IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and
wondrous in the world of travel, Get Up & Go reader David Ellis
says that in Britain
And the biggest celebrations were centred on the town of
Sandwich in Kent, where its said that a quarter of a century ago this month
John Montagu, the-then Fourth Earl of Sandwich, called on a servant to bring
him “a slice of beef between two pieces of bread” so he could continue a game
of cards without the need to stop for lunch.
Several others at the table asked if they could be given
“the same as Sandwich ,” so allegedly giving
the world its most famous culinary mainstay.
Many disagree with the story and claim that “sandwiches”
were a part of life in areas of Europe well before the Earl laid his claim to
history… with the French town of Honfleur, that’s “twinned” with Sandwich, even
sending representatives to the British town this month to show their skills in
making baguettes, alongside others from across England, America, Canada,
Germany, Switzerland and Russia in showing off their talents at sandwich
making.
The current earl of Sandwich also hosted a lunch for VIPs –
with VIP sandwiches, of course – and noted that his famous forebear had funded
Captain Cook’s 1770 explorations of Australia and the South Pacific, with Cook
discovering what are now the Hawaiian Islands and naming them the Sandwich
Islands after his card-loving benefactor.
(Photos: Roast beef
sandwich – CampbellsKitchens
Town of Sandwich
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