A French dip, also called a beef dip, is a hot American sandwich of thinly sliced roast beef, sometimes with Swiss cheese and onions, served on a French roll or baguette with a side cup of the beef broth left over from cooking, known as au jus, meaning with juice, into which the sandwich is dipped while eating. Despite the name, it is considered an American invention associated with Los Angeles, the word French in its name referring to the bread rather than to any French origin, and several Los Angeles establishments have separately claimed to have created it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Why is the French dip called French?
The restaurant telling the story says the name may come from its founder's French heritage, the French roll, or an officer named French.
Philippe the Original, which tells its own story of how the sandwich began, says it was called the French dipped sandwich either because of its founder Philippe Mathieu's French heritage, the French roll the sandwich is made on, or because the officer's name was French. The restaurant adds that the answer is lost to history.
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The sandwich is an American invention, with the name seeming to refer to the style of bread.
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A French dip sandwich, also known as a beef dip, is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef (or, sometimes, other meats) on a "French roll" or baguette.
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A French dip sandwich, also known as a beef dip, is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef (or, sometimes, other meats) on a "French roll" or baguette.
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The sandwich is an American invention, with the name seeming to refer to the style of bread.
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A November 1929 reference in Modern Mechanics and Inventions, "War Veteran Erects Sand-bagged Dugout as Eating Place in Los Angeles" (which cites the dish at the Dugout) may be the first mention of the dish in print.
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