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The first sandwich
You know what a sandwich is, but do you know how it got its name?
This explanation, which may or may not be true, is said to have
happened in England in 1762.
A man called John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, was enjoying
playing cards with some friends. He was feeling hungry, but he didn’t
want to stop playing cards to eat. Calling a waiter over, he asked for a
slice of roast beef between two thick slices of bread. When he ate the
meat like this, his fingers didn’t get greasy. This made him very happy.
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Some of the men who were playing cards with him saw what he was
eating. They probably said something like this to the waiter: ‘I would
like what Sandwich is having’. They tried one and decided that it was a
great way to eat meat and play cards at the same time. So they kept
requesting it.
After some time, they just started asking the waiter for a ‘sandwich’. The
name became very popular. It is now used all over the world.
The Earl of Sandwich is also remembered because the Sandwich
Islands, which are now called Hawaii, were named after him by
Captain James Cook. He had given Captain Cook money to pay for
his long journeys and it was Cook’s way of saying thank you.
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