21 March 2011

How to make a "shooter's sandwich"

A photoessay at The Guardian provides step-by-step instruction on this Edwardian creation.  Pictured above are the ingredients (" You'll need your choice of crusty loaf, a couple of good steaks - these are rib-eyes - roughly the same shape in plan as the loaf, 500g of mushrooms and 200g of shallots") and the final product (" Serve sliced like cake accompanied by something vaguely vegetable-based to assuage the guilt.")

Perhaps someone from across the pond can tell me why it's called a "shooter's" sandwich.*

Addendum:  Just found a long discussion thread of this sandwich at BoingBoing.

* and Arlene found the answer in this article that accompanied the photoessay: "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."

3 comments:

  1. delucasaurusMarch 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    I'm not from the UK, but my guess is that a sandwich like this is easy to carry in a hunting jacket pocket without making a mess. Thus, "shooter's sandwich."

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  2. ArleneMarch 21, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    Good guess gearheads.

    This is from the same article in the Guardian.

    "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."

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  3. Mel V.March 21, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Now I'm hungry. I may have to try that.

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