History of sandwich

Sandwich – a truly useful and tasty invention of mankind. Even in the Middle ages, instead of plates, people used large pieces of bread, which put fish, vegetables, meat and other food. When I eat all these foods, the rest of the bread given to the dog, thrown away, and if the family is poor – then just ate. The progenitors of hot sandwiches also appeared quite a long time ago, when a person noticed that the melted cheese has a more interesting taste, and began to spread it on pieces of bread.

The word "butterbread" has German roots and is formed from a combination of two words: butter and bread. After all, the simplest classic sandwich consists of bread and butter. It is the basis of a huge variety of sandwiches in many countries of the world. According to one version of the classic sandwich invented by Copernicus, a famous doctor and scientist. It was he who advised to smear bread with butter during epidemics, which made it possible to better see the dirt on it and, if necessary, just clean it.

Many countries seek to take credit for the invention of the sandwich. Jews claim that in ancient times, making sacrifices, they smeared their bread "matzah" with oil and honey, putting one piece on another. The British believe that the founder of sandwiches – John Sandwich, the first who came up with putting meat between layers of bread. Danes and Swedes also claim to be the first in the invention of this dish.
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All sandwiches, depending on appearance, are divided into open and closed, tartins and canapes. Canapés are small sandwiches made of toasted or dried bread. For these sandwiches are characterized by a beautiful shape and design. As usually they are served on a festive table. Tartins are similar to canapés, but they are cooked with hot filling. For example, with fried ham, cutlets or sausage with scrambled eggs.

Britain
For the UK, a sandwich is a sandwich. For such a sandwich, a thin slice of bread is smeared with butter or other mixture, put the filling on it. It can be cheese, ham, fish and other products. Then, be sure to cover the sandwich with the second slice of white bread. The most popular are the following filling sandwiches:
ham and butter with mustard
roast pork and butter with tomato paste
boiled hard-boiled egg with mayonnaise
pieces of herring, eggs and mustard oil.

A kind of sandwich is another popular in the UK sandwich – Chip Batty. In this case, between the layers of bread put French fries, seasoning it with ketchup or brown sauce.

Spain
In Spain, sandwiches are called "tapas". As a rule, for such a dish is used fried bread, which can be located baked peppers or tomatoes, omelette with vegetables or pickled anchovies. Often "tapas" are not just a sandwich, but a full snack.

Italy
Considering the Italian cuisine, it is impossible not to pay attention to the fact that it is very much like a sandwich traditional Italian pizza. More suitable for sandwiches in our concept are Italian "crostini" and "Panini". Crostini — small loaves, spread with cheese, seafood, pate or anchovy paste. Small toasts are fried in olive oil and usually put delicious, but remaining in a small amount of products. Panini are made from Italian bread ciabata, which is cut in half and stuffed with cheese, dried tomatoes, olives and lettuce.

France
Pan bagnat is considered to be a traditional French sandwich. It is made from French bread, which is cut and stuffed with tuna, boiled egg, vegetables and olive oil. Moreover, never add mayonnaise to this sandwich.

Not inferior to the popularity of pan-bagnato and French sandwich "croque Madame". On a greased piece of bread, put a slice of cheese, ham, cover with a second similar layer and fry on both sides. Separately fried eggs and put it on the finished sandwich, sprinkled with herbs.

Japan
In Japan, too, eat sandwiches. One option is Yakisoba-pan, when a hot dog bun is seasoned with fried Japanese noodles, adding pickled ginger and mayonnaise. Another kind of Japanese sandwich is a sandwich Katsu-Sanda. It consists of two layers of bread, dressed with pork cutlet and chopped cabbage.

Summing up, we can say that sandwiches are used by almost all peoples and countries of the world. After all, it can become a lifesaver when you make a festive table, and replace lunch or Breakfast.
And another curious fact, any buterbrod (and not only) will taste better if you cooked the other person) Now I understand why I love it when I cook and the food I always delicious!)