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Remarkable-Storm-738 t1_iufeivy wrote

Reply to comment by BostonBlueDevil in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy

I'm guessing it was more like a code word. I know it's not in the same realm but kind of like ordering an Angel Shot in some bars. So in this case they're ordering a "sandwich" but they really are ordering booze

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0ranje t1_iug9njo wrote

Or, hear me out, it could be exactly as written in the article, where it says the sandwich (of whichever inferred composition) was plopped down with drink, then picked up again to be served with the next order and kept in rotation for aboot a week.

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