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What!? California's state sandwich should be the French Dip!

Maryland's state sandwich would be a crab cake... sandwich :)

South Carolina would have pulled pork with mustard sauce.
But, since I've moved to California, I'd have thought the burrito would be the state sandwich. You could put avocado and sprouts in your burrito. I guess.

Okay all you Louisiana Serious Eaters out there (and I'm betting there a quite a few) -- I'm thinking either the muffuletta or the fried oyster poboy?

Haha, my boyfriend is from Mass, and you should hear him wax lyrical about Peanut Butter and Fluff. According to him, his childhood diet was a steady stream of PB & Fluff and cold cereal. He credits all his success in life to this. He says the combination may not be all that original, it's getting the ratio right that's the tricky part. His biggest success to date, you ask? Me. ;)

The hamburger should be California's state sandwich. McDonalds and In-N-Out, among others, both started in Califorina. Plus it would be cool to stick it to Connecticut and Texas, who both claim to be where the hamburger was invented. It might have been invented there, but it was perfected here. Let the flames begin!

Oklahoma: Chicken Fried Steak Sandwich.

Hmmmm... NH would have to be squirrel with maple syrup on wonder bread cooked open faced ( cause we're top shelf here)on the exhaust manifold...

NJ: high brow: Bobolink farm cheese + Jersey tomatoes. Low-brow: anything you can find at the Grease Trucks.

I never realized that fluff was a regional delicacy until last year. My mom never let me eat fluff...the BF introduced me to it and I ate about 2 a day for a while.

I think the state sandwich for VT would be turkey, cheddar, green apple, and honey mustard on some whole grain bread.

Wait, Necco Wafers, really? Massachusetts: The Commonwealth of the Halloween Candy No One Will Trade For.

The first thing I thought of was Oreo for Ohio.

The official sandwich of Missouri should be the burnt ends sandwich. (Arthur Bryants is on our side kansas!)

Ca- what about an Its-it! But French Dip is more realistic

Alabama would have to be the Alabama Steak Sandwich - fried bologna with cheddar cheese.

Kentucky actually has an official state (or commonwealth) sandwich - the Hot Brown. Wikipedia "A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926. It was one of two signature sandwiches created by chefs at the Brown Hotel shortly after its founding in 1923. It was created to serve as an alternative to ham and egg late-night suppers.

"The Hot Brown is an open-faced sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in Mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown."

TN - Ok seriously...I can't decide. There's barbecue in West Tennessee and Hot Chicken in Middle Tennessee, but I wonder if we couldn't do an opened faced sandwich from East Tennessee for some Appalachian love?...White beans over cornbread with a scoop of chow chow. Yes!

@ Pavlov: Squirrel? Exhaust manifold? Ouch! We are sooooo not redneck! (even in the upper part of the state!) For our state sandwich, I nominate a crepe with apples and maple syrup -- taking influence from New England and our neighbors to the north, and of course from the Silver Moon Creperie in Dover (who deserves more credit than they receive).

I think I must be the only person in the state of Massachussetts that detests marshmallow fluff. Perhaps I should lobby my local representative to introduce a competing bill with roast beef as a candidate for state sandwich.

@ ilovebutter...I guess perhaps youre right... we are from God's country... If God was from a land of toothless circus freaks!

(we are just a little redneck here, and in case you hadn't heard "it's alright to be a redneck")

Of course I was kidding, raised in NH and am damn proud of my state, but a crepe?! I'll give you the maple, either maple butter or syrup... but definitely not a damned crepe. Perhaps a maple glazed donut before a crepe. (but neither are a sandwich)

How about curried oysters with dried cranberries and diced granny smith apple on hearty sourdough?

ALABAMA- That would definitely have to be a Chicken Biscuit.... Damn I love those things!

What, Massachusetts doesn't have a state cookie? Should be the toll house, of course. I love that they're considering the number 6 as the state number.

Illinois - Italian Beef!

I'm from NJ, and have never had (nor never will injest) a Taylor Pork Roll. I think that is a South Jersey thing.

My votes for NJ: A Boardwalk hot dog from the Windmill (mustard, relish or sauerkraut), a buttered roll; or a really good Italian sub

I'll go ahead and grab the grilled cheese for Ohio. Nice, plain, middle-american fare.
If not the grilled cheese then definitely the cheese-coney (I'm looking at you Cinci)

Raised in CT, but I live in Massachusetts now, and I've STILL never had a fluffernutter sandwich. I love peanut butter sandwiches (and, occasionally, pb&j), but fluff really doesn't appeal to me. It just looks so sticky and overly sweet. Maybe it's because I hate marshmallows?

Even though I've never had one, I must agree that NJ's official sandwich should be Taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a hard roll. They're ubiquitous here, but don't exist anywhere else.

I am originally from California and I agree avocado has to be on any sandwich from there. But I really love French Dips!

I now live in Raleigh, NC and I agree with both on the mater sandwich with Duke's mayo and/or homemade pimento cheese on white bread as well as a really good pulled pork sandwich on a bun with slaw. Hold the sauce
as my tummy won't take it.

And I will chime in on the Necco wafers as well, I like the chocolate ones the best and they are the hardest to find!

Florida: Blackened grouper.

PA = cheesesteak.

West Virginia is the pepperoni roll, first made for miners as an easy to carry and eat lunch.