Peanut Butter And Onion Sandwiches Owe Themselves To Ernest Hemingway
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By ANDREW AMELINCKX
Ernest Hemingway will be remembered for his massive contributions to the literary world but in the culinary world, he is remembered for his peanut butter and onion sandwiches.
Hemingway’s father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway, taught his son how to forage for wild onions and believed they were great fillings for sandwiches, a belief that stuck with Ernest.
Exactly when he began adding peanut butter to the mix is uncertain, but the writer memorialized the PB&O in his novel “Islands in the Stream,” which came out after his death.
Hemingway refers to the sandwich, which features "plenty of onion," in his semi-autobiographical novel as "The Mount Everest Special."