Comments on: Leland Hotel Recipe #1

By: Dave M.

Dave M. — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:24:46 +0000

I ate them at the Springfield Motorboat Club back in the 70’s, and loved them! I’m going to the grocery store in a few minutes to buy the ingredients I need to make them. I don’t know of any restaurants here in Daytona Beach that offer them.

By: Kerstin B.

Kerstin B. — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:37:19 +0000

1st this is not, I repeat not the original recipe! I will agree with Joyce on all things with the exception of one. The original recipe does not contain beer, that was an adaptation done at Wayne’s Red Coach Inn. The Leland Hotel original did not contain any beer! My Great grandmother worked in the kitchen of the Leland and was there when the recipe was created.

By: Esther B. Taj

Esther B. Taj — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:35:58 +0000

I ate the great horseshoe sandwich at the Leland Hotel in the late ’50’s. We enjoyed it
at the Red Lion Tavern. It was made with shrimp. No one has mentioned it being made
with shrimp. I loved it and never forgot it.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:14:51 +0000

I have eaten and served horseshoe sandwiches in Springfield Illinois throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. I have read some of the recipes and feel the need to correct some misconceptions.
1) Use FRESH POTATOES not frozen.
2) Cut potatoes into “steak fries” sizes … ie: one large potato cut int wedges lengthwise.
3) The sauce is made with REAL CHEESE, not from something in a jar, a touch of DRY mustard and worchestershire…and the sauce is finished with a good bit of BEER!!!
4) The sauce is poured over the entire sandwich and fries and then put back under the salamander … that’s the broiler … till the cheese is bubbling…doesn’t need to be browned, just bubbly, and served on a sizzle platter.
5) Meats range from ham, hamburger (most popular), egg & tomato, and even sausage, and chicken…but these are some individual’s variations from the original.
6) It was served throughout Springfield’s restaurants, including the Fleetwood where truckers coming through, spread the word!!!