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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:54:58 PM EDT
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Back in the 1960s when I was going to school at Miami-Dade and working the midnight shift at the Trailways bus station (99 NE 4th St) I used to go to a little place on Calle Ocho and get a "medea noche" which is what the Cubanos called a Cuban sandwich. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
There was another little place that served a dish called "ropa vieja", which was shredded beef flank steak cooked in a wine & tomato sauce, served with white rice and black beans "christanos y moros", and a side order of platanos fritos. Damn! I'm ready to call the airlines and book a ticket to Miami. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:55:23 PM EDT
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The correct answer is Tampa. If you think Miami, you're just wrong. 
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:56:19 PM EDT
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Back in the 1960s when I was going to school at Miami-Dade and working the midnight shift at the Trailways bus station (99 NE 4th St) I used to go to a little place on Calle Ocho and get a "medea noche" which is what the Cubanos called a Cuban sandwich. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. There was another little place that served a dish called "ropa vieja", which was shredded beef flank steak cooked in a wine & tomato sauce, served with white rice and black beans "christanos y moros", and a side order of platanos fritos. Damn! I'm ready to call the airlines and book a ticket to Miami. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:56:47 PM EDT
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I prefer the loin myself but have had both the loin and the butt on the sandwich. The last loin i smoked was done with apple wood and the leftovers made me some mighty fine sandwiches for lunch the whole next week. I guess that's the plus side to being the only one in my 3 person family that eats the meat
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:57:05 PM EDT
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My favorite sammich! |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:57:30 PM EDT
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Salami does *not* belong on a Cuban sandwich.
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:59:29 PM EDT
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I wouldn't expect anything less from a gator living in CO. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The correct answer is Tampa. If you think Miami, you're just wrong. I went in and chatted with him a bit. I said "how's your Cuban?" He said "it's pretty good... I fly my bread in from Miami" I said "palm frond?" He says "no" I said "oh, that's too bad" He says "I know... I can't get bread overnighted from the Tampa bakeries" |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 8:59:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: a media noche is not what the Cubans call a Cuban sandwich |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:01:17 PM EDT
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Well, it was sure as hell what I ordered, and what I got has been described here to a T..... Sliced roast pork, ham, cheese, mustard, and pickle on Cuban bread. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: a media noche is not what the Cubans call a Cuban sandwich |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:01:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, it was sure as hell what I ordered, and what I got has been described here to a T..... Sliced roast pork, ham, cheese, mustard, and pickle on Cuban bread. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:03:06 PM EDT
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Might be the best sandwich ever
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:03:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's a true story... some dude from Florida opened a Cuban restaurant here. I went in and chatted with him a bit. I said "how's your Cuban?" He said "it's pretty good... I fly my bread in from Miami" I said "palm frond?" He says "no" I said "oh, that's too bad" He says "I know... I can't get bread overnighted from the Tampa bakeries" |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:04:14 PM EDT
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I had my first one at a little place in Seattle last Saturday. Good stuff.
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:06:04 PM EDT
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Was “some dude” Cuban? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Here's a true story... some dude from Florida opened a Cuban restaurant here. I went in and chatted with him a bit. I said "how's your Cuban?" He said "it's pretty good... I fly my bread in from Miami" I said "palm frond?" He says "no" I said "oh, that's too bad" He says "I know... I can't get bread overnighted from the Tampa bakeries" |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:12:58 PM EDT
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media noche is on soft bread... like challah bread Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: a media noche is not what the Cubans call a Cuban sandwich https://www.versaillesbakery.com/ Best Cuban sandwich and Media Noche |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:25:56 PM EDT
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I've had some pretty damn good Cubanos in Chicago. Sandwiches, too.
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:29:02 PM EDT
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My favorite sammich! |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:30:33 PM EDT
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me.  |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:31:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Miami uses roasted sliced pork whereas Tampa uses Genoa salami. Miami is best Cubano. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:36:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No. Lettuce on a hot sandwich is weird. There's a place in Loudonville NY that made me realize it's quite proper. Genoa salami, garlic mayo, roasted red peppers, shredded (on the meat slicer) lettuce, provolone, tomatoes. Heaven on a roll. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:37:36 PM EDT
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Great..... now I’m going to have to go to Tico’s (local-ish Cuban place) for a sandwich tomorrow for lunch. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:38:07 PM EDT
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me. If it's not Tampa Cuban bread, it's not a Cuban sandwich! |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:42:55 PM EDT
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me. He did a program on Cuban Sammiches. He knew his stuff. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:47:58 PM EDT
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Tampa for the win. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:48:50 PM EDT
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The Cubano tortas the Mexicans make at the trucks around here are better than both of those, IMO. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:57:07 PM EDT
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:58:02 PM EDT
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I've had some pretty damn good Cubanos in Chicago. Sandwiches, too. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:59:06 PM EDT
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Salami does *not* belong on a Cuban sandwich. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 9:59:17 PM EDT
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One thing is for sure: The signature sandwich didn't start in Miami, which was barely a city when the Columbia Restaurant opened its doors in Ybor City in 1905 with a Cuban sandwich on its menu.
These days, the commonly held belief is a Cuban sandwich isn't a Cuban sandwich unless it is heated on a sandwich press called a plancha (similar to a panini maker but without the ridges). Lindgren, Ral Musibay and Jorge Castillo the Three Guys From Miami insist that it's the pressing that distinguishes a real Cuban sandwich. "You end up with a sandwich,'' they write, "that is thin, hot, crispy and oozing delicious melted cheese." They add: "As for the argument that a 'true Cuban sandwich' is never pressed, if you really like it that way in Tampa, more power to you!" Ybor City native Jack Espinosa scoffs at the notion that Cuban sandwiches were always pressed. "The only thing you pressed was your pants," he jokes. Espinosa, 79, says he was often sent on errands in the 1930s to buy Cuban sandwiches from a corner store for his godfather's friends. They were 20 cents and weren't even called Cuban sandwiches. They were "mixto" sandwiches, for the mixed meats that came on the long loaves of white bread. Back then, a Cuban sandwich had included pork, ham, turkey, Genoa salami, swiss cheese, sour pickle slices and mustard. No mayo, lettuce or tomatoes. Those were added later by Anglos, or Americans as they were called in Ybor City. And it was the Anglos who started calling the mixto sandwich a Cuban sandwich, Espinosa says, because that's who they saw eating them. Espinosa worked as a nightclub comedian in Havana in the 1950s and remembers walking into a caf and ordering a Cuban sandwich. The guy behind the counter gave him a look and said, "Every sandwich in here is Cuban." So he ordered a ham and cheese sandwich, the closest he could get. And it was pressed. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:00:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Media noche is sweet bread. It is still pressed like the orginal Cuban. https://www.versaillesbakery.com/ Best Cuban sandwich and Media Noche |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:01:47 PM EDT
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I love everything about them except the pickle. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:11:13 PM EDT
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The Cubano is very good but I prefer the Barros Luco my MIL makes. Her empanadas are also to die for.
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:12:19 PM EDT
[#33]
It never ends. The Cuban sandwich war continues forever.
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:13:07 PM EDT
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Did you mean Cubanas? Cause there is a difference. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've had some pretty damn good Cubanos in Chicago. Sandwiches, too. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:15:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:18:14 PM EDT
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Yep, unfortunately pickles give me horrible heartburn. I love pressing my own Cuban sandwiches. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I love everything about them except the pickle. I also have eaten a Cuban Sandwhich from Tampa, Miami and Kew West. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:20:47 PM EDT
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Miami Cuban sandwich is better than Tampa Cuban sandwich. There! I said it, bite me. The Cubano was invented in Ybor City and Tampa Cubanos are better than any shit you can get in Miami. 
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:21:12 PM EDT
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Awesome!
I just get em wherever I can when I visit family in Tampa and surrounding cities. Even the meh stuff there is better than the good stuff elsewhere lol. 
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:22:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think he likes the pito. LOL |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:23:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, it was sure as hell what I ordered, and what I got has been described here to a T..... Sliced roast pork, ham, cheese, mustard, and pickle on Cuban bread. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:26:26 PM EDT
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Awesome! I just get em wherever I can when I visit family in Tampa and surrounding cities. Even the meh stuff there is better than the good stuff elsewhere lol. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7154/26579256183_b7149cabdf_b.jpg |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:26:52 PM EDT
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Pito surprise?!??!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I think he likes the pito. LOL |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:40:17 PM EDT
[#43]
I'll take 2 please
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:43:24 PM EDT
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The correct answer is Tampa. If you think Miami, you're just wrong. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:47:40 PM EDT
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Rolls are a little small....
They’ll make a sandwich. https://flic.kr/p/27dTEBP https://flic.kr/p/28wcaDQ |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 11:05:04 PM EDT
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Miami is all butt hurt because Tampa is now and always has been the home of the Cuban Sandwich. |
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Posted: 6/27/2018 11:51:57 PM EDT
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The only one I've had was when Arby's had it. If their's is that good, |
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Posted: 6/28/2018 12:00:04 AM EDT
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It's not a Cuban then. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Miami uses roasted sliced pork whereas Tampa uses Genoa salami. Miami is best Cubano. It was awesome. |
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Posted: 6/28/2018 12:07:41 AM EDT
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I've been messing around with a Cubano inspired sammich for the menu at work. No, its no where near authentic and I will not call it such, but I'm working with what I have.
A smoked then braised (in Dr Pepper) pork belly with some pork loin ham, dill pickles, and hoppy mustard pressed on the flat top. |
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Posted: 6/28/2018 12:09:11 AM EDT
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Buy American sandwiches!
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