250 year old sandwich

[muriel_volestrangler]

The concept, that is.

Sandwich celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich

When John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would become a global convenience meal.

The story goes that the Earl asked for the particular serving so that he could eat while continuing to play cards and his friends asked "to have the same as Sandwich", according to the British Sandwich Association.

The first written record of the sandwich was in 1762 and the Kent town of Sandwich, which is the earldom of the Montagu family, is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the meal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18010424

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Stop opening my refrigerator

I'll clean it.

Someday.

[BrownianNotion]

8. Too late

I think the stuff in there has grown sentient is is quite capable of cleaning itself.

[charlie and algernon]

9. I for one, welcome our sentient refrigerator overlords

Anything that evolves into sentiency in only 250 years will surely evolve telepathic powers and conquer us all.

[applegrove]

2. And now we have KFC's Double Down. What progress!

[jmowreader]

4. Have you ever had one? They're good!

I guess they have to call it a sandwich since "two pieces of fried chicken stuck together with cheese-flavored hot melt glue" didn't test-market well.

[applegrove]

5. Nope. So far I have managed to stay away.

[dimbear]

3. Skeptical of any theory that doesn't credit County Mayo. n/t

[Bucky]

6. Interesting trivia, the Earl of Sandwich had an affair with Martha Ray, the singer

[beknighted]

7. For some reason, this came to mind while reading the thread title:

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[Electric Monk]

11. Me too. Welcome to DU :)

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[harmonicon]

10. It's no good without some 250 year old chips.

I'm afraid I'm at pains to point out that sandwiches existed for thousands of years before the old earl lent his name to them. People are pretty stupid, but they're not so stupid as to not know what to do with bread once they had it.