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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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Classification
Course
Main Course 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Meat or Poultry 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1929 2
Origin Region
United States 3
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Uses Ingredient

Beef, Ingredients
Source French dip (Wikipedia)
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1. French dip (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The sandwich is an American invention, with the name seeming to refer to the style of bread.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_dip (dietary-suitability)
    A French dip sandwich, also known as a beef dip, is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef on a French roll or baguette.
  • Wikipedia infobox, Course field (course, 2nd batch)
    Course: Main
  • Uses Ingredient: Beef, lead paragraph
    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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2. French Dip (Wikipedia)
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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.
3. French Dip (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): United States
Quote, P495 (country of origin): United States
United States
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