muffuletta

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A proper muffuletta is about the size of a fat Frisbee, big enough to satisfy a family of four with drippings and droppings left over for a couple of dogs.

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  1. noun New Orleans A sandwich made with a large round roll of Italian bread split in half and filled with layers of hard salami, ham, provolone, and olive salad.
  2. Regional Note
    The New Orleans muffuletta is one of the few large American sandwiches not made with a long crusty roll. Instead, it is made with a round loaf of Italian bread. The bread's shape and the presence of the olive salad distinguishes the muffuletta from the submarine sandwich. Marian Burros of the New York Times traces the creation of the muffuletta to Salvatore Lupa's Central Grocery in New Orleans in 1910. The sandwich was a favorite lunch for Louisiana farmers on their trips into town.

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  • “That was the first time I tried a muffuletta, and I really liked it.” Then she forced a smile and decided she wanted to change the subject, not necessarily because it bothered her, but because it bothered him. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • It includes a painstakingly researched, Central Grocery-style muffuletta sandwich for $9. —  Gothamist
  • Meats and cheeses are available by the pound or in an array of sandwiches that includes lamb with mint raita, muffuletta and ham —  NashvilleScene.com
  • Did a blogger really describe a muffuletta as a "cold cut and tapenade juggernaut"? —  gastropoda
  • I headed over there yesterday to check out their muffuletta. —  Midtown Lunch
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  1. Italian dialectal, bread with a filling, from Italian muffa, mold, probably of Germanic origin.
 

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