Celebrating National Sandwich Day 2023 with the pride of Great Britain!

If you find yourself finally winding down your National Cat Day 2023 celebration and wondering what you will be doing next to fill the void, not to worry! Today (Friday, November 3) was National Sandwich Day in the States so, if you’re like me and you need a well-deserved break from well, most everything from 2020, and are wondering […]

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HP Sauce’s ‘sympathetic refurbishing’ of Big Ben in 2019

A veritable staple in most every home in the UK, I will admit my only experience that allows me to talk about HP Sauce is having attended a number of BBC Showcase meetings over the years in both Brighton and Liverpool whereby the answer to everything that dealt with food seemed to be “…just add […]

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After you vote, celebrate National Sandwich Day 2020 with a British classic!

It’s National Sandwich Day in the States so, if you’re like me and you need a well-deserved break from Election Day in the U.S. and are wondering the best way to celebrate the 302nd birthday of the 4th Earl of Sandwich (born 13 November, 1718), how about starting with a look back to the 258th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich.

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Celebrate National Sandwich Day 2016 with a British classic!

It’s National Sandwich Day in the States so, if you’re like me and are wondering the best way to celebrate the forthcoming 298th birthday of the 4th Earl of Sandwich (born 13 November, 1718), how about starting with a look back to the 254th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich. It was 1762 when John Montagu, the fourth Earl of […]

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Celebrate British Sandwich Week with a Bacon Butty

While we are still several months away from the 294th birthday of the Earl of Sandwich (3 November, 2012) and National Sandwich Day, it’s time to pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich during British Sandwich Week, now through 19 May. It was 1762 when John Montagu, the fourth Earl […]

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OMG: HP Sauce changes recipe after 116 years

With a bit of full disclosure up front, I will admit my only experience that allows me to talk about this subject is having attended a number of BBC Showcase meetings over the years in the UK whereby the answer to everything that dealt with food seemed to be “…just add a bit of brown […]

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