Originally Posted by
work2fly
Growing up in the midwest, I remember 'ham salad' and 'meat filling' which would better be described as beef salad - both sandwich fillings. Sandwiches in that place and time meant squishy white bread, some yellow mustard and if you wanted to get fancy, a piece of iceberg lettuce
Here in the south, we still have places that do ham or turkey salad on mushy white bread with possibly a piece of lettuce. Occasionally they get fancy and slightly toast the mushy white bread.