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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21036, 21 November 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)

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POPULARITY IN BRITAIN

Britain, the home of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, has become a land of sandwich eaters. The reason is that John Bull is no longer a prosperous man of leisure. He is a busy man who is obliged to take his roast beef in thin slices between two pieces of bread. Egg and bacon sandwiches, " club," or " three-decker " sandwiches, made of toast and hot chicken, salmon sandwiches, and sandwiches made of cheese and salad are now served at bars instead of threecourse lunches. Hie result is that many city restaurants are half empty at lunchtime. " People have discovered that a sandwich can be as satisfying as a meal if it is properly made," said the proprietor of a London sandwich bar to an interviewer recently. " Vitamin values are considered wlien arranging sandwich menus, and if a busy man can take an appetising and nourishin"' meal in ten minutes instead of an hour lie has more time to attend to his work." Women workers, also, have acquired the sandwich habit. They find that they can do a little shopping in their short luncheon interval if they get immediate service at a sandwich bar instead of waiting in a crowded restaurant to be served.