The OG sammich didn't have it, but lots of people request it.