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'{{short description|Sandwich made of toast placed between two slices of bread}} {{distinguish|Toasted sandwich}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Toast sandwich | image = An image of a toast sandwich, shot from the side.jpg|An image of a toast sandwich, shot from the side, consisting of two thin-cut slices of bread and one thick-cut slice. | caption = A piece of toast sandwiched between two pieces of bread | country = [[United Kingdom]] | region = [[England]] | type = [[Sandwich]] | main_ingredient = [[Bread]], [[cum]], [[Toast (food)|toast]], [[butter]], [[salt]], [[black pepper|pepper]] | calories = 42069 }} A '''toast sandwich''' is a [[sandwich]] made with two slices of bread in which the filling is a thin slice of toasted bread, which may be heavily buttered.<ref name="beeton"/><ref name="thedailymeal"/> An 1861 recipe says to add [[salt and pepper]] to taste.<ref name="beeton"/> ==Victorian recipe== A recipe for toast sandwiches is included in the [[invalid cookery]] section of the 1861 ''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management|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."<ref name="beeton"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lane|first=Megan|title=The toast sandwich and other hyper-cheap meals|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15760897|work=BBC News Magazine |date=17 November 2011}}</ref> ==2011 publicity== In November 2011, the toast sandwich was recreated by the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] in a tasting 150 years after the release of Beeton's ''Book of Household Management''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Toast sandwich is UK's 'cheapest meal'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15752918 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 November 2011}}</ref> The society sought to revive the forgotten dish in wake of the [[Great Recession]] after calculating the cost as low as {{GBP|.075}} per sandwich.<ref>{{Cite web|title = RSC press release: Mrs Beeton's toast sandwich|url = http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2011/MrsBeeton.asp|website = www.rsc.org|access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref> They named it "the country's most economical lunch", offering {{GBP|200|2011|long=no|link=yes}} to whoever could create a cheaper edible meal.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The toast sandwich: can you jazz it up?|url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/nov/16/toast-sandwich-economical-recipe|website = the Guardian|access-date = 2015-11-28|first = Matthew|last = Fort}}</ref> Due to an overabundance of submissions, the offer was closed seven days later and the £200 given to a randomly selected entrant.<ref>{{Cite web|title = RSC Press Release: RSC inboxes overflowing with economical meal suggestions|url = http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2011/ToastEntriesInundated.asp|website = www.rsc.org|access-date = 2015-11-28}}</ref> ==Heston Blumenthal== [[File:Two toast sandwiches, the Fat Duck, November 2012.jpg|thumb|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]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Stock|url=http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/the-fat-duck-in-melbourne-heston-blumenthal-has-ballot-system-for-bookings/story-fn93ypt9-1227061606696|title=The Fat Duck in Melbourne: Heston Blumenthal has ballot system for bookings|newspaper=[[News.com.au]]|date=17 September 2014|access-date=2014-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Aaron Langmaid|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/fat-chance-youll-get-a-table-at-heston-blumenthals-fat-duck-restaurant-at-crown-in-melbourne/story-fni0fiyv-1226870004830?nk=e4c54a27fd7413d6387dd2e2cb5aaeec|title=Fat chance you'll get a table at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck restaurant at Crown in Melbourne|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=31 March 2014|access-date=2014-10-08}}</ref><ref name="KCRW">{{cite web|author=Sarah Rogozen|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood/2013/12/heston-blumenthal-on-mock-turtle-soup/|title=Heston Blumenthal on Recreating Lewis Carroll's Mock Turtle Soup|publisher=[[KCRW]]|date=31 December 2013|access-date=2014-10-08}}</ref> Blumenthal's recipe for the toast sandwich involves [[Bone marrow (food)|bone marrow]] salad, [[egg yolk]], [[mustard (condiment)|mustard]], [[gastrique]], [[mayonnaise]], and [[Ketchup#Tomato ketchup|tomato ketchup]].<ref name="KCRW"/> ==United States media coverage== ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'s}} Mike Vago described it as an "extravagance of blandness".<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Vago|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/powerful-bread-lobby-wants-you-read-article-about--238247|title=The powerful bread lobby wants you to read this article about sandwiches|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=19 June 2016|access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Meal]]'' article "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of" said the toast sandwich was "just not that good ... Thankfully, the [[Dadaism|Dadaist]]s didn't invent any more sandwiches after that."<ref name="thedailymeal">{{cite web|author=Dan Myers|url=http://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/12-life-changing-sandwiches-youve-never-heard|title=12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of|work=[[The Daily Meal]]|date=27 February 2015|access-date=2015-02-28}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pashman|first=Dan|title=What Is A Sandwich? (Or, John Hodgman Calls In To Leonard Lopate To Argue With Me)|url=http://www.sporkful.com/what-is-a-sandwich-john-hodgman-calls-leonard-lopate-wnyc/|work=Sporkful|date=24 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lopate|first=Leonard|title=Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/hot-dog-sandwich/|work=[[WNYC]]|date=24 July 2014}}</ref> The [[panel game|game show panelists]] on [[NPR]]'s ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' each tried the toast sandwich.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|author=Ian Chillag|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2011/11/28/142854381/sandwich-monday-the-toast-sandwich|title=Sandwich Monday: The Toast Sandwich|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=28 November 2011|access-date=2014-05-30}}</ref> Host [[Peter Sagal]] remarked, "This is the culinary equivalent of a [[Mark Rothko|Rothko]] painting. Or it's like a sandwich by [[Marcel Duchamp]]! It questions the essence of sandwich and language both!"<ref name="NPR"/> ==See also== {{portal|Food}} * [[List of bread dishes]] * [[List of sandwiches]] * [[List of toast dishes]] ==References== {{reflist |refs= <ref name="beeton">{{cite book |last=Beeton |first=Isabella |title=The Book of Household Management |date=1861 |chapter-url=http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10136/pg10136-images.html#id10241 |publisher=S. O. Beeton |via=[[Project Gutenberg]] |at=§§ 1877, 1878 |chapter=39: Invalid Cookery; Recipes: Toast Sandwiches}}</ref> }} ==External links== * {{Commons cat inline|Toast sandwiches}} {{Sandwiches}} [[Category:Toast dishes]] [[Category:British sandwiches]]'