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How to Make a New Jersey Sloppy Joe
A couple of weeks ago,
Brian Sugar, came to my desk with an incredibly giddy look on his face. He had purchased 10 pounds of turkey and 10 more of pastrami, quarts of coleslaw and Russian dressing, and countless loaves of Rye bread. He was going to make a "New Jersey Sloppy Joe." According to Mr. Sugar, in New Jersey, a sloppy joe isn't the
common combination of ground beef and juicy tomato sauce, it is rather, a wet sandwich somewhere between the classic Reuben and a pastrami sandwich. Intrigued, I followed him to the conference room where a makeshift assembly line was set up. Naturally, I had to document the technique to share with you. To learn how to make Brian Sugar's New Jersey Sloppy Joe, simply start clicking!
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I'm from New Jersey and I've never heard of this! I'm from South Jersey, I'm guessing it's a North Jersey/New York thing.
1Wow, i've never heard of this! Guess I don't live north enough.
2haha red i was about to post the exact same message.
3this sandwich looks awesome though!
it should have cheese, swiss in particular. we always have them with ham and turkey.
4I went to a deli in East Hampton last summer and got a sandwich that was called Southampton. It had ham, swiss, slaw, and ranch dressing- it was AMAZING!
5I try to make it all the time but its never the same!
i live in north jersey and i have never heard of this either! not sure where in jersey he's getting this from!
6maybe it's a north jersey jewish thing.. the sandwich is usually a double decker though, i think the other layer is turkey. Whenever any of my relatives died we always received huge platters of these from the local delis. They are super tasty.
7I'm not sure it's a North Jersey thing as much as it is a Millburn, NJ thing.
http://midnightsnack.wordpress.com/sandwich-joints/northeast/new-jersey/...
http://www.millburndeli.com/
I've eaten one at the Millburn Deli. OK, I ate a large *part* of one before it defeated me.
8YUM!
9The livingston deli also makes a great one. I've only seen them as double deckers, and would agree about the jewish and northeastern jersey parts, too. my boyfriend's catholic and said he'd never seen them til he met my family...he calls them jewish sloppy joes.
10I'm from Jersey and I had NO clue that we did this!
11My former boss at a deli in Colorado was from NJ and we made this sandwich but called it Dagwood. Layer of rye, russian dressing, coleslaw, turkey, swiss and another layer and final slice of rye on top. They are wonderful.
12I live in NJ too and have never heard of this!! I'd surely try it though...yum!
13It sounds yum!
14I've always called it a Jewish Sloppy Joe. LOVE THEM! I'm from central Jersey and my mother makes them a lot.
15it is sooo good. its from northern new jersey. It is believed to be started in madison new jersey in morris county. I live near there, and there are only a couple of delis who make these in the world and i live near two, including the original one in madison
16I grew up in Cleveland,Ohio and Cleveland has very good delis, but there is nothing like the NJ sloppy joe. I was introduced to the Town Hall, NJ sloppy joe sandwich by my mother-in-law 35 years ago. The egg salad and lox sloppy joe is fabulous as well.
17For sure Madison, Millburn, Chatham, Short Hills area. I grew up in Madison(in the '60's), Thought I'd search for the "recipe" Yumm...They are suppose to be a double decker. A slice of swiss is standard.
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