Sandwiches are the reason why happiness is possible. Why being optimistic pays off. Why lending a helping hand is worth it. Because if you’re a good person who does more good things than bad things, your faith in life is reaffirmed when you bite into a sandwich. Every sandwich is basically paying it forward. Here are 13 wild sandwiches from all over the world, I don’t even recognize some of these.
Here’s the full 13 and the video below by the excellent Food, People, Places shows you how to make them. I wonder if people in South Africa and Poland are as amazed by our Sloppy Joe as I am the Gatsby Sandwich (steak! ham! fries! some crazy sauce! in a sandwich!) and the Zapiekanka.
The Chicken-Avocado-Aioli from Australia
The Gatsby Sandwich from South Africa
The Cucumber Sandwich from Great Britain
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich from North America
The Danish Smorrebrod
The Italian Panini
The French Croque Monsieur
The Turkish (or German) Döner Kebap
The Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich
The American Sloppy Joe
The South American Choripan
The Polish Zapiekanka
The Toast Hawaii from Germany
