#252 | Five Surprising Food Origins
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The History of the Sandwich
History has a particular date for the invention of the modern sandwich. A man named sir john montague, the earl of sandwich is credited with it. He was a voracious gambler who loved playing cards at the card table. So one day he asked his servant to bring him some meat between two slices of bread. Before long people in fashionable clubs of london started saying, i'll have what sandwich is having. And this was shortened just to sandwich. It turns out that sandwiches are quite nice, even if you aren't sitting at a card table.
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