THE SANDWICH
An exhibition of Bandwiehcs by the loading Hungarian chefs was held in Budapest recently. Though sandwiches were supposed to have been' invented by a nobleman —after whom they were named —they wero described by the compiler of "The Cook's Oracle" as definitely unfashionable) in his day. It is only fair to add that the author of the book regretted the low esteem in which the sandwiches were held, and ascribed it chiefly to "the bad manner in which they are commonly propared." It seemed to bo considered, he said, that to cut the bread with a sharp knife was the only essential, and that the "lining" could be "composed of any offal odds and ends that cannot bo sent tQ; the table in any other form." Perhaps Queen Victoria or her court officials may be credited with doing something toward the sandwich's rehabilitation, for the Queen noted in her journal the delight with which she found, during a pause in the long and tedious coronation ceremony, a table in St. Edward's Chapel "covered with sandwiches, bottles of wine etc.," for her refreshment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1933, Page 6
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THE SANDWICH
Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1933, Page 6
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