When is National Sandwich Day?
National Sandwich Day falls on 3 November every year. It is a light-hearted food day, and a good excuse to think about what actually goes into the everyday sandwich, starting with the bread.
Where the sandwich got its name
The sandwich is named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. As the story goes, he asked for his meat served between two slices of bread so he could keep going without stopping for a proper meal. The name stuck, and a whole category of lunch was born.
It really does start with the bread
A sandwich is only as good as its bread. Most shop-bought sliced loaves are soft because of what has been added to them, not because of how they were made. A homemade loaf, by contrast, is flour, water, yeast and salt: a proper slice with structure, flavour and nothing you would not want in it. Bake a soft sandwich loaf, or a seeded wholemeal one, and the plainest filling tastes better for it.
Bake the loaf your sandwich deserves
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Frequently asked questions
When is National Sandwich Day?
It is on 3 November every year.
Why is it called a sandwich?
After John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who is said to have asked for meat between two slices of bread so he could eat without leaving his table.
