Who invented the concept of "The sandwich?"?

Question

Putting all of your meat and vegetables in between two slices of bread and eating it that way...

It is a very creative idea if you think about it... Which do you suppose came first, the sandwich or the sliced bread?

hmmm... what about toast? Did toast develop first then sandwich or did people invent the sandwich and some other clever person decided to take one piece of bread off...

Answer 1

The first 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,unleavened bread) during Passover.

The first written usage of the word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, in longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a 'Sandwich.' It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although he was neither the inventor nor sustainer of the food. It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, particularly cribbage, while eating without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands.

Answer 2

The modern sandwich is certainly named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Contemporary accounts refer to the sandwich often with a capital 'S' and date the invention to c. 1762.
However, the exact circumstances of the invention are still the subject of debate. A rumour in a contemporary travel book called Tour to London by Pierre Jean Grosley formed the popular myth that bread and meat sustained Lord Sandwich at the gambling table. The sober alternative is provided by Sandwich's biographer, N.A.M. Rodger, who suggests Sandwich's commitments to the navy, to politics and the arts mean the first Sandwich was more likely to have been consumed at his desk.

It is also possible that Sandwich's Grisons Republic born brother-in-law, Jerome de Salis taught him of the ways of dried meat and bread.

If the popular myth of the sandwich being created at the gambling table is true, then it is likely that this gambling session was in a room in Hinchingbrooke House, where he was living at the time.

Answer 3

Earl of Sandwich (England) developed this for the first time .He`was very fond of playing cards with friends ....so much so that he used to forget his lunch or dinner at times.He then found this method of putting inside two slices of bread some veg+non veg+tomatoes+onion etc. ....several such pairs so that whenever hungry he could eat these taking out from his small container.The name Sandwich gradually spread all over England and became an item of table dish in many restaurants later on.

Answer 4

In England when the miners wanted something in between their work one of the oweners of the mines a LORD by designation put some pieces of meat between the bread slices in order to save time so that the workers could go to work fast and not waste time

Answer 5

lol this is like the funiiest question ive ever read!

well in my personal opinion, the sandwich is the greatest invention since sliced bread. of course sliced bread came first, otherwise youd have 2 great loaves of bread either side of your filling. how would u get your mouth round that??

lol i get what you mean really :)

and toast is just brilliant, lets get some bread, stick it in hte heat and wtach it go black adn dry! and then lets EAT IT!!!! wahooooo

its just a quick and clever way of getting all the food roups u need-veg, protein, carbs. and you can take it wherever you wnat. so lets not question it

Answer 6

It is not creative, sandwich is one of the more simpler meal....

Answer 7

some absolute genius!