A brief history of the humble sandwich | Episode 5 | BBC Ideas

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    From the Earl of Sandwich to the ubiquitous quick lunch, food historian Annie Gray tells the story of the sandwich.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 79

  • @juandemarko8348
    @juandemarko8348 2 роки тому +34

    I have eaten a sandwich for lunch every day since 1986.

  • @d.n.3652
    @d.n.3652 2 роки тому +85

    I found this video by typing in “Sandwich Lore”

    • @GoodFellaSexual
      @GoodFellaSexual 2 роки тому +4

      i typed sandwich origin ☠️

    • @BigYosh
      @BigYosh 2 роки тому +4

      I typed “advent of the sandwich”

    • @MP-oh9lt
      @MP-oh9lt 2 роки тому +2

      I for one typeth "the birth of the Sandwich"

    • @youngoh4764
      @youngoh4764 Рік тому

      “Origin of the sandwich” loll

    • @mistermidnight1823
      @mistermidnight1823 Рік тому

      I was toasting a supermarket calzone and thinking about the universality of sandwiches

  • @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts
    @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts 3 роки тому +35

    For what I can gather, the earliest known written reference in the Western tradition to a sandwich-like concoction (though not with the name) goes all the way back to Hillel the Elder, a Jewish Sage and Rabbi who founded the tradition in the Passover Seder of what is now referred to as 'Hillel's Sandwich' (or by it's proper term 'Korech'), i.e. taking two pieces of soft matzo bread, and placing between them a slice of the Pascal Lamb and some of the bitter herbs used during the Seder ritual, and then eating them all at once in fulfillment of a verse from Torah.

    • @mikemeadows2046
      @mikemeadows2046 3 роки тому +1

      That's dope if true... at least it's motivated me to do some Jewish sandwhich research!

    • @WillBlindYouWithLight
      @WillBlindYouWithLight 2 роки тому

      Sounds like a gyro though.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart Рік тому +1

      Its*

    • @Harlem55
      @Harlem55 4 місяці тому

      ​@@WillBlindYouWithLight a gyro is done with pita bread, not matzo, which is a much more delicate unleavened bread.

    • @abraxasjinx5207
      @abraxasjinx5207 4 місяці тому

      *from what you can gather?

  • @WillBlindYouWithLight
    @WillBlindYouWithLight 2 роки тому +9

    This is crazy. I never knew it was a place, never knew it was a person. A simple sandwich turned into all of this. 🤯

    • @RetroDiesel
      @RetroDiesel 9 місяців тому +1

      I am very glad the Sandwich exists.

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 9 місяців тому

      @@RetroDiesel Come visit Sandwich town and Cheddar village in England

  • @lmaobox4068
    @lmaobox4068 Рік тому +5

    So there we have it
    A sandwich is a way to consume a main dish
    While being clean and not messy
    While also being able to play poker in the hand not holding the sandwich
    From there many non-sandwich food items can be identified

  • @snekase9830
    @snekase9830 2 роки тому +2

    History tastes authentic

  • @Isaac-gh5ku
    @Isaac-gh5ku 3 роки тому +22

    So sandwiches has been around for millennia before Earl of Sandwich popularize it?

    • @Tattletale97
      @Tattletale97 2 роки тому +6

      Modern Sandwich is rather different from ancient sandwich

    • @maneoj46
      @maneoj46 Рік тому

      ​@Tattletale97 the fom being different, but the idea all the same

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 9 місяців тому

      *populariSe .learn english firzt!

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 9 місяців тому

      @@maneoj46 and pizza been around for years before italians know it

  • @joshuapernell5567
    @joshuapernell5567 2 роки тому +3

    One of the greatest Men in HISTORY!!

  • @Lunarbutterflytarot
    @Lunarbutterflytarot Рік тому +11

    Eating a sandwich as I'm watching this 🥪
    Split top wheat bread 🍞
    Jar Salad dressing
    Sliced chicken 🐔
    American cheese 🧀
    Jalapeño kettle chips
    All smashed together
    Everything from Aldi food

    • @-Dragon-Master-
      @-Dragon-Master- 6 місяців тому +2

      TF U MEAN U PUT RANCH IN IT?!

    • @Lunarbutterflytarot
      @Lunarbutterflytarot 6 місяців тому

      @@-Dragon-Master- naw like regular salad mayo the same kind you would you use for potato salad.

    • @abraxasjinx5207
      @abraxasjinx5207 4 місяці тому

      Ew

  • @goifur
    @goifur 2 роки тому +4

    Lmao the toast sandwich

  • @groovy8262
    @groovy8262 3 роки тому +4

    It's funny they used sounds for each type of sandwich

  • @ironwill6900
    @ironwill6900 11 місяців тому +2

    i know a guy who makes and eats sandwhiches sometimes

  • @brandenmanuel2037
    @brandenmanuel2037 7 місяців тому +1

    Eating a sandwich while watching this right now

  • @mrnobodytheuser2950
    @mrnobodytheuser2950 10 місяців тому

    I made a Sandwich yester day, Two pieces of White bread some real butter a few pieces of Devon and some sweet chilly sauce, it tasted really good.

  • @warpedbrix
    @warpedbrix 2 роки тому +3

    I live in SANDWICH!!

  • @lizsharpeartist
    @lizsharpeartist 5 років тому +9

    Wow only 9 views just wow

  • @sesquame9527
    @sesquame9527 Рік тому +1

    A slice of toast between two slices of bread. Ah Britain, your women and your food made you the best sailors in the world.

  • @kamespinosarojas9225
    @kamespinosarojas9225 3 роки тому +10

    The always trusty sandwich. 🤤 Love it with American cheese.

  • @yunaleenoelle
    @yunaleenoelle Рік тому +3

    I'm watching this while eating my own sandwich.

  • @MOONT0WER_
    @MOONT0WER_ Рік тому +1

    Don’t act like you just didn’t hear the term “potted woodcock”. Which is apparently a bird

  • @TheFLAMEXD
    @TheFLAMEXD Рік тому

    This is just making me hungry

  • @creative-renaissance
    @creative-renaissance 2 роки тому +5

    It was only called a sandwich in England, I wonder if there was an
    Earl of Panino in Italy?
    Earl of Bocata in Spain?
    Earl of Kanapka in Poland?

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot 9 місяців тому

      Sandwich is english. You're welcome.

  • @rickyibarra
    @rickyibarra 2 роки тому +1

    I love sándwiches

  • @plondras8390
    @plondras8390 5 років тому +4

    Wow. Soo many Sandwiches😅😅😅....

  • @kittyco0n
    @kittyco0n 4 місяці тому

    I miss the Marks & Spencer chicken tikka sandwiches 😢

  • @DevSodDribble
    @DevSodDribble 2 роки тому

    Is that what's her name Jessica Hynes/Stevens from Spaced?? Sure sounds like her.

  • @ChandravijayAgrawal
    @ChandravijayAgrawal 3 роки тому +2

    In india its called Vada pav

  • @julywaje3833
    @julywaje3833 Рік тому

    Interesting

  • @ryanmontague679
    @ryanmontague679 4 роки тому +4

    I love my name

  • @mrmjb1960
    @mrmjb1960 2 роки тому

    The amount of sales is now over 900 Pounds!

  • @realcheekyking
    @realcheekyking 3 роки тому +5

    Sandvich make me strong!

  • @ardendragoon
    @ardendragoon 2 роки тому

    I read years ago, it was to feed his troops. It doesn't seem like something a lord would do. Simple food for simple folk.

  • @VINNICENTE
    @VINNICENTE Рік тому

    The heavy will be watching this after his release in tf2 years ago

  • @rogerg4916
    @rogerg4916 7 місяців тому

    So before Montague, for thousands of years it never occurred to anyone that you could hold a piece of meat between two pieces of bread?

    • @jondavidlloyd1986
      @jondavidlloyd1986 6 місяців тому +2

      Watch the video again. She said that the concept had been around forever but Montague named and popularized it in the UK/europe

  • @mikemeadows2046
    @mikemeadows2046 3 роки тому +2

    Yo what the FUDGEBROWNIE is a shrimp cocktail sandwhich? I need it.

    • @GreatMewtwo
      @GreatMewtwo 7 місяців тому

      At its core, it's a shrimp cocktail prepared with mayonnaise and other goodies between two pieces of bread. I am sure some do theirs with chopped shrimp done up like tuna salad.

  • @bowserheadteacher
    @bowserheadteacher Рік тому

    I'm gonna become the 5th Earl of Sandwich

  • @TocGan
    @TocGan Місяць тому

    A slighty large piece of meat between two pieces of "galleta"... not really a sandwich but close enough... around 1720 or something... or that is the tale...

  • @AlgorMortis197666
    @AlgorMortis197666 Рік тому +1

    who has a sandwhich in hand?

  • @VENATUSONLINE
    @VENATUSONLINE Рік тому

    i thought it as sandnich

  • @tomdetemmerman878
    @tomdetemmerman878 2 роки тому

    I thought it was named after Baron Von Sandwish? Guess i'm wrong

  • @zygon2918
    @zygon2918 2 роки тому +1

    Im sorry butter and ham?, thats so weird

  • @maulanaalquds
    @maulanaalquds 6 місяців тому

    I watching with eat sandwich 😊😊😊

  • @ChineseChicken1
    @ChineseChicken1 2 місяці тому

    My wife makes my Sandwiches. Its her only job.

  • @anahoeree8002
    @anahoeree8002 2 роки тому

    I love,love sandwiches..
    Any kind...especially the Italian ,pressed ,with preserved veggies in oil..,oh...!!! My mouth is watering..
    Ok, let's have one on me... with a nice cup of tea..ok???...💕🤩😋😋☕🥪🥪🍔🌭🤣😂🤣😂

  • @grassfedmilkmomma
    @grassfedmilkmomma 2 роки тому

    Its novenber 3rd and im eating a sandwich😆😆

  • @The_Real_Indiana_Joe
    @The_Real_Indiana_Joe Рік тому

    The toast sandwich was suited for invalids? 😐 Heresy!!!