[Music] [Music] sandwich [Music] an item of food consisting of two pieces of bread with a filling between them eaten as a light meal the word sandwich probably comes from john montague the fourth earl of sandwich he was an englishman who lived in the 18th century he loved playing cards and he didn't want to stop playing to eat with a sandwich he could play and eat at the same time [Music] today many other languages including french and spanish use the word sandwich but the sandwich did not become popular because of john montague in fact the sandwich
became popular in the 19th century when people began to work longer hours and needed something practical to take to work today the sandwich is the most popular snack in the world you can put anything in a sandwich british people eat the most sandwiches in the world every year we buy approximately two billion sandwiches and of course we also make sandwiches at home this is a morton's shop in oxford there are four moretons shops in oxford here you can buy drinks snacks crisps and sandwiches a lot of sandwiches most people in the uk buy sandwiches at
lunch time especially when they're at work sandwiches are quicker and easier to eat than a full meal but they can still be healthy and filling mortons are always thinking of ways to make their sandwiches tastier and more interesting they have a lot of classic sandwiches like cheese salad chicken and bacon lettuce and tomato known as a blt but they have some more unusual sandwiches like falafel and hummus how many sandwiches do you sell a day it depends it depends which day of the week it is what time of year it is i would say approximately
1 000 sandwiches a day how much do people spend on their lunch i guess on average it would be between four and five pounds which sandwiches are the most popular chicken sandwiches are in general the most popular also mozzarella which we combine with our own basil mayonnaise what's your favorite sandwich there's a sandwich that there's probably has probably had the most influence in my life which is a goat cheese sandwich because i met my a customer used to come into our shop um an order i only knew her as large black coffee and goat cheese
sandwich and this customer then has actually transformed into being my wife the sandwich has changed a lot since john montague's time but it's still as popular as ever you
