When it is a burrito apparently, as a court in Boston, massachusetts ruled that a sandwich must include (at least) two slices of bread. Things have come a long way since the middle ages when stale bread were used as plates then eaten after(usually by the house hold pet). Later on, (apologies for skipping the whole history of the sandwich but this is just a snack and not a three course meal) in the 19th century the Sandwich was viewed as a food men had when they drank and gambled, i’d like to go into a pub and order a pint and order a cucumber sandwich(being English and all that).
The sandwich is noble yet humble. It’s a wonder that it has become a meal in it’s own right. What do you say to those people who don’t like sandwiches? (and you know who you are) I say woe is me, have you never fallen in love with a humble chip butty, the way the butter soaks through the bread because of the hot chips? Have you never crunched your way through a ridiculously huge sandwich and relaxed safe in the knowledge that although your mouth is full to bursting and you may have to chew for half an hour before you can swallow? In this current climate can you afford to neglect this culinary delight and put all the sandwich bars out of business? Hear me my friends when i say(and at this point some suitably uplifting and rousing number should be started up by the brass band) whatever you like, throw it on bread and revel in the history, the very essence and perhaps the corner stone of life as we know it, the noble sandwich. It brings us together, it makes us a community, it makes us whole. Thankyou and goodnight!
The British Sandwich Week starts the 10-16th May.
