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| British Town of Sandwich Celebrates 250 Years of Sandwiches |
| 2012-05-14 |
| [An Nahar] The British town of Sandwich will Sunday stage a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town's earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary of the bread-based meal. Dressed in 18th-century costume, actors will recreate the night when the John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich -- a rapacious card-player -- "called for a slice of beef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he could carry on gaming uninterrupted", said a website for the event. Legend states that others began asking for "the same as Sandwich!" and thus named what was to become a classic foodstuff. The southeastern English port town is also holding a sandwich-making competition and concerts of the "bawdy and lively tunes" favored by the earl, who also had a "penchant for dressing in Turkish robes", the website said. The current earl will host a huge sandwich lunch in tribute to "the fourth earl of Sandwich who, 250 years ago, had his masterly inspiration in creating the universal fast food the world knows and loves," a poster said. Historians are sceptical of the claim that the earl actually invented the sandwich, arguing it belongs to a long line of bread-based snacks stretching back much further than the 18th century, but this has not stopped the town from celebrating its local hero. Every schoolboy knows, or should know, that the 'sandwich' was actually invented by the Earl of Shrewsbury. At this very moment I am in the process of eating a tuna salad shrewsbury. And for breakfast I'll probably have a bacon, egg, and cheese shrewsbury. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 *giggle*. I learn so much here! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-05-14 21:06 |
| #7 As per #6 - sniff, sniff, D *** NGED STRAIGHT! Its an Act of War to declare that it isn't. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-14 19:52 |
| #6 Everyone knows the real cheesesteak is made with provolone, grilled onions, pizza sauce and pepper rings. South Philly's version is a wannabe. |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-05-14 13:20 |
| #5 *Bangs head on table* Frank G, I had not heard that one. Doofus probably wanted dill pickles and ketchup too. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-05-14 12:03 |
| #4 with Swiss Cheese, right, swksvolff? Oh.....that's John Kerry |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-05-14 10:28 |
| #3 If they don't have a Cheesesteak, they ain't doing it right. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-05-14 10:01 |
| #2 Woddy Allen explains it in "How to end with culture": The sandwich was invented by the John Sandwich. His first try was a slice of bread between two slices of veal. Commercially lay it was an abject failure. Second version was three slices of bread: it got good critics but sales were just so-so and he ran in finanacial trouble so he had to use turkey because it was cheaper. THen after weekd of intense invetigations and experimenting, many sleepless nights and drastic cuts in his household expenses he came upon the winning formual: a slice of turkey between two slices of bread. This was an instant success, he was charged to provide the buffet for the Royal Jubilee and it success led the king to grant him the title of Count. |
| Posted by: JFM 2012-05-14 09:11 |
| #1 I will not enter the name of that infamous town in Austria so beloved by Brits & Americans that they steal the road signs as souvenirs. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-05-14 00:54 |