What is America's favorite sandwich?

Answer 1

In all out sales, here in the land of McDonalds, Buger King, Wendy's, Carl Jr's/Hardee, Jack-In-The-Box, Dairy Queen, Whataburger, Sonic, Culver's and A&W's, the hamburger in all of it's many guises is probably the front runner.

Although, Hormel Foods (the land of Skippy peanut butter), and J.M. Smucker (home of Jiff) claim that PB&J are second only the ham. Their statistics might bear some weight: 75% of US household purchase peanut butter, 1500 PB&J Sandwiches are eaten by the averge American student from kidergarten to graduation, the average US citizen eats 3 pounds of peanut butter a year (someone is not pulling his weight--I go through about a pound a month).

Another contender, believe it or not, is Spam. Yep that ubiquitous, spiced ham treat in a can. With two plants (one in Nebraska the main plant in Minnesota) cranking out roughly a half million cans a day, the company produces 328,615,425 cans of tasty Smeat a year (that's right, over 328.5 million cans); nearly enough for one can per person in the US. Hold the phone though. Most of Hormel's yummy goodness in a pull-top can goes to Hawaii, Guam, and the Marianna Islands where it is appreciated most. Spam is even served at Burger King and McDonalds in Hawaii.

One last point to make here. Where hamburgers, PB&J, and Spam all have claims for the title, the lowly grilled cheese might edge them out. Who cannot say they have not enjoyed two slices of your favorite bread with a couple slices of individually wrapped American cheese melted between them? And, grilled cheese wears almost as many masks as the hamburger.

Personally, I like smoked gouda, Munster, and American grilled on San Fransisco sourdough, toasted with butter. Mmm mmm mmm mmm m. Now I made myself hungry.

Oh, that ham sandwich, you have to decide for yourself. There is no US Department of Sandwich Consumption, no clearinghouse on sandwich data, and no one really tracks what we Yankees put the most between bread. What we do know is that we eat a lot of bread and a greater amount of red meat--pork being the largest single type at 40% (according to a 2002 USDA report). That alone might give a little credence to the title going to Spam.

Answer 2

The most popular cooked sandwich in the US is the hamburger.

Answer 3

Grill cheese