Lately we've been taken with a classic immigrant sandwich called the Muffuletta, which was created in the early 1900s at the Central Grocery, a famous Italian market in New Orleans. The word "muffuletta" originally referred to a round-shaped loaf of Sicilian sesame bread, which became the base for the sandwich now bearing its name.

Sicilian farmers from a nearby produce market would often stop into Central Grocery for lunch to order a loaf of muffuletta, along with an assortment of Italian meats and cheeses, and a chopped olive salad.

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