RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The ham sandwich you had for lunch is the latest example of China's growing appetite for U.S. investment.

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He told the Richmond Times Dispatch that a disclosure of his heritage was just an interesting nuance of my background and added, I still had a ham sandwich for lunch.

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"I don't think I've ever seen it so deserted down here, " he said as he chewed a ham and cheese sandwich on the steps beside Faneuil Hall.

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The taste is akin to walking through a burnt-out building, eating a smoked ham and smoked cheese sandwich.

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Hormel chairman Jeffrey Ettinger said that in the US, peanut butter was the second-most popular sandwich ingredient after ham, and added that Skippy would help Hormel "to grow our branded presence in the centre of the store with a non-meat protein product".

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If they had a good day selling papers -- they had enough to give to their mammas, and then some -- Frank would stop with the other guys at the U.S. Restaurant, on Columbus: fried ham on French bread, a big sandwich for a dime.

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Then I cut two slices, brushed them with olive oil and added Black Forest ham, a bit of mustard and butterkase cheese before grilling the sandwich.

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Classic meat options include ham and cheese or curried chicken sandwiches, but he sometimes jazzes things up with a chicken, artichoke and cheese sandwich.

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