Maid Rite Sandwich (1926) on Sandwiches of History
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Today, we’re taking on a sandwich of regional history, the Maid Rite Sandwich first suggested to me by John Strauss. Originating in the midwest of the United States, Iowa specifically, this “loose meat” sandwich and others like it are supposedly the precursor to the Sloppy Joe. Unlike the Sloppy Joe, however, the Maid Rite Sandwich has zero tomato in it. Still, looks to be a pretty tasty sandwich.
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IMDB notes: In an uncredited role, Pickle Slices makes a tasty appearance.
I heard they were under contract with Kenji.
That is hilarious and I'm excited to see his response 😂
I feel Pickle Slices may be our new John Cazale. @@cyrollan
Smart. Not like everyone says.
Glad to see the 'ol Maid-Rite getting at least a little love. We grew up on these. The most important things are to Not brown the beef, simmer and break up very small for at least 45 minutes, along with a healthy portion of dehydrated onions. And of course, the cheapest white buns and cheapest dill pickle slices and cheapest yellow mustard you can find. They're awesome. Where most folks screw up is trying to top them like a hamburger with sauces, lettuce, tomatoes, fancy cheeses, etc. Well. They are not a hamburger. They are Maid-Rites!
I make my loose meat in a saucepan and wearing gloves mush with my hands till it gets too hot to do so. Gives it the right texture. It does have to cook for a while too.
My mother-in-law worked at a Maid-Rite restaurant in the 50's, where she met my father-in-law. I love Maid-Rite, thanks for the recipe. Now I can make them for myself.
I had my first MaidRite back in college, probably back around ‘85. If you ever get a chance to visit the restaurant, ask for one ‘from the bottom’ - yeah where all the grease and juices collect. I’m getting to the point where predicting your scores based on your reactions is pretty reliable. 😉
I just looked at their Maid-Rite menu and they have a loose meat sandwich called the Jalapeño-Rite.
Coincidentally, Maid-Rite has a version with nacho cheese and pickled jalapenos on it. Maybe should have leaned in that direction.
Loose meat is better than moose meat... Sloppy Joe's where my late wife's favorite meal and the way she plused it up was to put it on a hotdog and call them sloppy dogs =8-)
Pro tip:adding a baking soda slurry can help keep ground beef moist and tender in sloppy joes. It binds the proteins so that the sloppy isn't so sloppy and helps the ground beef to brown more quickly also
Mix ¼ to ½ teaspoon of baking soda with 1 tablespoon of water for every pound of ground meat
Sprinkle the mixture over the meat
Let it sit for 5-20 minutes
Maid Rite is a great sandwich. I love them.
Not overselling the looseness of the meat
Mystery pickles for the win!
Love Maid Rites. We had one here in Minnesota. I would stop by on my lunch break. That restaurant closed so I make them at home now. I like adding cheese to mine.
Discovered loose meat sandwich a few years ago. I'll add some W. sauce and oregano. Like it on sub roll with mustard. So, it's similar to your sandwich.
My Dad grew up in Boone, Iowa and he loved those things.
Maid-Rites are best with burger that is not lean. We throw it in the food processor for a few seconds to have smaller crumbles of burger, which helps hold together. Then eat it on a hot dog bun (the same way we eat Sloppy Joe's). No mess
For the first time ever I would plus this up with ketchup and mustard.😂 And cheese (melted) raw onions, tomato, and cow boy caviar.
The audio from 0:00-0:59... I guess I'd give that an 8! It's quite good, it sounds like it was recorded by a microphone reasonably close to the source of the sound, and there's a good representation of audio frequencies across the spectrum from low, low-mid, mid, mid-high, and high. Minused-down with the audio failure, I'd have to give that a 4. Will I watch this again? The original version, absolutely!
As a Californian who lived in Iowa for a few years, I will say I miss Maid Rites. Simple, sure, but really are good somehow.
Hey Barry! Born and raised in Iowa so I loved when I saw this pop up! I love maid rites but think you nailed it, tasty but messy. I am absolutely going to try your plus up, another idea is a simple slice of American cheese, when it melts it holds the meat together (a little better) and everything’s better with cheese! Have a good one!
As someone whose extended family lived in Iowa, and who went to college in Iowa, just adding my appreciation for the loose meat recognition!
The official sandwich of my home region! I really want a Maid-Rite now, but that means going to another part of town and I'm lazy.
I always thought it was made like chili dog sauce, where you add the wet ingredients to the unbrowned burger, so you can break it up very fine.
That would only be a texture thing, though. I don't think it would affect the flavor. You'd have to use very lean ground beef, though.
It seems simple enough to make. I like simple. I might try this.
I make a modern version of Loose Sammie. No sweetness just savory. Really good go to
Cheese melted on top might help hold the meat together. And be all melty cheesy 😋
OMG there was a fast food joint near me as a kid who had loose meat sandwiches with cheese melted on top. I forgot all about that place, including the name, but it rocked!!
Since you mentioned Sloppy Joe's... any history of the East Coast version? Triple Decker meat, cheese on rye with slaw & Russian dressing...
I'm a certified loose ground beef disliker (no idea why that versus ground beef patties makes such a difference, but it does) so I immediately went noooo as you made this one. I'd eat it but I'd grumble the whole time!
Okay Barry needs to do a chopped cheese at some point. You're welcome.
This is true. I do need to.
@@SandwichesofHistory I genuinely do not know what a chopped cheese is, so I'm excited!
Cool now do the Wilensky Fried Baloney Sandwich
Hah... I remember encountering these when I moved to the Midwest around year 2000 for IT work. I came from the South. I was mystified. At first I thought it was just another name for a Sloppy Joe... but I noticed a suspicious lack of binding sauce. I was like... wait, what's the point? Hamburger would be less messy? 😂
"You really do taste the beef." Well thank God for small miracles.
Soggy peppers on loose meat. I can see why this didn't crack the 8 barrier.
I really like how easy it is to make most of these sandwiches into a vegan option. I happened to have mushrooms and walnuts on hand, and I just made this sandwich with them instead of the beef, and it worked pretty well!
Ooh, I could use Impossible Crumbles too
or Butler Soy Curls!@@cyrollan
@@peter5.056 never heard of them! If I find some, I'll give it a shot. Thanks
Soy Curls are cooked whole soybeans, which are then extruded and then dried. They have a rich slightly buttery flavor, and resemble chicken strips in their texture. They make GREAT jerky;)@@cyrollan
The audio sounds like it’s from 1926 too 😉
So I have tried this recipe a couple years ago. I went on a long dark tunnel ride when it didn't taste the same as I remembered. What I remembered as a kid, growing up in Iowa, that recipe does not taste the same. It's missing something, or a lot of something according to my older kin. With family help, I've been trying to recreate it for a while now. I think it's close, but still missing something. I wonder if it was some crazy regional thing?
Dehydrated onions? Its a different taste to have rehydrated onions in your meat than fresh onions...msg?
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I was hoping you had an answer to the question - If the sandwich was named because it was “made right” why is it spelled Maid Rite? As always great video!
They claim that the original guy, Fred, wasn't a great speller. I don't buy it. I think it is intentionally misspelled so that people remember it better.
Barry, have you seen the Hot Cheese Sandwich from Fall River, Massachusetts?
I have but I haven't figured out how they make it!
I read that there used to be a bunch of places in that area that made it. And it's not expensive. So it stands to reason it can't be that complicated or finicky to make. Atlasobscura says it's "stirred in a hot water bath for hours" and "whistleblowers claim the addition of milk keeps the warm cheese from solidifying or getting glutinous". But what temperature "water bath"? In addition, since it's a product they serve all day, it seems like once it's done, it must stay at the right consistency for some time afterwards.
You should try the wet version
Supposedly the original loose meat sandwich is just beef and onions, completely unseasoned, and that's how the original tavern sandwich is still served and I just cannot with the unseasoned beef. Same with the North-east's fascination with steamed burgers why would you do this??
As a former resident of Dubuque, back in the 90s, I am familiar with the very underwhelming Maid-Rite. Its fine, not particularly tasty in my opinion, but I can't hate it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
this looks tasty
Ketchup or tomato sauce with sugar it's a sloppy joe lol
i dont think any time he's ever suggested that I guess a plus up that his plus up is anything i'd ever expect. who guesses these things right?? unless there's one weirdo out there who has an excel spreadsheet of these things and actually has guessed them all right
those TJ's fried jalapenos are indispensable pantry occupants.
😮 goddamb my dislexia...i thought you was talking about putting jalapenos in octopus pantys!🐙🩲
Have you had a NJ sloppy Joe on this channel?
Not yet but it is on my to-do list. Trying to find a definitive recipe for it.
@@SandwichesofHistory i would happily buy and break down and measure out the contents of a millburn deli (i think most north jerseyans would agree the number one sloppy joe) sandwich for you. they also ship nationwide.
Bad audio and the subtitles are out of sync 😂 Gotta love it
Pretend it's an old 1960s Godzilla movie...because the production quality is about the same. Lol
PICKLES
Who you callin' pickles? Lol
Now, the real question is... Was this made right?
No?
I'll see myself out.
Trader Joe's is attempting to remove union protections at the federal level. This may violate the stay on topic guideline, apologies. I'm heartbroken by what they're doing.
Yeah I am trying to wean myself off of them for that very reason. Of course, you'd never know it this week as I absent-mindedly used their products for 5 of the 7 sandwiches 🤦♂️
All sloppy and some Joe.