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Also look up the origin of the word Sandwich (lemmy.world)
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[–] vamputer 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sandwiches are named after a Welsh peasant dish that originally consisted of witch meat between two bricks of baked sand. It was terrible and offered little nutritional value, but was very popular due to the great availability of witch meat and lack of any real alternatives for nourishment.

[–] slampisko@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know enough Welsh to refute this

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Additional fun fact: "sandwich" is a degraded version of the original Welsh spelling, which is "syynndwrrrccchhchch," and which was originally pronounced "klerb."