Sandwich\n\n\n\nCategory:Food and drink\nCategory:Sandwiches This article is about the food item. For other uses see: sandwich (disambiguation).\n-------\n
The sandwich is a food item consisting of bread and other fillings such as one or more layers of meat (often a type of cold cut), cheese, vegetables, condiments, sauces or other filling. In many countries, a sandwich traditionally takes the form of two or more slices of bread enclosing the sandwich fillings. In Scandinavia a sandwich traditionally takes the form of one slice of bread topped by the sandwich "fillings". The sandwich form has evolved to include those made with such "breads" as tortilla, rolls and focaccia.
The dish was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an English aristocrat, in the 18th century, although it is unlikely to have been invented by him. It is said that Montagu was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue gambling while eating. Nowadays some types of sandwich are too unwieldy to be held in the hand, thus defeating Montagu's original purpose, and must thus be eaten with utensils.
In some countries it is considered proper to eat sandwiches with utensils.
Sandwiches are common foods to be taken on picnics or for hiking, and to bring to work, school, or outings for lunch in lunchboxes.
In India, sandwiches are mostly vegetarian, the most common type being vegetable sandwich. Whilst in the UK, particularly the north of England they are known, informally, as 'butties'. A sandwich filled with chips (US: french fries) is known as a 'chip buttie'. Another informal name is 'sarnie'.
The ham sandwich theorem can be used to prove mathematically that a single cut can divide two pieces of bread and the filling each exactly in half.
A sponge sandwich is a sponge with a layer of filling. A biscuit sandwich likewise.
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