Good morning, welcome back to our series sharing Food Holidays: November 3rd, 2021. Today is National Sandwich Day and have a event to attend this morning Sandwiches might be what we have for dinner this evening. Even though Charlie and I had a Club Sandwich the other night.
Would you like to join us for dinner and if so what kind of Sandwich would you like so we can purchase the ingredients. I know Charlie and I would like to have Oven Roasted Turkey Breast with Black Forrest Ham and Bacon. While David would also want Salami for his Sandwich.
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Five facts about Sandwiches:
- Did you know Americans eat about 300 Sandwiches everyday.
2. Sandwiches didn’t get its name until 1762 when the 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, a British statesman, got hungry during a marathon poker game.
3. The most popular sandwich is a Ham Sandwich. That’s funny because I thought it would have been either a Turkey Sandwich or Club Sandwich. What about you?
4. The most expensive sandwich ever sold was a Grilled Toast Sandwich that seemed to have an image of the Virgin Mary on the sandwich and sold for $28,000 in 2004. Can you imagine that?
5. The average American will have consumed 1,500 PB&Js by the time they graduate high school. That isn’t me though because I don’t eat PB& J. Do you?
Observed annually on November 3rd, National Sandwich Day is one of our favorite holidays. The sandwich is believed to be the namesake of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, following the claim that he invented the first ever sandwich. As one of America’s most popular lunch items, this day gives us a great reason to enjoy a sandwich.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY
Though the combination of Bread filled with Cheese and Meats has been enjoyed for years the creation a of the sandwich has been attributed to the 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu. In 1762 the earl, who was fond of gambling, asked his cook to prepare him a meal that wouldn’t require cutlery nor interfere with his 24 hour long gambling streak. The cook gave John Montagu sliced Meat between two pieces of Toast, which allowed the Rarl to have one hand free to continue his game.
Of course, neither the Earl nor the cook were the actual inventors of the sandwich. It is said that prior to this aforementioned event, Mantagu had visited the Eastern Mediterranean and saw Sandwiches served by the Greeks and Turks with their appetizers. John Montagu asked his cook to copy their methods for its convenience. By the Revolutionary War a few years later, sandwiches were a well established English meal. However, they didn’t make their way to America until they were included in an American cookbook in 1815.
The New Orlean’s Po’ Boy came around during the Great Depression during a streetcar worker strike. Two brothers who were former streetcar workers owned a Sandwich Shop and promised to feed any striking worker for free. Whenever a hungry worker would walk over to the shop, the clerks would say “Here comes another Po’ boy,” which soon became the name of the sandwich itself. In Omaha, Nebraska, the Reuben made its first appearance which was named after one of the players of a weekly poker game that took place in a hotel. The hotel owner decided to feature the Sandwich on the hotel’s dinner menu and later, it won a Nationwide Recipe Contest.
NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY ACTIVITIES
- Give a Sandwich to a loved-one, friend, or a stranger you pass on the street. Spread the love, because it doesn’t have to be a cold-cut world out there.
- Pick a sandwich recipe online, then go to your local deli or grocery store and purchase the ingredients, and handle business.
- You’ll be amazed at all the delis you’ll find nearby were you can enjoy a finely crafted sandwich at your fingertips
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL SANDWICH DAY
- For those constantly on the go, a Sandwich is always the best choice. Feel free to scarf down the Sandwich while walking.
- When we go out to eat, nothing says continuity more than a Sandwich. No matter where you go, if you order a Sandwich then you know exactly what you’re going to get.
- Looking to have your mind blown? The possibilities are endless as you create your own combination of Meats, and Cheese, Vegetables, Seasonings, or Sauces when creating your Sandwich. You could add Aioli Spread on top., or Seasonings and Sauces of your choice making the Sandwich unique.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
