Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 19 of 40
A Montréal sandwich
In Montréal, smoked meat is often served in a sandwich. Jewish delicatessens made it famous. Thin slices of meat go between two pieces of bread.
Look together
Can you point to the bread and the smoked meat?
An idea to try
Stack three pieces of coloured paper to represent bread, filling and bread. Your child tells the order of their imaginary sandwich.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Montréal’s smoked-meat tradition has an example in the history of Schwartz’s restaurant. The business was founded in 1928 by Reuben Schwartz, a Jewish immigrant from Romania. It describes preparation with spices, followed by smoking, steaming and hand slicing.
This story offers a simple way to discuss people arriving in a city with skills and recipes. Focus on the sandwich’s layers: bread, meat, then bread. Your child can describe the order and notice what becomes visible when a sandwich is presented in several pieces.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imagined generic sandwich; it does not depict the exact product of a restaurant.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Schwartz’s Deli — HistoriqueFondation en 1928 par Reuben Schwartz, immigrant juif de Roumanie, et étapes générales de préparation de la viande fumée.
Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
