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Rumor has it that they just appeared one hot August day in 1946, in a
small Cambodian restaurant in S Philly down by 52nd and Market. It's
considered doubly strange because there was no known hamburger within a
mile of the spot where it appeared, though there was tomato sauce just
a few hundred feet away. Nonetheless, the tomato sauce nearby clearly
was a different recipe from the Sloppy Joes. It was noted there were
plenty of buns in the area, so no big mystery there!
Of course, there was speculation the someone, probably the resturant
owner or cook, actually make the Sloppy Joe and put it out on the table
as a joke. But no one has ever proved this. The owner, who died in
1988, swore on his death bed that he had nothing to do with the strange
appearance of the new sandwich in his restaurant. The cook has lived in
seclusion in the Oregon woods since 1957, and has refused all attempts
at interviews, which, of course, has given rise to speculation that he
is, in fact, the culprit.
There have also been unfounded rumors that there was a tie-in with the
Bermuda Triangle, that the sandwich was actually created there by one
of the five missing airmen, then flown to Philly. There is no hard
evidence to support this claim.