Food That Changed The World: The Sandwich

Food That Changed The World is about food that was brand new in the time period we study and went on to become a staple in modern times. The sandwich changed the world. No longer do we dish food onto sippets, no way, we put it between two pieces of bread!

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[jedidrummerjake]

Dear old dad used to put potato chips in his sandwiches. It added a nice crunch to it.

[DaleStLouis-xbmx]

Dad's college story from his days at Purdue in late '50's: The university did not serve supper on Sundays, students were on their own, in an era before dorm refrigerators. Dad and his roommate who was from Poland, went to a deli on Saturdays and bought summer sausage or some other sort of cured meat, cheese, bread, and bottles of Pepsi they drank at room temp. Their tableware was one shared knife, and some brown paper. The first time they ate this together in their room, the Polish guy cut little bites and ate sausage, cheese and bread, and Dad cut slices and ate sandwiches. They each thought the other was weird.

[officialswordmaster]

I remember going fishing with my dad. Ever time, the cooler in the boat would have ham and cheese sandwiches made with the absolute cheapest ham, cheese, and bread money could buy. To this day I can't imagine cheap ham and cheese sandwich without also imagining the smell of salt water and fish slime. Good times

[dwaynewladyka]

My dad, who is now 94, remembers having sandwiches made for his school lunch long ago. His mom would make them with fresh baked bread, butter, cucumbers and lettuce, from the garden on the farm in Alberta, Canada. My dad said they were really good. Cheers!

[ostsan]

There's a sandwich shop somewhere near Schenectady that had a Thanksgiving dinner sandwich. An entire Thanksgiving meal stuffed between two slices of bread. It would not have fulfilled the Earl's desire to keep his hands clean, but it was sinfully delicious.

[wanace]

In Vietnam around 2014, I went to Saigon. After a rather late night drinking, I was going back to my hotel when I met a woman serving banh mi from her handcart. She piled a sliced baguette full of creamy egg, pickled vegetables, liver spread, and god knows what other sorts of ambrosia. I ate it in about a minute. It was so delicious that I couldn't help but order another and devour it immediately, even though I was stuffed to bursting. That woman will likely never read this comment, but she gave me one of the most deliciously memorable meals of my life. Sandwiches extend across every culture and tradition, no matter what you call it or how you eat it!

[DS-revs]

“Sippits & sops”…. That unlocked a core memory! Growing up whenever we had anything with gravy, or stews, or juicy meat, my dad would take bread and sop up all the juice and call it “soppy”

[nolanrux]

Weird to think that the idea of the sandwich was spawned from someone who had a gambling addiction.

[glorgau]

Gallimaufry is a noun that means a confused or disorderly mixture of things, or a medley of various kinds of food. It comes from French galimafrée, and is first attested in 1551.

[peterlarsen]

My favourite sandwiches are:
1) the B.L.T on wheat
2) pastrami on rye
3) the Club sandwich
4) Peanutbutter & grape jelly
5) thin slices of cold roast leg of lamb with a dollop of ketchup on rye.
6) tuna salad on wheat
7) chicken salad on wheat
8) bacon and cheddar with either H.P. or A1 sauce in a bun

[TheGameGetterKuzuri]

Townsends is really keeping the edutainment field going with these high-end vids. Always a treat to watch.

[bjornsmasher]

my favorite sandwich my buddy turned me onto was two thin small sippets with sardine (or any soft canned fish) mayo, arugula and some lemon juice. a very savory yet bright and textural sandwich.

[hetrodoxlysonov-whoo]

Mine is the simplest of sandwiches, two thick slices of fresh baked cottage loaf well spread with somerset butter, generous slices of mature cheddar cheese (preferably from Cheddar) with slices of onion, I used to wander down a narrow country lane one long summer to an old drovers inn and have the same sandwich with a pint of cider every day.

[pek]

I remember tea parties as a kid and it's was butter and cucumber sandwiches, radish sandwiches also very common. Something that both the very rich and the poor could have.

[Kitek]

well, in Poland, or at least back when I was a kid in my part of Poland, we'd eat "kanapka" which doesn't even have to have a bread on top. We'd called it "open" kanapka. You'd put cheese, ham, tomato, boiled egg, spring onion, springle with salt. Very common as a side snack during birthday and other celebrations.

[hiijjh]

I found your channel about 12 years ago. And you never disappoint. I get sucked into every new video you make. And it humbles me knowing how good we have it now compared to back then. 😅

[otte]

Townsend is the one channel that can make a sandwich interesting

[theemissary]

I've heard from some historians that sandwiches were previously known as 'Luncheon', mentioned in Elizabethan times as a "selection of cooked meats and cheeses with cut bread into which to put the food". But there's mention of similar as far back as some pharaohs with bread and preserved meat and fish on a platter shown on a wall in a tomb, I think. But it became known as a Sandwich after the Earl asked for it playing cards which was done in the evening, so it was the novelty of having lunch so late, a bit like having cornflakes before going to bed. But, as you say, it all depends on how you define the meal of something eaten between bread - is it still a sandwich if it's in a bun sliced in two?

[jbryantphotographer]

I’m 100% using gallimaufry in a sentence this week.

[Xeonerable]

The food history videos are probably my favorite Townsends videos.