Toast sandwich
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| Type | Sandwich |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Main ingredients | Bread, toast, butter |
| 330 kcal (1382 kJ) | |
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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.
According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, the average toast sandwich contains 330 Calories.
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. 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. They named it "the country's most economical lunch", and even offered £200 to whoever could devise a cheaper meal. Due to an overabundance of submissions the offer was closed 7 days later, and the £200 given to a randomly selected entrant.
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. The dish contains 12 toast sandwiches. 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.
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