why is a sandwich so called?

Answer 1

was invented by the "earl of sandwich"

Answer 2

Named after the Earl of Sandwich.

Answer 3

The word sandwich is the offspring of an extended card game. Lord Sandwich and his companions wouldn't leave the poker table with so much at stake and had platters of bread and meat brought in. The lordship then placed a slab of meat between two pieces of bread and ate it. And so the sandwich was born.

Answer 4

The sandwich was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although it is unlikely to have been invented by him. Indeed a form of sandwich is attributed to the ancient Jewish sage Hillel the Elder, who is said to have put meat from the Paschal lamb and bitter herbs inside matzo (or flat bread) during Passover.

It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards at cribbage while eating, because he did not want to get his cards sticky, from eating meat with his bare hands. The name of the earldom comes from that of the English town of Sandwich in Kent—from the Old English Sandwic, meaning "sand place". Nowadays some types of sandwich are too unwieldy to be held in one hand, thus defeating Montagu's original purpose, and must be eaten with a knife and fork, or at least with both hands. In some countries it is considered proper to always use cutlery to eat sandwiches.

However, the generally recognised way to eat a sandwich is with one's hands. Eating a sandwich with cutlery arguably defeats the purpose of this specific food.

Answer 5

because of some old posh english guy called the earl of sandwich who couldnt be arsed with plates so had food brought between two bits of bread....its as uninteresting as that

Answer 6

top and bottom,filler in middle