I was told in New Jersey it's a three tier sandwich with rye bread, the top tier is Russian dressing and roast beef, the bottom tier is turkey or ham and cole slaw.

Wrong, right?

  • BeanBoy [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    That is correct. Only in north Jersey, though. Haven’t seen it anywhere in south Jersey. Also if you’re not literally in a deli people usually assume you’re talking about the ground beef hot sandwich. I dunno. It doesn’t make sense. Also I worked at a deli that used only two slices of bread, instead of three.

      • BeanBoy [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Sounds about right. Usually people would order a “turkey joe” or “roast beef joe” or “ham joe” and that would make it clear they’re not talking about the saucy manwich sloppy joe. In my experience it’s one kind of meat per sandwich, instead of how you described it.

        Edit: and with Swiss cheese