Is there really such a thing as a "Chillicothe Sandwich"?

[SCAdian]

@Johanna

Another Ohio town, Piqua, is named after another of the Shawnee tribal divisions, the Pekowi.

…who later moved out west and became the Hekawi.

[Carl_Corey]

Is it something like a Cleveland Steamer?

[Wendell_Wagner]

All the writers are dead.

[dropzone]

@Crotalus

If one were to be invented today, it would almost certainly involve a huge slab of deep-fried pork loin.

I would like to invest in your franchise.

@SCAdian

…who later moved out west and became the Hekawi.

And how did they get that name?

[Zebra]

@terentii

I watched part of The Harvey Girls (1946) on TCM today. At the beginning of the movie, one of the girls on the train offers Judy Garland an “award-winning” Chillicothe Sandwich for lunch, claiming it’s based on a recipe of her aunt’s.

I would logically** assume *that this was something well-known at the time, and that it found its way into the Harvey’s menu, but I cannot find any recipe for it anywhere (or any mention of it beyond the movie).
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bolding mine

Why would make this assumption? You are watching a work of fiction. The Harvey Girls is not a documentary.

[Johanna]

@Zebra

You are watching a work of fiction. The Harvey Girls is not a documentary.

Same goes for F Troop. (“Where the heck are we?” –> “We’re the Hekawi”)

But seriously, the Shawnee moving west in the first half of the 19th century must be what carried the name Chillicothe through Illinois into Missouri, I’m guessing.

[puddleglum]

@Roderick_Femm

It’s just a story that one of the girls made up so she could give Judy Garland’s character a sandwich, because they could see that she didn’t have anything to eat.

“Here’s my aunt’s award-winning Chillicothe sandwich, Mabel, would you like to try it?”
“Not me, I’m full”
“How about you, miss?”
“Oh, thank you. (Bites into sandwich) Mm, tastes just like chicken.”

(And I wonder if that was the start of that joke, although it’s a throwaway line in the movie.)
Roddy

Before the advent of factory farming chicken was harder to come by in most cities and was therefore more expensive than pork. So you had recipes like city chicken which were designed to get pork to taste like fried chicken. This is probably what is being referenced there.

[terentii]

@Zebra

Why would make this assumption? You are watching a work of fiction. The Harvey Girls is not a documentary.

No, but it was based on fact:

Fred Harvey Company

Harvey Girl Historical Society - Southern California Railway Museum

As I mention above, I remember eating at Harvey’s myself back in the '60s.

[terentii]

@puddleglum

Before the advent of factory farming chicken was harder to come by in most cities and was therefore more expensive than pork. So you had recipes like city chicken which were designed to get pork to taste like fried chicken. This is probably what is being referenced there.

Logical. Thank you!

[Elaine_Willingham]

Chillicothe Sandwich
1 boiled chicken breast
2 pieces white bread (the healthier whole wheat white is fine)
Mayo or Miracle Whip I prefer the latter
lettuce
salt & pepper
This is an excellent sandwich and it makes me hungry!

[NDP]

@Elaine_Willingham

Chillicothe Sandwich
1 boiled chicken breast
2 pieces white bread (the healthier whole wheat white is fine)
Mayo or Miracle Whip I prefer the latter
lettuce
salt & pepper
This is an excellent sandwich and it makes me hungry!

Is the chicken breast chopped up and mixed with the mayo/Miracle Whip or is kept whole (with the bones removed I presume)?

[Wendell_Wagner]

Are you claiming that this is the recipe for the sandwich that you’ve eaten for decades and which people you know call a Chillicothe sandwich? If so, where and when did you first hear people call it that? Or did you just make up that recipe now?

[samclem]

@Wendell_Wagner

Are you claiming that this is the recipe for the sandwich that you’ve eaten for decades and which people you know call a Chillicothe sandwich? If so, where and when did you first hear people call it that? Or did you just make up that recipe now?

Hey! She’s been in business since 2010. Made up. Tastes like spam.

[the_O]

Ya’ know the difference between a Roast Beef sandwich and a blow job?
No.
Good…I’ll buy lunch tomorrow.

[dnooman]

@the_O

Ya’ know the difference between a Roast Beef sandwich and a blow job?
No.
Good…I’ll buy lunch tomorrow.

Reminds me of a terrible joke.

“What’s the difference between a toilet and a refrigerator?”

You don’t know? You are a really sick person.

[MissyH]

One of the Harvey girls noticed that Judy Garland‘s character Susan didn’t have any lunch. She didn’t want to embarrass her, and you can see her discuss this fact with the head Harvey lady and a couple of other girls, so they came up with a plan. In order to not embarrass her, she made a big deal about giving another girl the Chillicothe sandwich, the girl purposely turned it down, then they offered it to Judy Garland‘s character pretending that she wanted her opinion of it. The only purpose in this was to give her lunch without embarrassing her. The reason the Harvey girl called it a Chillicothe sandwich is because that is the girl’s hometown…the sandwich was simply a chicken sandwich. The fact that Judy Garland’s character said she always wanted to try a Chillicothe sandwich is funny because there is no such thing.That was Susan‘s way of accepting the sandwich without appearing desperately hungry. She said it tasted like chicken because that’s exactly what it was…she didn’t realize they were passing it off to her in pretending they wanted her opinion when they were really just trying to feed her when she was hungry. This whole scene is simply women seeing someone hungry but not wanting to embarrass her, and a hungry woman not wanting to look desperate or to appear to be begging for food. Watch the movie again and you’ll see all of this play out.