Earl Sandwich invented sandwiches in the 18th century

English Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who lived in the late 18th century, was famous for his passion for games. He could play cards with no rest days. Overcome with passion, Earl did not want to leave the game for a second, but a nagging feeling of hunger caused him to ask to bring more meat and put between two slices of bread at a time to play and eat without dirtying his hands at the same time.

Without knowing, sandwiches such an unconventional way entered the history of many centuries. Aesthete Edward Gibbon November 24, 1762, wrote in his diary: "Has come dine in the" cocoa trees. " Twenty or thirty of the first people of the kingdom are sitting at the table - and all in the hands of the pieces of bread with meat, so-called sandwiches! ". Later, the name and the recipe itself sailors spread all over the world.

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