Also: While looking up the full name of the Earl of Sandwich, I found this tidbit on Wikipedia:
In the United States, a court in Boston, Massachusetts ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread and “under this definition, this court finds that the term ‘sandwich’ is not commonly understood to include burritos, tacos, and quesadillas, which are typically made with a single tortilla and stuffed with a choice filling of meat, rice, and beans.”
The more you know.
“Give me a Sandwich and a Douchebag, and there is nothing I cannot do!”
a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread and “under this definition, this court finds that the term ‘sandwich’ is not commonly understood to include…
Thank goodness! We can’t have everyone calling any old layered food item a sandwich. Why, it would be culinary chaos!
The court actually did have a need to define it — a sandwich shop in a strip mall had sued, saying that the presence of a burrito shop in that same strip mall had violated its non-compete, so…
I was half-joking when I wrote that. I recognize the competitive nature of the business of prepared food, or whatever it is that it’s called.
I take one slice of bread, smear one side with peanut butter, dust the PB with brown sugar, fold it, and call it a peanut butter and brown sugar sandwich. Boston has no jurisdiction over me! Long live the revolution! Liberty or death to tire ants! They’ll get my peanut butter and brown sugar sandwich when I’m through digesting it!