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A '''toast sandwich''' is a [[sandwich]] made with two thin slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of [[buttered toast|heavily buttered toast]].<ref name="beeton"/><ref name="thedailymeal"/> An 1861 recipe says to add [[salt and pepper|salt, pepper]] and cumin to taste.<ref name="beeton"/>
A '''toast sandwich''' is a [[sandwich]] made with two thin slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of [[buttered toast|heavily buttered toast]].<ref name="beeton"/><ref name="thedailymeal"/> An 1861 recipe says to add [[salt and pepper|salt, pepper]] and cumin to taste.<ref name="beeton"/>
See also: A bread Sandwich. Created when Ed B attempted to make several sandwiches for a picnic and creates one with only the contents of bread and a thin lukewarm slice of cheese, that was very well concealed within the two pieces of bread. Unfortunately, the person who came upon the sandwich, was an unsuspecting Mike N, who was very displeased and proceeded to complain about said sandwich and cute references to it within further conversation, ex: “At least those people don’t have to eat a f**king bread sandwich.”
Since the birth of the bread sandwich, many memes and sightings have been found, including a social media account, where the famed “Bread Sandwich” found love with Nora S, and Nora S has even changed her nickname in the app “Pokémon Go” to “Sandwich0”.
This is a wonderful story that has spiraled out of control, and Mike just wants it to be over.
If you would like to be part of this, simply go home, take two pieces of bread (lukewarm thin slice of cheese optional) and wrap in an obnoxious amount of plastic wrap. Then take the sandwich with you and eat at your own will. Enjoy the disgrace.


==Victorian recipe==
==Victorian recipe==

Revision as of 04:16, 25 September 2018

Not to be confused with Toasted sandwich.
Toast sandwich
A piece of toast, sandwiched between two pieces of bread to make a toast sandwich.
TypeSandwich
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Region or stateEngland
Main ingredientsBread, toast, butter
Food energy
(per serving)
330 kcal (1382 kJ)

A toast sandwich is a sandwich made with two thin slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of heavily buttered toast.[1][2] An 1861 recipe says to add salt, pepper and cumin to taste.[1]

Victorian recipe

A recipe for toast sandwiches is included in the invalid cookery section of the 1861 Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton, who adds, "This sandwich may be varied by adding a little pulled meat, or very fine slices of cold meat, to the toast, and in any of these forms will be found very tempting to the appetite of an invalid."[3][1]

2011 publicity

In November 2011 the toast sandwich was recreated by the Royal Society of Chemistry in a tasting almost 150 years after the release of Beeton's Book of Household Management.[4] The society sought to revive the forgotten dish in wake of the Great Recession after calculating the cost as low as 7.5p per sandwich.[5] They named it "the country's most economical lunch", offering £200 to whoever could create a cheaper meal.[6] Due to an overabundance of submissions the offer was closed 7 days later, and the £200 given to a randomly selected entrant.[7]

Heston Blumenthal

The toast sandwich served as a side dish at Heston Blumenthal's restaurant The Fat Duck

In Heston Blumenthal's restaurant The Fat Duck, 12 toast sandwiches are served as a side dish to the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party (circa 1892)", a main course inspired by Alice in Wonderland.[8][9][10] Blumenthal's recipe for the toast sandwich involves bone marrow salad, egg yolk, mustard, gastrique, mayonnaise, and tomato ketchup.[10]

U.S. media coverage

The A.V. Club's Mike Vago described it as an "extravagance of blandness".[11] The Daily Meal article "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of" said the toast sandwich was "just not that good ... Thankfully, the Dadaists didn't invent any more sandwiches after that."[2]

The toast sandwich was discussed on The Leonard Lopate Show in an interview with The Sporkful's Dan Pashman. Host Leonard Lopate commented "it sounds weird to me".[12][13] The game show panelists on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! each tried the toast sandwich.[14] Host Peter Sagal remarked "This is the culinary equivalent of a Rothko painting. Or it's like a sandwich by Marcel Duchamp! It questions the essence of sandwich and language both!"[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Beeton, Isabella (July 4, 2012) [1861]. "39: Invalid Cookery; Recipes: Toast Sandwiches". The Book of Household Management. eBooks. Vol. 10136. Jonathan Ingram, Sandra Brown. Project Gutenberg. pp. §§ 1877–1878. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Invalid |nopp=Y (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |nopp= ignored (|no-pp= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Dan Myers (27 February 2015). "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of". The Daily Meal. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  3. ^ Lane, Megan (17 November 2011). "The toast sandwich and other hyper-cheap meals". BBC News Magazine.
  4. ^ "Toast sandwich is UK's 'cheapest meal'". BBC News. 16 November 2011.
  5. ^ "RSC press release: Mrs Beeton's toast sandwich". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  6. ^ Fort, Matthew. "The toast sandwich: can you jazz it up?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  7. ^ "RSC Press Release: RSC inboxes overflowing with economical meal suggestions". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  8. ^ Dan Stock (17 September 2014). "The Fat Duck in Melbourne: Heston Blumenthal has ballot system for bookings". News.com.au. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  9. ^ Aaron Langmaid (31 March 2014). "Fat chance you'll get a table at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant at Crown in Melbourne". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  10. ^ a b Sarah Rogozen (31 December 2013). "Heston Blumenthal on Recreating Lewis Carroll's Mock Turtle Soup". KCRW. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
  11. ^ Mike Vago (19 June 2016). "The powerful bread lobby wants you to read this article about sandwiches". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  12. ^ Pashman, Dan (24 July 2014). "What Is A Sandwich? (Or, John Hodgman Calls In To Leonard Lopate To Argue With Me)". Sporkful.
  13. ^ Lopate, Leonard (24 July 2014). "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?". WNYC.
  14. ^ a b Ian Chillag (28 November 2011). "Sandwich Monday: The Toast Sandwich". NPR. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
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