Toast sandwich

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Toast Sandwich
An image of a toast sandwich, shot from the side.jpg
Origin
Place of origin United Kingdom
Details
Type Sandwich
Main ingredient(s) Bread, toast, butter
Approximate calories
per serving
330

A toast sandwich is a sandwich made by putting a thin slice of toast between two thin slices of bread with a layer of butter, and adding salt and pepper to taste. Its origins can be traced to the Victorian years. A recipe for making it is included in the 1861 Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton.[1]

Nutritional information

According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, the average toast sandwich contains 330 Calories.[2]

Public recognition

In November 2011 the toast sandwich was recreated by the Royal Society of Chemistry in a tasting almost 150 years after the release of Beeton's Book of Household Management.[2] The society sought to revive the forgotten dish in wake of the Great Recession after finding the cost being as low as 7.5p per sandwich.[3] They named it "the country's most economical lunch", and even offered £200 to whoever could devise a cheaper meal.[4] Due to an overabundance of submissions the offer was closed 7 days later, and the £200 given to a randomly selected entrant.[5]

Menu item

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The toast sandwich served as a side dish at Heston Blumenthal's restaurant The Fat Duck

The toast sandwich is featured as a side dish for the main course item the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party (c. 1892)"; this "Tea Party is a dish inspired by Alice in Wonderland served in celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's restaurant The Fat Duck.[6][7] The dish contains 12 toast sandwiches.[8] According to American public radio station KCRW, Blumenthal's recipe for the toast sandwich involves bone marrow salad, egg yolk mustard, gastrique, mayonnaise, and tomato ketchup.[8]

American response

Members of NPR's news panel game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! each tried the toast sandwich.[9] Host Peter Sagal remarked "This is the culinary equivalent of a Rothko painting. Or it's like a sandwich by Marcel Duchamp! It questions the essence of sandwich and language both!"[9] David Griner of American advertising trade publication Adweek reviewed Taco Bell's new "Dollar Cravings" value menu describing the "Cheese Roll-Up" as follows: "This is the toast sandwich of Taco Bell cuisine."[10][11] The Daily Meal remarked in their article "12 Life-Changing Sandwiches You've Never Heard Of", the toast sandwich was "just not that good. In Britain, for example, there’s actually something called a toast sandwich, which is just buttered toast between two slices of bread. Thankfully, the Dadaists didn’t invent any more sandwiches after that."[12]

See also

References

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