The Cosmology of Sloppy Joes

And now, the stunning return of cosmic auditory food programming. From time to time, The Elephant and Butter hopes to interview noteworthy figures in the culinary world. It's important to recognize and herald personal knowledge, I think. Recall that Julia Child, in the early history of "The French Chef," cut from her kitchen in Cambridge to Simone Beck's kitchen in rural France to show how Simcha handled a particular type of pastry dough for a spinach turnover (episode: "The Spinach Twins").

And now, we shall cut to a subject-matter expert on the Sloppy Joe. The history of this unpretentious sandwich is not fully known, but the savvy gourmand interviewed provides some possible answers: