'Shooter's Sandwich' - Photo: NPR
The following is from NPR’s food section. Why do I post it here? Because right about now, it looks pretty good, and, because this is what Brits like Matt Davis have every day for lunch.
Why do you eat a sandwich that’s made with two whole steaks and entire loaf of bread? Because it’s convenient. Says The Guardian, Britishly:
A triumph of Edwardian cuisine, the shooter’s sandwich was originally created as a snack that Cook could make the night before it was required, effectively making a beef Wellington portable so a gentleman needn’t get peckish while hunting.
Molly, Friend of Sandwich Monday, made this brilliant British sandwich for us, using these instructions. Basically you scoop the bread out of a loaf and replace it with meat, then let it soak all night.
Wow… in a word: Yuck. I’m no vegetarian and have no issue at all with British food (love most pub food), but at least to me, that looks really unappealing. Different strokes, I guess…
Looks pretty good to me. I would, however, bow to the food safety rules and refrigerate it overnight. But then would put it in my pack while hunting until I was bordering on, but not quite, peckish. And I’d probably share.