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Count Belisarius 
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 Topic: The Origin of the Sandwich?Posted: 12-Jan-2009 at 20:27 |
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Where, how, why, and what did it start out as? I've heard about the whole Earl of Sandwich thing but I find it hard to believe that in all the years of human existance it wasn't invented earlier
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Posted: 12-Jan-2009 at 21:01 |
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Posted: 02-Feb-2009 at 11:43 |
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.....i live in the area, and the reasoning goes that of course, there must have been many people who decided to put some sort of filling between two hunks/slices of bread, but the story is that the Earl decided to ..er...formalise the process, and hence since, people regarded having a filled two pieces of bread as having a 'sandwich'.....!!!
..nearby, there is also a village called 'Ham'.....and a road sign in the area points to 'Ham' and underneath the sign points to 'Sandwich'...its a small joke but makes people chuckle!!!
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..all the best...AoO.. Edited by Act of Oblivion - 02-Feb-2009 at 11:45 |
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Posted: 02-Feb-2009 at 20:51 |
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Rye isn't far away eithe. Surely with a little ingenuity that sign could be modified to be a ham sandwich in rye. That would surely be a good deal.
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Posted: 02-Feb-2009 at 21:33 |
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Is there a nearby English town named Corned Beef?
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Posted: 03-Feb-2009 at 10:39 |
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Sadly no. Just several varieties of Ham (including Horsham, which soounds a bit tough).
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Posted: 03-Feb-2009 at 11:18 |
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There has to be a Leg of Lamb at least!
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Posted: 28-May-2012 at 09:30 |
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Sandwiches were supposedly invented by the Earl of Sandwich during the 18th century. He loved gambling and was too busy playing cards to take meal breaks. Instead, he ordered his servants to bring him meat between two slices of bread
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Posted: 28-May-2012 at 19:17 |
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Of course, bread and cheese was eaten by workers centuries before the Earl of Sandwich. He simply made it acceptable for the upper classes
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Nick1986
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Posted: 05-Dec-2012 at 11:10 |
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Does the Hamburger count as a sandwich? Minced beef and bread was eaten in Germany since the Middle Ages
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medenaywe
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Posted: 05-Dec-2012 at 11:16 |
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Macedonian origins got hamburger in Ancient times!Than USA stole their rights&name Hamburg.
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Posted: 05-Dec-2012 at 11:41 |
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It's generally credited to the Earl of Sandwich, and no other claimant has emerged by name. In the long run, I doubt that it matters who or how it originated. It's one of those things that was bound to happen sooner or later.
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Posted: 07-Dec-2012 at 08:22 |
Really? I know the Romans had a snack similar to a hamburger: a piece of cooked meat with bread |
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Posted: 07-Dec-2012 at 09:43 |
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It goes on Discovery&National.First sandwich with beef meatball.Meatballs are famous in Balkan kitchen still
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