Fun Facts: Sandwich & Sub
- 1The Sloppy Joe was created in 1939 in a Sioux City, Iowa, cafe. A cook named Joe mixed ground beef, onions, green pepper, & ketchup and served it on a hamburger bun.
- 2The # of peanut butter & jelly sandwiches the average American student will have eaten by high school graduation? 1,500!
- 3Early BLT recipes printed in cookbooks from the 1930’s to the 1950’s actually included cheese!
- 4Each day, Americans eat more than a total of 300 million sandwiches!
- 5The biggest sandwich ever made weighed more than 5,400 lbs!
- 6Due to the low cost of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich at the time, PB&J's helped keeps Americans fed during the Great Depression.