Get the latest Pregano flavored recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/pregano No one is certain exactly where and when the Cuban sandwich was invented. We do know that Cuban sandwiches (called "a sandwich mixto") were common on cafeteria and restaurant menus in Cuba by the 1930s, and there is some evidence of them as early as the turn of the century. To make the traditional toasted and flattened Cuban sandwich, restaurants use a special press, called a plancha. http://www.grouprecipes.com/29591/the-famous-cuban-ham--sandwich.html