A Sandwich Story You Haven't Heard Of

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The inventor of the sandwich is considered to be the Korean sage Hillel Stari, who lived in the time of Pontius Pilate. Legend has it that during the celebration of Easter he prepared a mixture of fragrant, bitter herbs, apples and spices, which he put between two loaves of maca. The mixture was to symbolize the suffering of the Jews in Egypt when they were oppressed and treated as slaves by their Egyptian masters. This way of serving cakes became firmly entrenched in Judaism, and so the sandwich took the name of its creator, Hillel.

In the Middle Ages, thick slices of old bread were often used instead of plates. They absorbed the juices and fats from the meat that was placed on them. No utensils were used for the meat, but it was eaten with fingers. At the end of the dinner, the flavored bread was eaten. These were, so to speak, the harbingers of European sandwiches.

The tradition of anointing with oil originates from Nicolaus Copernicus, who for some time was appointed governor of Alenstein Castle. The castle came under a long siege, but during this time an epidemic broke out. In order to understand the cause of the disease, Copernicus divided the inhabitants into groups and gave each group a different diet. He found that it was not only people who did not eat bread who became ill. In the other groups, people ate the bread without worry, even when it fell to the ground. Thus, pathogenic bacteria entered the body.

Copernicus was so ingenious as to order the bread to be smeared with butter and forbade it to be eaten when impurities were noticed on it. Thus the epidemic was brought under control and bread and butter found its place in the history of the sandwich.

The godfather of the sandwich is considered to be John Montagu (1718-1792), fourth earl of the town of Sandwich in Kent. Lord Sandwich was one of the people who financed Captain Cook's expeditions. As a token of gratitude, the captain named the islands after him. The lord himself was an avid card player. And because he did not want to interrupt his game and stain his hands and cards, he demanded that the meat be served to him between two slices of bread.

Gradually, his teammates began ordering the same as for Sandwich, which was later shortened to just a sandwich.

The word sandwich was first mentioned in 1972 by the English historian Edward Gibbon when describing English clubs. He tells in detail about the local gentlemen who discussed politics over a cup of tea with sandwiches.

Already under its own name, the sandwich continues to be a favorite and favorite food of young and old around the world, to undergo various modifications and improvements depending on local traditions, preferences and fashion.