If the usual "right" to put the sandwich on top of another piece of bread, you get a sandwich, calorie, nutritious. Prepare them as well as sandwiches, lubricating oil, sauces, spread the filling and cover with the same piece of bread smeared or bread. Do not rich history of the origin of the sandwich, and this dish is not two hundred and fifty years old. However, this snack Low calorie snacks   It involves a lot of interesting stories and fun facts.

Historic father sandwich

Such a resounding sandwich aristocratic name was in honor of its founder - John Montagu (1718-1792), Earl of Sandwich, British diplomat, First Lord of the Admiralty. Earl was an avid player Player in the family: safety rules   in cribbage, a popular card game that lasted for hours. Often, captured the game, John did not have time to dine in all the rules of British etiquette. On the orders of his master the servant Lord brought a snack, nested between two slices of bread.

Friends and rivals in the game came to mind this original filing snacks that can not detach from the process of the game, they also gladly ordered closed sandwiches "in sendvichski." According to legend, the first sandwich servant gave the Count in 1762. Another legend about the origin of foods associated with the same historical figure, however, closed sandwich chef has prepared him for a snack during the hunt, who loved the Lord. In honor of the minister named the South Sandwich Islands, subantarctic archipelago in the South Atlantic, where the largest island is named after John Montagu. This name called geographical areas during his expedition in 1775, James Cook, sailor, explorer and cartographer.

What are the sandwiches

Today sandwiches have become part of the national culinary culture in the United States and Great Britain. In Russia and the CIS countries closed sandwiches "made it" just in the early nineties, with the development of fast food chains. It is hard to imagine without such large sandwich catering as Subway. This restaurant chain themselves produce the bulk of the sandwiches. In England, there are entire empire producing sandwiches - Pret-a-manger, EAT, Benjys.

Delicious sandwiches are prepared in a variety of recipes, is complex and intricate. Although ordinary piece of meat, put between two slices of bread, toast bread, too, can claim the title of top sandwich. One of London supermarket recently offered its customers an unprecedented way sandwich for 85 pounds. The filling consisted of tender slices of marbled beef Wagyu, pieces of foie gras, elite cheese Brie de meaux, truffle mayonnaise of oil, with sliced ​​cherry tomatoes, arugula salad and sweet pepper. All of this multi-layer construction was submitted in their original packaging.

Options for a quick meal on the planet a huge set, thanks to an English lord delicious world learned another recipe, and in less than 250 years to finalize it, has changed beyond recognition. The size of the modern sandwich can be anything - from the tiny, banquet, one bite to gigantic proportions.

It is interesting

Different countries have very different sandwich names: the Italians called it «panino», the French - "sroque" and the German closed sandwich Sandwiches. Pros and cons   only remotely similar to his fellow American, since it does not have a second piece of bread, all the filling is placed in a "pocket". Arabic version of the sandwich is called "Aram", "Levant" is a thin pita bread, buttered, which wrapped all sorts of fillings - meat, vegetables, cheese, fruit and fish.

Whatever the size or sandwich filling, it's not very healthy food on the planet. From the combination of products that are so rich in closed sandwich, get a real culinary "bomb", which gives a rapid saturation, complicating the work of the liver. Sandwiches are good only in special circumstances - on outings, backpacking, tours as a way to quickly satisfy hunger. However, the daily food such food is not suitable.

Jeanne Pyatirikova

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