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Welcome back to a brand new season of Eating History! After tracking the evolution of pizza across the globe, Adrienne and Stephen return to tackle an entirely new culinary mystery: What exactly is a sandwich? Join them as they explore how "food inside bread" evolved from a prehistoric practice into a powerful cultural category, and why we are all still furiously debating the hot dog.
In this episode, we explore:
The Sandwich Meter: How we put different “sandwiches” into categories
The Definition Dilemma: Why traditional rules (like "two pieces of bread") accidentally turn burritos and po' boys into existential crises
The Sandwich Shop Test: What our gut reactions reveal about our hidden culinary expectations
The Hot Dog Divide: How the history of the American packed lunch separated everyday routine sandwiches from leisure foods like the hot dog
Season 2 Sneak Peek: A tease for next week's investigation into whether the Earl of Sandwich actually invented anything.
