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A '''jam sandwich''' is usually composed of two [[Sliced bread|slices of bread]] with [[jam]] in the middle. It is normally consumed at [[lunchtime]] or as a [[snack]]. If another spread is added, particularly [[peanut butter]], it becomes a variation of the [[PB&J sandwich]].
A '''jam sandwich''' is usually composed of two [[Sliced bread|slices of bread]] with [[jam]] (or [[Jelly (preserves)|jelly]]) in the middle. It is normally consumed at [[lunchtime]] or as a [[snack]]. In [[Scotland]], they are also known as '''pieces and jam''', or '''jeely pieces'''.
If another [[Spread (food)|spread]] is added, particularly [[peanut butter]], it becomes a variation of the [[PB&J sandwich|Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich]].


== Origin ==
== Origin ==
Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated at around the 19th century in the [[United Kingdom]]. In [[Scotland]], they are also known as pieces and jam, or jeely pieces. The jam sandwich was an affordable food which was a major part of the diets of the lower/working-class people of cities such as [[London]] and [[Glasgow]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} One plausible reason for this was that the ingredients that the jam sandwiches were made from cost little to manufacture and due to taxes being lifted on [[sugar]] in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff. Traditionally, jam sandwiches are just jam and bread, but with the invention of the toaster oven a variety of open jam sandwich became popular now known as jam and toast. Today, jam sandwiches are mainly consumed by children and the elderly; one can say "[a jam sandwich] is one of the greatest simplest pleasures of life".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title = Tim Hayward: The significance of the jam sandwich|url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/feb/18/jam-sandwich-marks-and-spencer|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-09-26}}</ref> Shops do not often sell individual jam sandwiches.<ref name="auto"/>
Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated around the 19th century in the [[United Kingdom]]. The jam sandwich was an affordable food. One plausible reason for this was its ingredients cost little to manufacture; and due to taxes being lifted on [[sugar]] in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff.

Miners in Yorkshire and South Wales (United Kingdom) would take a jam sandwich and piece of cheese with them down the pits; these would cut through the dust and give different textures and flavours.{{fact|date=May 2023}}


== Ingredients ==
== Ingredients ==
*Any type of jam
*Any type of jam
*Bread or [[brown bread]] (i.e., white or [[Wholemeal bread|wholemeal]])
*Bread or [[brown bread]] (i.e., [[white bread|white]] or [[Wholemeal bread|wholemeal]])
*(optional) [[Butter]]

== Recipe ==

# Put one slice of bread on the plate.
# (optional) Get a knife and use it to spread a little bit of butter evenly onto the bread. Make sure to not add too much butter!
# Get a knife and use it to spread the jam evenly from the jar onto the bread.
# (optional) Place a second slice on bread on top of the bread and jam.
# (also optional) Slice the sandwich in half or in multiple slices.


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
The popular [[Scottish folk songs|Scottish folk song]] ''The Jeely Piece Song'', which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.<ref>{{Cite web|title = BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/what_can_you_learn_from_the_jeely_piece_song.shtml|accessdate = 2015-09-26}}</ref> The lyrics were written by [[Adam McNaughton]], and it was sung to the tune of ''[[Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)]]''. It was performed by [[Matt McGinn]] and many others.
The popular [[Scottish folk songs|Scottish folk song]] "The Jeely Piece Song", which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.<ref>{{cite web|title = BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/what_can_you_learn_from_the_jeely_piece_song.shtml|access-date = 2015-09-26}}</ref> The lyrics were written by [[Adam McNaughton]], and it was sung to the tune of "[[Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)]]". It was performed by [[Matt McGinn (Scottish songwriter)|Matt McGinn]] and many others.

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The musical group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."{{CN|date=November 2023}} 'The 'Pool' is short for [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|title=living3|date=| website=www.cupofwonder.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622000053/http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=June 22, 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref> "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London
In the south of England, renowned for its air pollution prior to smokeless zoning laws] below/ to taste me mum's jam sarnies/ and see our Auntie Flo."


In [[Charles Schulz]]'s ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic, Linus is fond of what he calls "jelly-bread sandwiches".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2013/06/27?comments=visible |title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 27, 2013 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
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The musical group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."<ref>{{Citation|title=Living in the Past (album)|date=2019-04-07|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Living_in_the_Past_(album)&oldid=891382117|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> 'The 'Pool' is short for [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622000053/http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|title=living3|date=2008-06-22|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref>: "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London and the more industrialized south of England] below/ to taste me mum's jam sarnies/ and see our Auntie Flo."


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 10:04, 26 November 2024

This article is about the food. For the British slang for cop car, see Jam sandwich (police car).
Jam sandwich
A toasted strawberry jam sandwich
TypeSandwich
CourseLunch or snack
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Main ingredientsSliced bread, jam

A jam sandwich is usually composed of two slices of bread with jam (or jelly) in the middle. It is normally consumed at lunchtime or as a snack. In Scotland, they are also known as pieces and jam, or jeely pieces.

If another spread is added, particularly peanut butter, it becomes a variation of the Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich.

Origin

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Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated around the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The jam sandwich was an affordable food. One plausible reason for this was its ingredients cost little to manufacture; and due to taxes being lifted on sugar in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff.

Miners in Yorkshire and South Wales (United Kingdom) would take a jam sandwich and piece of cheese with them down the pits; these would cut through the dust and give different textures and flavours.[citation needed]

Ingredients

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Recipe

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  1. Put one slice of bread on the plate.
  2. (optional) Get a knife and use it to spread a little bit of butter evenly onto the bread. Make sure to not add too much butter!
  3. Get a knife and use it to spread the jam evenly from the jar onto the bread.
  4. (optional) Place a second slice on bread on top of the bread and jam.
  5. (also optional) Slice the sandwich in half or in multiple slices.
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The popular Scottish folk song "The Jeely Piece Song", which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.[1] The lyrics were written by Adam McNaughton, and it was sung to the tune of "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)". It was performed by Matt McGinn and many others.

The musical group Jethro Tull referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."[citation needed] 'The 'Pool' is short for Blackpool, Lancashire, in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms:[2] "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London In the south of England, renowned for its air pollution prior to smokeless zoning laws] below/ to taste me mum's jam sarnies/ and see our Auntie Flo."

In Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic, Linus is fond of what he calls "jelly-bread sandwiches".[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?". Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. ^ "living3". www.cupofwonder.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  3. ^ "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 27, 2013". GoComics. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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