Another Football Favorite Recipe...

You have to try this recipe for yourself. You will see that there are two versions--one is the original recipe that first appeared in The Gasparilla Cookbook and was featured in Recipes Worth Sharing. The second is the "New and Improved" ham-wich that appears in Capture the Coast. Both options are, without a doubt, the most wonderful combination of flavors ever to touch your lips! Further giving them credit, both are super easy. You probably have the ingredients in your kitchen right now. Tasting is believing!

Ham-Wiches

1/3 cup butter, melted

2 tablespoons prepared mustard

1 small chopped onion

1 tablespoon poppy seeds

6 hamburger buns

6 slices ham

6 slices Swiss or American cheese

Combine butter, mustard, onion, and poppy seeds. Spread on inside of hamburger buns. Place 1 slice ham and 1 slice cheese on each bun. Spread sauce on top of buns. Heat in oven on cookie sheet 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

TIP: This recipe freezes well. Simply assemble the sandwiches, top with sauce and freeze!

from The Gasparilla Cookbook and Recipes Worth Sharing

Ham-wich (new)

3 tablespoons butter, melted

2 teaspoons mustard

2 teaspoons poppy seeds

1/3 cup chopped onion

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

1 (16-ounce) package frozen dinner rolls

1/3 pound shaved ham

2/3 cup shredded Swiss cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the butter, mustard, poppy seeds onion and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Remove the rolls in one piece from the foil pan and cut into halves horizontally. Replace the bottom half in the foil pan and spread evenly with the poppy seed mixture. Layer the ham and cheese over the bottom half of the rolls. Replace the top half of the rolls cut side down over the cheese. Cut into individual servings. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until light brown. The rolls may be frozen before baking.

Yield: 16 servings

from Capture the Coast

A New Hamwich

When FRP decided to develop a cookbook promoting "community" cookbooks through the development of a compilation book (recipes submitted from "community" cookbooks throughout the US), we received a great response. The recipes poured in and the decision regarding which recipes to include became a tough one.

One recipe that did make it into the Recipes Worth Sharing came from the Junior League of Tampa's Gasparilla Cookbook. The Hamwich, a very simple open-faced ham sandwich, was THE recipe that QVC's David Venable of In the Kitchen with David fell in love with. His promotion of this recipe has helped sell over 40,000 copies of Recipes Worth Sharing.

In the process we know that the buyers of this title were exposed to over 100 community cookbooks as the readers no doubt perused their new books for other gems. For a history of the Hamwich check out this story from the Junior League of Tampa, plus get the new and improved Hamwich recipe featured in their newest title, Capture the Coast.