The breaded pork tenderloin sandwich is a Midwest favorite and Unforgettable Forgottonia serves up a trail of the tastiest you can find anywhere.
Some say that the sandwich was invented in the Czech neighborhoods of Cedar Rapids, but evidence suggests the sandwich was created in 1904 by a pushcart operator named Nicholas Freinstein in Huntington, Indiana to bring the German Wiener schnitzel to the masses.
Now, what’s a Horseshoe you ask? Only one of the most audaciously delicious sandwiches you’ll ever see. Starting with thick-sliced toasted Texas bread, it’s stacked with your choice of meat and piled high with mounds of French fries, lattice fries or tater tots, then all of that is smothered in rich cheese sauce. Hungry yet? Do yourself a favor, hope on the “trail” and experience the most mouth-watering open-faced sandwich you’ll ever eat!
The origin of the Horseshoe sandwich goes back to 1928, Joseph Schweska the chef at the Leland Hotel in Springfield, IL went to his wife Elizabeth for help coming up with recipe for a new lunch item to serve at the hotel. Elizabeth suggested making an open-faced sandwich dish that included a Welsh rarebit sauce. Joseph was inspired to make the horseshoe with the toast representing an anvil, the cuts of ham as a horseshoe, French fries as nails, and the cheese sauce as the glue holding it all together. And voila! A gastronomic tradition was born.
