Sandwiches were mentioned in Wisconsin newspapers as early as 1869 when the Dodgeville Chronicle featured a recipe calling for thinly sliced bread topped with butter and “thin bits of ham.” In earlier publications, the term “sandwich” appeared usually in reference to the Sandwich Islands, the deliciously sounding name Europeans and Americans used for Hawaii at the time. The concept of the culinary sandwich hasn’t changed much since its early days and with the establishment and growing popularity

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