Decided

All the contumacious campaigning and the rowdy rallies and bellicose begging for votes are finished, and I am happy to tell you, the election is over.

No, not that one (yet!) I'm talking about the coveted Best Sandwich in Maryland title, decided by the greatest website I've not heard of before, Love Food. They have three million Facebook followers as they go on and on about "food, recipes and reviews." And based on reviews on line, awards, and "the first hand experience of their (their) team, "the best sandwich in Maryland is.....the the pit beef sandwich from Chaps Pit Beef, with locations in Baltimore,  Aberdeen (Harford County), and Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel County)."

Chaps's sandwich is the real deal, Baltimore style, medium rare and served on rye or a kaiser roll, with available toppings of barbecue sauce, sliced onions, and horseradish.

All over the country, especially in the South, they go on about barbecue, in which they swelter meat for a period of days in a low-heat oven until it gives up and disintegrates. Maryland Pit Beef is cooked over a hot coal fire rapidly and sliced while still hot.  You can really only find it in Maryland (unless other places are copying it) and I hope you get a chance too very soon!