Where is the home of sandwiches?

It is estimated that Americans wolf down over 300 million sandwiches a day – more than one per person. However, sandwich has its origin in England. Sandwiches were named after John Montagu, the 4^th Earl of Sandwich, who spent entire days at the gaming table. During one of his round-the-clock sessions, he ordered his man to fetch him some cold beef between slices of bread and thus quickly fortified himself without the clutter of cutlery. Within a few years, all of England was eating “sandwiches”. Today, almost anything edible that can fit between two slices of bread is a sandwich – from butter to shop suey vegetables to sunflower seeds to red licorice. It is no longer a humble snack.