In the middle: egg salad, sliced tomato, ham salad. “Frosted” with whipped cream cheese. From Better Homes and Gardens cook book ca. 1968.

Serving slice with time-appropriate drinks:

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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That word is similar to smorgasbord, which is a word I've heard occasionally, but probably never used, so I figured I'd look it up.

Its etymology from that Wikipedia link is very interesting. Apparently "smorgas" means sandwich, and it has a weird etymology for getting there (it apparently literally means "butter goose"), while "bord" means table. Which is all very strange, because smorgasbord now means something like "buffet", and has little to do specifically with sandwiches (or butter geese).

So, I'm guessing smörgåstårta would mean something like "sandwich tart"?

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