Toast Hawaii
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For the record label, see Toast Hawaii (record label).
Toast Hawaii is an open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham, pineapple in the middle of a maraschino cherry and cheese, grilled from above, so that the cheese starts to melt.[1] It was invented, or at least made popular, by the German TV cook Clemens Wilmenrod and is considered typical for West Germany in the 1950s. In the GDR such a sandwich was also known since the 1950s or 1960s and was called Karlsbader Schnitte.
A possible precursor of Toast Hawaii might be the Grilled Spamwich which was published in a cookbook by Spam manufacturer Hormel in 1939 and made its way to Germany through the U.S. Army.[2]
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- ^ Helge Denker (3 April 2009). "Deutschlands erster TV-Koch erfindet den Toast Hawaii" (in German). BILD. http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/60-jahre-bundesrepublik-deutschland/60-ereignisse/50er/1955/erfindung-toast-hawaii.html. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ Petra Foede (23 January 2010). "Entdeckt: Spamwich - das Vorbild für Toast Hawaii?" (in German). http://petrafoede.de/blog/2010/01/23/entdeckt-spamwich-das-vorbild-fur-toast-hawaii/. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
