Once upon a time in Puerto Rico, the now-newlyweds at adventured.net told me about a service called ChaCha. In short, you text a question to 242242, and your phone will magically text you back with the answer. I forget how it works exactly, but I feel it's best to just take it at face value. That means asking ChaCha questions with the assumption you're communing directly with God. This adds weight and significance to what is otherwise a phone-based search engine powered by underpaid and questionably qualified human employees. Not to slam ChaCha -- bear in mind I know very little about them. My technique isn't unique or as crazy as it sounds, either. A brief glance at their recent search history revealed well over 1,000 texts to the service asking "Are you God?"
Wait, isn't this a sandwich blog? What's with all the God talk? Good question, imaginary person. The answer? We try to answer the big questions here at It's What's Between, and speaking of which, an interesting experience with a Mexican BBQ slider today led me to revisit the "is a burger a sandwich?" question and reaffirm my conviction that it is not. But that's a discussion for another post.
I have a lot on my mind, so pardon me for burying the lede. Without further ado, the official best sandwich is the Albuquerque turkey. I asked ChaCha and that's what it said, and for this conceit's sake, I take ChaCha's word as The Word.
This answer raises another question: what is an Albuquerque turkey sandwich? I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know, despite having been to Albuquerque more times than anywhere I've l ived full-time, due to it being an awesome city full of good people, including many of my dear relatives. Knowing the ABQ as I do, I'm willing to venture a guess as to what this sandwich is made of. I'm going to go ahead and present my guess, then Google the thing as a gauge of my knowledge. I swear to you, whoever you people reading this are, that I am going purely on my raw sandwich/Albuquerque-understanding skills on this one, and will accurately relay the actual results of the experiment.
My guess as to what the Albuquerque turkey sandwich is:
And now, let's see what Google says the sandwich is ...
... an invention of Schlotzsky's, which means I have seen it before. To my credit, the closest Schlotzsky's to my current location is in Newport News, Va., which I assure you is a real place. Indeed, Frontier Airlines flies there, and I can vouch for the airline should you want to pay the city a visit.
And their idea of an AB TK is:
Dear marketer: You have a hot sandwich on your hands. As a defender of the New Mexican way of life, I'm a little offended by your co-opting of their culture while failing to include their single-most important foodstuff, which is the green chile (AKA the Anaheim chile).
Wait, isn't this a sandwich blog? What's with all the God talk? Good question, imaginary person. The answer? We try to answer the big questions here at It's What's Between, and speaking of which, an interesting experience with a Mexican BBQ slider today led me to revisit the "is a burger a sandwich?" question and reaffirm my conviction that it is not. But that's a discussion for another post.
I have a lot on my mind, so pardon me for burying the lede. Without further ado, the official best sandwich is the Albuquerque turkey. I asked ChaCha and that's what it said, and for this conceit's sake, I take ChaCha's word as The Word.
My guess as to what the Albuquerque turkey sandwich is:
- A roll, or other breadstuff
- Turkey
- Swiss cheese
- Avocado
- A bit of mayo
- Fifth, and most importantly: green chile. If this sandy doesn't have it I'm calling shenanigans.
And now, let's see what Google says the sandwich is ...
... an invention of Schlotzsky's, which means I have seen it before. To my credit, the closest Schlotzsky's to my current location is in Newport News, Va., which I assure you is a real place. Indeed, Frontier Airlines flies there, and I can vouch for the airline should you want to pay the city a visit.
And their idea of an AB TK is:
- Toasted Jalapeño Cheese bread.
- Smoked turkey breast
- Bacon strips
- Cheddar, mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses
- Fire-roasted vegetables
- Chipotle mayonnaise
- Tomato
- Schlotzky's signature dressing
Dear marketer: You have a hot sandwich on your hands. As a defender of the New Mexican way of life, I'm a little offended by your co-opting of their culture while failing to include their single-most important foodstuff, which is the green chile (AKA the Anaheim chile).
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