The Porkchop Express

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

New Addiction

The Empire State loves to party: thus suggests recent New York Gubernatorial affairs. But we’re not the only ones. Just south of the Hudson, New Jersey has been making it's own extra sexy fun time... in the mouth. Yes indeed, good reader: the Dirty Jerz has a super hot sandwich, and they call it the Sloppy Joe.

Used in tandem, the words Sloppy and Joe are somewhat ambiguous. Seasoned ground beef on a bun? Messy roommate? “Five-diamond” sex fetish? In Essex County, NJ “Sloppy Joe” means one thing and one thing only: a double-decker sandwich whose combined simplicity, flavoracity, addictability and meatandcheesericity boggle tongue and mind alike in a cascade of wondrous non-hooker or drug-related highs. If ever there was a party in the mouth, this is it.

Anatomy of a Sandwich: A Turkey and Roast Beef Sloppy Joe from Town Hall Deli
As a sandwich, the Joe has been titillating eaters since the 1930s, when José García Río served a popular Sloppy Special at his Havana (Cuba) bar of ill hygienic repute. This towering inferno of meat, cheese and dressing on rye seduced one Mayor Thomas Sweeney of Maplewood. Back in Jersey, he still hungered for the mix. So Sweeney asked Hans Berdorf of South Orange's Town Hall Deli to recreate the experience for his card parties. Berdorf complied with a ham, tongue and (depending on who's remembering) roquefort or Swiss combo and the rest, as they say, is history.

To this day, the formula remains impressively true to its original form. A standard Joe still uses tongue, ham and Swiss cheese, whilst a healthy dose of cole slaw and Russian dressing puts the “slop” in “sloppy.” It's just as addictive as rumors suggest, which is probably why so many other sandwich makers in North Jersey have joined the fun. The breads, slaws and meats may differ, but you can always count on two naughty layers of messy sandwich love. It is something that befits an Earl, and something that actually got us across the Hudson to investigate firsthand.

So now that we have your attention, hang tight. Full reviews coming as soon as I can straighten out some Technical Difficulties...

Labels: Sandwiches

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