I wrote my first Thanksgiving sandwich story back in 2020 , a time when the world needed lots of comfort. It featured an array of offerings, expected and unexpected; iterations loaded down with carbs and fats and cranberries. And sometimes cheese (which I still don’t get, but whatever). There was gravy. And gravy is good.
Front and center was the Mama Ling Ling’s Thanksgiving, a take from the iconic (and recently shuttered ) Pom Pom’s Teahouse & Sandwicheria, a leftover sandwich so central to the Orlando food scene that it inspired its own leftover recipe: Mama Ling Ling’s Ugly Dumpling Soup . And this year, the “Mama Ling Ling,” or lack thereof, has inspired another Milk District haunt to extend its usual Thanksgiving special to a nearly monthlong celebration of decadence, deliciousness and diet-busting.
Thanksgiving leftovers? Turn Orlando’s O.G. holiday sandwich into savory stew
For years, this Se7enbites monstrosity was known as The Gobbler, but chef/owner Trina Gregory got tired of sharing that name with Wawa’s take.