Welcome to JayPo’s Penalty Boxed Lunch where we explore food from around the country! This week’s third official entry comes from the great state of Missouri, for which I could have chosen a few different entries to represent the Show Me State and wound up going with the Hot Salami Sandwich.
Food History!
Made famous at the James Beard Award-winning Giola’s Deli in St. Louis, the hot salami sandwich has somehow become synonymous with Missouri. Is it considered the official state sandwich? In my research, two other sandwiches contest for the the crown. The first being the St.