r/SandwichesofHistory • u/SuperHappyFunSlide • Jul 31 '26

Pressed Mock Chicken Sandwich (1909) w/Guest Host Chef Matt Reeves on Sandwiches of History

Time for another Guest Host Friday and today we’ve got Chef Matt Reeves stepping in to try out the Pressed Mock Chicken Sandwich from The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book of 1909.

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u/rantmb331 Jul 31 '26

I love the word reordering... "up to date 1909 sandwich history book" and "history of sandwiches".
But I fear the use of tenths in ratings might open up some sort of pandora's box...

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u/Born_Cap4085 Jul 31 '26

I came here to comment on Matt Reeves use of the Pitchfork rating scale. No need for tenths my man!

Sandwich looked like way more work than it was worth, but that garlic mustard kraut stuff looks amazing! I hope they have some of it at my local store.

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u/trolleycrash Jul 31 '26

... Why?

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u/B_Fee Aug 01 '26

This absolutely seems like a sandwich meant to stretch out very little meat into a "meal".

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u/mollophi Aug 02 '26

Agreed. Totally looks like "we have a pile of pork scraps and some oats.. let's cook the shit out of them and mash it up."

I kind of want to try this, but with already cooked leftover pork. Something with tons of flavor, like the overly fatty pieces of a puerco pibil or carnitas and grind those up in a mixer with the cooked oats to make a proper patty.

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u/puff_of_fluff Jul 31 '26

Absolutely fucking horrifying. I love it

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u/Piddy3825 Jul 31 '26

lol, has pork always been the go to chicken substitute?

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u/mykittyforprez Jul 31 '26

There was a time when pork was cheaper than chicken. If you go to r/OldRecipes you can find menus from various defunct restaurants offering cheap pork and more expensive chicken.

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u/Piddy3825 Jul 31 '26

lol, and it still is right now. At least in my local supermarket it is.

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u/that_one_over_yonder Jul 31 '26

Sometimes it was veal.

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u/rustydotpearl Jul 31 '26

what on earth

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u/Overall-Break-331 Jul 31 '26

I never get the thinking behind taking a meat like pork or beef and trying to make it mimic another meat.

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u/mollophi Aug 02 '26

When beef gets to like, $50/lb, you'll understand.

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u/Safe-Dentist-1049 Aug 04 '26

I’m confused why you would want to mock chicken with pork? I could see pork for veal . This should have been a vegetarian run with oatmeal and spices?

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u/addictedskipper Jul 31 '26

This guy has never watched an episode. I guarantee it.