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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8193876" data-attributes="member: 1">I do not recognize the authority of the legislatures of New York or California to pass judgment on the definition of the British creation of John Montagu. Their opinion has no weight here."In the UK ... the term sandwich ... refers usually to an item which uses sliced bread from a loaf. An item with similar fillings, but using an entire bread roll cut horizontally in half, is generally referred to as a roll, or with certain hot fillings, a burger."More seriously -- the Wikipedia section on the language is fascinating![callout]According to the story, following the Earl of Sandwich's request for beef between two slices of bread, his friends began to order "the same as Sandwich".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-BBC_News_Online-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> The first written usage of the English word appeared in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon" target="_blank">Edward Gibbon</a>'s journal, in longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a "Sandwich."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a>Before being known as sandwiches, this food combination seems to simply have been known as "bread and meat" or "bread and cheese."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-What%27s_Cooking_America-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> These two phrases are found throughout English drama from the 16th and 17th centuries.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-What%27s_Cooking_America-6" target="_blank">[6]</a>In the US, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-boston.com-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> and "under this definition, this court finds that the term 'sandwich' is not commonly understood to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrito" target="_blank">burritos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco" target="_blank">tacos</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quesadilla" target="_blank">quesadillas</a>, which are typically made with a single <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla" target="_blank">tortilla</a> and stuffed with a choice filling of meat, rice, and beans."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a> The issue stemmed from the question of whether a restaurant that sold burritos could move into a shopping centre where another restaurant had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-compete_clause" target="_blank">no-compete clause</a> in its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lease" target="_blank">lease</a> prohibiting other "sandwich" shops.In Spain, where the word sandwich is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword" target="_blank">borrowed</a> from the English language,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18]</a> it refers to a food item made with English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_bread" target="_blank">sandwich bread</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a> It is otherwise known as a bocadillo. Similar usage applies in other Spanish-speaking cultures, such as Mexico, where the word <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torta#Mexican_sandwich" target="_blank">torta</a> is also used for a popular variety of roll-type sandwiches.In the UK and Australia, the term sandwich is more narrowly defined than in the US: it refers usually to an item which uses sliced bread from a loaf.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>] An item with similar fillings, but using an entire bread roll cut horizontally in half, is generally referred to as a roll, or with certain hot fillings, a burger. However, hot sliced (not ground) beef between two slices of toasted bread is referred to as a steak sandwich: it is the sliced loaf bread that distinguishes the steak sandwich from a burger.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>]The verb to sandwich has the meaning "to position anything between two other things of a different character, or to place different elements alternately,"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a> and the noun sandwich has related meanings derived from this more general definition. For example, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_sandwich" target="_blank">ice cream sandwich</a> consists of a layer of ice cream between two layers of cake or biscuit.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[21]</a> Similarly, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo" target="_blank">Oreos</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard_cream" target="_blank">Custard Creams</a> are described as sandwich biscuits (UK/Commonwealth) or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_cookie" target="_blank">sandwich cookies</a> (US) because they consist of a soft filling between the baked layers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[22]</a>The word butty, originally referring to a buttered slice of bread,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[23]</a> is common in some northern parts of England as a slang synonym for "sandwich," particularly to refer to certain kinds of sandwiches including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty" target="_blank">chip butty</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_butty" target="_blank">bacon butty</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_butty" target="_blank">sausage butty</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-24" target="_blank">[24]</a> Sarnie is a similar colloquialism.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-25" target="_blank">[25]</a> Likewise, the word sanger is used for sandwich in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_slang" target="_blank">Australian slang</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-26" target="_blank">[26]</a> The colloquial Scottish word piece may refer either to a sandwich or to a light meal, especially one that includes a sandwich. For example, the phrase jeely piece refers to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_sandwich_(food)" target="_blank">jam sandwich</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich#cite_note-27" target="_blank">[27]</a>[/callout]</blockquote>

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