Receta Egg and Ham Salad Sandwich
The sandwich was popularized in England in 1762 by John
Montagu. John Montagu had a gambling problem he spend hours at the card
table. During a long binge, he requested the
house cook to bring him something he could eat without leaving the card
table, and the sandwich was born. John Montagu enjoyed his meat and
bread
so much that he ate it constantly, and as it grew popular in
London society circles it also took on the Earl’s name.
John Montagu was not the
first person to think of putting fillings between slices of bread. In
fact, we know exactly where Montagu first got the idea for his creation.
Montagu traveled abroad to the Mediterranean, where Turkish and Greek
mezze platters were served. Dips, cheeses, and meats were all
“sandwiched” between and on layers of bread. Montagu
took inspiration from these when he sat at that card table.
New Orleans sandwich, the Po’ Boy, came about during the Great
Depression during a streetcar worker strike. Two brothers, once
streetcar operators themselves, owned a sandwich shop nearby, and
promised to feed any down on his luck striking worker for free. When a
hungry striker walked into the shop, the clerks would yell, “Here comes
another po’ boy,” and the name stuck. That school lunch food, the
Sloppy Joe, came about at around the same time.
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich first appeared early 1920s.
Research Source: History Channel