adminbeef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he could carry on gaming uninterrupted”, said a website for the event.
Legend states that others began asking for “the same as Sandwich!” and thus named what was to become a classic foodstuff.
The south-eastern English port town also held a sandwich-making competition and concerts of the “bawdy and lively tunes” favoured by the earl, who also had a “penchant for dressing in Turkish robes”, the website said.
The current earl hosted a huge sandwich lunch in tribute to “the fourth Earl of Sandwich who, 250 years ago, had his masterly inspiration in creating the universal fast food the world knows and loves,” a poster said.
Historians are sceptical of the claim that the earl actually invented the sandwich, arguing it belongs to a long line of bread-based snacks stretching back much further than the 18th century, but this has not stopped the town from celebrating its local hero. — AFP.
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- June 2, 2026
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