Our Top 20 Selling Sandwich Flavours

1. Chicken Salad
2. Chicken & Bacon
3. Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato
4. Ploughmans
5. Mixed Selection
6. Chicken
7. Prawn Mayonnaise
8. Chicken & Stuffing
9. Egg & Cress
10. Tuna & Sweetcorn
11. Cheese & Onion
12. Breakfast Box
13. Tuna & Cucumber
14. Chicken Caesar
15. Egg & Bacon
16. Fried Chicken
17. Hoisin Duck
18. Cheese, Ham & Pickle
19. Salad/Vegetables
20. Cheese & Ham

History of the Glorious Sandwich

The first written usage of the English word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, in longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a 'Sandwich'.  It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although he was neither the inventor nor sustainer of the food. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, and because Montague also happened to be the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, others began to order "the same as Sandwich!"  It is said that Lord Sandwich was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, particularly cribbage, while eating without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands.

The rumour in its familiar form appeared in Pierre-Jean Grosley's Londres (Neichatel, 1770), translated as A Tour to London 1772; Grosley's impressions had been formed during a year in London, 1765. The sober alternative is provided by Sandwich's biographer, N. A. M. Rodger, who suggests Sandwich's commitments to the navy, to politics and the arts mean the first sandwich was more likely to have been consumed at his desk.

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