The Handwich That Feeds

When the Handwich was added to the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches in 2023 and I discovered it there during my regular review of the page looking for sandwich inspiration, I wasn’t sure it was appropriate for the Tribunal. Defunct theme park food didn’t seem to fit into our mission, which I see as a sort of sandwich anthropology, the study of human cultures through their sandwiches. At the time, I had this to say about it: Something called the “Handwich,” an item that was served at the Disney theme parks in Florida during the 80s and 90s, was added to the List. The Handwich was apparently an ice cream cone-shaped bread roll stuffed with fillings. Is this, in actuality, a Notable Sandwich? There are 2 hurdles to clear there: Sandwichness, upon which we at the Tribunal have been notoriously inclusive, and Notability. Sandwichness: we’ve ruled Yes on worse Notability: a long-defunct snack item served by a single corporation decades ago? We haven’t even done a piece on the McRib and you can…