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National French Dip Day 2025
Where’s the beef? It’s here on a chilly November Hump 🐪 Day with a side of Au Jus as we celebrate National French Dip Day to warm up and enjoy some comfort food.
Is It Really French?
One day a customer saw some gravy in the bottom of a large pan of roast meat. He asked me if I would mind dipping one side of the French roll in that gravy. I did, and right away five or six others wanted the same. ~Philippe Mathieu
The restaurateur was French. The restaurant was in California. The origin, a happy accident. The reaction, purely American.
Okay, it sounds classier if you associate the sandwich with the French. Fair enough.
You’re soaking the bread in Au Jus to get that juicy mouthful of glorious beef flavor.
It’s succulent. It’s decadent. It’s quintessentially French, but it’s really American.
It’s as American as fortune 🥠 cookies, 🍝 spaghetti and meatballs 🍝 or Greek 🥗 Salad.
We’re blessed to have immigrants from around the world who bring their distinctive flavors and techniques to create uniquely American dishes.
But today is about the French Dip sandwich, so let’s dive in.
Dip It!
Classic French Dip Recipe
You won’t be surprised to learn that I love this glorious sandwich.
Fall-apart tender beef, a toasted roll dipped in Au Jus, gooey cheese? Sign me up.
Now we talk about a whole crock pot full of this sumptuous goodness?
I could go utterly bananas with that scenario. Amazing.
Slow Cooker Beef Pot Roast French Dip Sandwiches – French Dip Sandwiches Recipe
Juicy…
The French-dip is beefy, juicy, and downright hard to resist. ~Dim Nikov
That’s what she said!
Sorry, that was utterly obligatory.
It is Hump 🐪 Day after all. You’re obliged to be a bit naughty at the peak of the week.
Imagine my surprise that I come back from my weekly writer’s retreat to find I’m busier than a juggling centipede.
Gah.
Be that as it may, we’re transitioning from 🎃 one holiday season 🦃 to another 🎄 and that’s about as 🍁🧸☕ cozy ☺️🥧🍂 as it gets.
Adding French Dip sandwiches to the seasonal collection just makes things even better.
What else is new with me?
I’m 37% done with 💡🎄🌟 Goodness & Lights 🌟🎄💡 and have been wrestling mightily with ChatGPT for post art consistency.
I got some bad news from the doctor, so I have to behave myself dietarily.
Fortunately, French Dip sandwiches won’t exacerbate my issue and I’ll be too full to eat the stuff I’m not supposed to.
#Winning!
That’s all for today. See you back on Saturday for a 🎂 bundt…