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Two pieces of brown bread, butter and a larger-than-typical amount of bacon, assembled to form a bacon sandwich.

A bacon sandwich (also bacon sarnie, bacon butty/buttie, bacon bap, bacon barm or bacon cob (UK) and bacon sanger or piece 'n bacon (Scotland) ) is a form of sandwich made from cooked bacon between two slices of bread, usually buttered. Often some form of sauce, such as tomato ketchup or brown sauce, is included.

Bacon sandwiches are an all-day favourite throughout the United Kingdom. Rarely found on the menus of high class restaurants, they are often served in greasy spoons. Other ingredients such as sausage, cheese, fried or scrambled eggs, mushroom and baked beans are often added.

Australian hamburger shops sell a bacon sandwich, which is made much like a traditional Australian hamburger with fried bacon, fried onions, lettuce, tomato, tinned beetroot and barbecue sauce or tomato sauce. In some establishments the sandwich will be constructed on slices of bread, which are toasted on only one side, while other establishments serve it on the same roll (bun) as is used for hamburgers.

A common misconception is that the BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) sandwich popular in North America is a variation of the bacon sandwich. This is in no way the case. The BLT is no more a variation of the bacon sandwich than Michelangelo's David is a "variation" of a block of marble, or a martini is a "variation" of a glass of gin. They share ingredients, but only one is an expression of artistic balance and perfect form.

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