The History of The Sandwich: 1st Century BC

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The history of the sandwich


1st Century BC
A famous rabbi, Hillel the Elder, made the rst recorded sandwich. He mixed some nuts, apples, and spices with some wine, and put it between two matzohs (pieces of at bread).

6th 16th Century


People used bread as plates. They put meat and vegetables onto some bread and ate with their ngers. These were the first open sandwiches, and they called them trenchers.

The Earl of Sandwich

18th Century
The name sandwich rst appeared . An Englishman, John Montague (17181792), the Fourth Earl of *Sandwich, liked to eat and gamble at Londons Beef Steak Club. Sometimes he stayed 24 hours at the gaming table. He was hungry, but he didnt want to stop gambling, so the chefs from the club put some beef between two pieces of bread, and he ate while he gambled. This new meal became very fashionable with other men in the club, and they called it the sandwich after the Earl.
* Sandwich is a town in the South of England.
Headway Elementary Fourth Edition Students Book Unit 8 pp.6667 Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

19th Century
An American writer, Eliza Leslie, introduced sandwiches to America. In 1837, she wrote a cookbook, Directions for Cookery. In it she had a recipe for ham sandwiches: Cut some thin slices of bread and ham. Butter the bread and put the ham between two slices with some mustard. Eat for lunch or supper. Americans loved them.

20th 21st Century


Sandwiches became very popular indeed. They were easy to make and they were a wonderful, cheap, portable meal for workers and school children.

Did you know...?


The Dagwood sandwich is the sandwich to top all sandwiches. It is enormous! Named after the American cartoon character Dagwood Bumstead, it is made with a great many layers of meat, cheese, tomatoes, egg, salad, and vegetables.

Headway Elementary Fourth Edition Students Book Unit 8 pp.6667

Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE

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