How the sandwich conquered the hearts of the Brits
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- What’s your go-to lunch snack? Perhaps a sandwich? Well, you’re in good company with the Brits-they’re absolutely nuts about a tasty sandwich. It’s the undisputed lunchtime champion in the UK, fueling a massive industry. Curious about the sandwich’s backstory, popularity, and secret techniques? We went to London, UK, and met a true sandwich guru. He let us in on crafting the perfect sandwich and shared his golden rules of sandwich-making. 🥪🇬🇧
CHAPTERS
00:00 British sandwich frequency
00:32 Sandwich ranking
01:01 The origins of sandwich
01:20 How to make a good sandwich
03:10 Supermarket sandwiches
04:01 Sandwich rules and variety
CREDITS
Report: Jana Oertel
Camera: Peter Thorn, Matthew Marschner
Edit: Klaudia Begic
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
#sandwich #britishfood #london
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When I worked in the city of London, good sandwich shops were everywhere. Deep joy!
Honourable mention for the Meal Deal, where you supplement your sarnie with crisps and a drink for a fixed price that is quite a bit cheaper than those three items would cost individually; a brilliant innovation
The Earl of Sandwich should be thanked by the world…….🇬🇧
Meat between bread was known in antient Rome, likely also long before that. Sandwich is just your local name for something that was known for centuries elsewhere.
@@ukrytykrytyk8477 You missed the irony of what I wrote. Obviously English isn’t your first language? A shame.
puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh - team jambon beurre.
@@mikewinston8709 Explain. Which part indicates the irony?
@@leventelajos5078 If you’re too stupid to understand then that isn’t my fault is it boy?
I always say it: make any sandwich a bit in advance, then wrap it tightly in plastic or paper. The ingredients need to mash together a bit...& never skimp on the condiments or it will be too dry
Awesome! 👍
Yes its convinient is the best reason for a supermarket sandwich, and glad to see max is still in a good health, cheerio
I worked in London 4 years and never understood why someone would go for a shop during lunch and pay for a packaged sandwich which you can make at home when you get up
Time
@@dh1380 it costs more time going to a shop and buy a sandwich than making one at home 😉
@@CuracaoRevisited variety of ingredients - you can have a new flavour each day of the week made to some uniform standard, as opposed to having to buy 5 different packs of meat if you were making them at home. Its also a reason to get out the office for food but you know it will only take a few mins so you get most of your break to yourself.
Lastly an element of class plays into it as well, historically the working class would have meals from home whereas professionals would have staff canteens etc at work with someone else making food, as those canteens phased out people were left with needing a meal to get them through the day, but not wanting to appear in financial trouble by having to bring food from home
@@First_Sea_Lord_Ford simple answer is “lazy” 😉
The time it takes to maintain make and buy. Instead you could work an extra hour of overtime and just buy it.
As a fellow Brit I apologise for the state of that focaccia
Crumb is a bit tight isn't it...😂
its a MODIFIED foccacia
When I lived in the UK as a graduate student, I relied on sandwiches to get through the day.
Those supermarket ones are disgusting. I'll never understand why people buy those. It takes FIVE MINUTES to make a good and tasty sandwich at home.
3:34
Can't agree more. And not only that.
Schools should really have mandatory cooking classes again.
I agree! Provided you spent the time to shop for the ingredients. So often it is a case of whatever you have on hand.
Maybe if you're commuting and you haven't had breakfast yet? There's lots of situations I can think of why people would buy them.
I used to buy them often until one day I went to my favourite supermarket and they always had lovely sandwiches and rolls but one of them had a blue fly in there buzzing!!! I never bought one again
@@sanserof7 Sure, but all of those boil down to people being lazy.
@@CD-kg9byits not the simple. Some peoples time is more valuable than the amount of time it wouls take them to meal prep.
There was an Italian sandwich shop near London Bridge I loved for lunch. FAAARRRR more filling than bread. A One Meal A Day type sandwich. Delish!
I’m a Californian, and we have lots of great places to get (healthy!) and tasty sandwiches on big sourdough rolls. And last summer I visited London, Brussels, and Paris - and the worst food I ate was a sandwich in London. I’d add my picture of it, but it’s too sad.
Quick and easy to eat and is quite filling
American Here and my favorite is the Club Sandwhich.
1:59 As a German I dare saying that good bread is scarce in the UK. It doesn't start with yeast, but with sourdough. Fermentation then is slow. The toppings sometimes are great.
I agree with you. When I was living in Erfurt for some years, I adored German bread especially your Brötchen which were so light. I always wanted our English condiments in German styled bread to make the perfect sandwich. Greetings from the UK.
I'm British (but I've lived in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and South Africa) and agree. Thankfully we have reasonably good bread and the German style bread rolls in Lidl here, and also there are Polish supermarkets with good bread and rolls. British bread is dire, in any supermarket it's 90% Toastbrot, and the freshly baked bread sections are comically small and limited.
@@wellardme You can get the Brötchen in Lidl in the UK.
It's ok, good cheese is scarce in Germany. I know what I rate higher.
@@lokischeissmessiah5749no its not… about a dozen selections in the average German convenience store / shop. The only cheeses available in a British shop are cheddar and mozzarella.
One of things I miss most when I'm away from the UK is the humble meal deal, particularly the Queen of all supermarket sandwiches - Coronation Chicken.
It has conquered the US for sure. It is one food item that almost every American eat regularly in every form.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich's mainly
I live in Spain at the moment, Spanish have no idea how to make a sandwich or proper tea. Can't live without M&S sandwich. I am returning 😊
What means proper tea?
Brilliant! I love me my M&S sandwiches which are the first thing I buy as soon as I return to Blighty from Nigeria at Heathrow.
My absolute favourite is prawns followed by chicken and sweetcorn, followed by smoked salmon and cream cheese. My treat is cucumber sandwiches ❤
There are and were some godawful sandwiches in the UK. Firstly made with pasty white bread made using the Chorleywood process (why don't they just put it to rise earlier ffs???). As a kid at parties etc. it was common to have these made with incredibly thin slices of slimy (watery) ''roast beef'' or ''ham'', just one slice, or a think scraping of fishpaste. I last some some like this in Birmingham in 2008. Also remember having these with marmite or lemon curd for packed lunches. Also salad sandwiches usually with Cheddar cheese (but at least that was proper not processed Cheddar), with slices of tomato, and iceberg lettuce with salad cream, were popular at least in our family, when I was a kid in the 80s.
Cheese and pickle is what I like.
It's convenient rather than delicious. Also, because it is primarily meant to be eaten on the go, I think it loses its point when the filling keeps falling out. If I wanted to eat something fancy, I wouldn't choose a sandwich anyway.
Max’s sandwiches are incredible
Been wanting to try one for years :(
4:40 YES TO MAX! ❤❤
I love them
so... because of music to retail that how brilliant all really is 🎼🎶🎼
Earl of Sandwich!
The song choice at 1:52 is so bizarrely out of place
Coming from the UK, I think British sandwiches are less than awful.
Best sandwiches I have eaten so far in Denmark.
I'm like fresh maked sandwich with toasted bread any kind of ham (?also roasted), with ham&cheese.
I love sandwiches! I’m a vegetarian now, but I used to love the breakfast sandwich. The triple variation is especially brilliant.
0:32 how much big sandwich and what is that?
I’ll have a butter a watercress sandwich, please….. 😎💕
The empire might fell, but sandwich still conquers the world.
That 1 pack of supermarket sandwich is not enough to fill my belly. I would need something on the side.
Tuna or chicken mayonnaise 👌🥪
The crips are just hash browns lol
never heard of crips🤔
@@leetaiming64 first off, crips are a gang with a large presences in California in the US. Second, if you’re so obstinate and dense that you can’t intuit that I meant _crisps_ then that’s on you. Cheers ya muppet 😅
@@leetaiming64 they’re a gang over there. I think he’s trash talking a rival gang
So the Earl of Sandwich played Dungeons and Dragons
Sandwich is look like a delicacy for people in a hurry! 😅
Looks like it's a bit healthier than Cheeseburger.
Ugh..I never buy a pre-made sandwich in a plastic wrap. It has no shelf life and becomes soggy after a day.
But if you buy a ingredient for sandwich ,you made some sandwich exaple two or three, for few minutes. I think so, if you have time.
The most overkill sandwich vedio EVER !
Bread too thick.
Indeed. And what decent British person doesn't use butter in a sandwich.
Didn't they invent the sandwich?
I really don't think the Germans (or Dutch or Scandinavias) should be entitled to jump on the bandwagon of slagging off British food.
why not place sandwich vending machines everywhere?
It's so much cheaper to bring out a homemade sandwich if it's going to be as basic as ham & cheese. I would rather spend the money someone might spend on a packaged sandwich on a burger or a good pizza slice.
😮😮🙏🏼🙏🏼👍👍😍😍
I find them bland often need salt and pepper so I would recommend you keep some in your bag and try pasta dishes way better than sandwiches
focaccia is alrrady good..
thats what the dutch eat in the morning and as lunch
Brits have a good taste
He seems like a really great guy but if you have to put on that much mayo to make the sandwich moist there is something wrong with the sandwich to begin with...
Toast sandwich
People in the comments gripe about the blandness of northern european food but northern european desserts slay all other cuisines. Cake, cookies, pies, tarts, creams, custards and all sorts of delicious treats all hail from northern europe.
The bread is ridiculously thick in Max's "sandwich" ... to eat it properly that whole "sandwich" needs to be opened up and placed on a plate, and a knife and fork used. I can't eat all that bread! 10 out 10 for the filling though.
Tell me you never eat foccacia
@mathinho1237 My go to bread is Hovis Seed Sensations for proper sandwiches. Prefer foccacia to dip into olive oil, sauces, gravy and soups generally to mop up everything on a plate.
1:38 क्या अभी इसने चटनी बोला??
Yes...? We do have chutney lol
yes
yeah
britain has a melting pot of all sorts of food and ingredients available
might as well experiment with some unheard of combos lol
I don't like the look of Max's sandwich. The bread looks dry and tough and it's overfilled. And assuming I can stretch my jaw that wide, it's going to be a messy lunch.
Bland!
Not sure if this is a London thing, but the owner of that shop is really a master of using flowery language to sell his food.
The Vietnamese took the sandwich and made it amazing.
with the help of the french
Never bought a convenient store sandwich in Europe, UK or Australia. In Japan, I would definitely buy a sandwich from a convenient store or supermarket because I know Japan has high sanitation standards. I love gourmet sandwiches. They are a delight for the tastebuds if you prefer something healthier yet filing.
That's not really a sandwich he's making. Focaccia? Get out of here. A sandwich is basic and, if done well, delicious. Soft and fresh sliced bread, buttered, no more than 3 ingredients, not too wet so go easy on sauces, and brown or white depending on your mood. Also, don't over fill it as it falls all over you when you pick it up. You don't need to over complicate it like he is doing.
Really surprising every time how little influence foreign immigrants have on core British culture and cuisine
Is this sarcasm? Indian food and Chinese food are some of the most popular foods in the UK
I am going to get decent amount of hate for this. But as an American who been living here in US nearly my whole life. I gotta say American sandwiches are too meaty. There I said it. It’s a sandwich not a burger, why do we need to have large amount of meat in there and so little veggie, condiments, and small portion of bread? I am a meat eater I like meat. But seriously American sandwiches are too meaty in my opinion. There’s no balance to it at all.
You're right!
Or we can make it homemade bro
😂
Какая еда , такие и люди
I agree. But i had Russian food, and let me tell you that it JUST edges British food. Your famous cheburek, a fried meat pocket, offers flavour from the deep frying, rather than any spices or actual flavour.
Then you have okroshka, shuba, xolodets, caviar 🤮
Wow that sandwich guy's sandwiches don't look that appealing sorry.... There is no balance; look how that thick that bread is.
Baked beans on toast and sandwich
Indian sandwich 😂
Too many components in one sandwich.
After seeing your recipe, I also feel like cooking. 😊Upload on khal please!
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British food always had a reputation for being bland. But we never had an obesity crisis until the mass importation of foreign foods, that apparently we’ve got to be eternally grateful for.
What do you mean by foreign foods? Hamburgers? Or the fried potato chips or…?
@@lina987 kebabs, cheeseburgers, curry’s, pizzas etc.
@@lina987potato chips or as they are known here, crisps, is British
It's mostly cheeseburgers and American pizza, not kebab or curry
Lay the blame more at mass consumerism and changing dietary customs than foreign cuisines. Curries aren't worse for your health than the British-invented sandwhiches from this video@@mr.thegreat557
3:15 Bland. No thanks. 😢😢
I guess the mango chutney adds flavor to the otherwise bland sandwich.
Beware
Yeah and now they use horrible bland bread on every sandwich
Any northern cuisine isn't going to compare from other regions be it Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, SE Asian, etc.
I don't think you are Dutch/Belgium despite your username. Central and Northern European food is fantastic, just undermarketed. In the UK it's easy to get hold of authentic ingredients from places like Poland which encapsulates Central and Northern European components, whereas to be honest it's quite difficult to make good Italian or Spanish food here as the authentic ingredients are hard to come by and very expensive if you do find them. However I like that Central and Northern European food is underrated here, otherwise it too would become overpriced.
Very sad
They could at least use a narrator who can properly pronounce the word 'speciality' 🙄🙄🙄
Is this a joke? Brilliant? Do you have cardboard for tastebuds?.
Sandwiches are great from a local shop, cafe or restaurant. Sandwiches from supermarkets are disgusting, factory made, chilled to death, who wants cold damp bread? It appears 70% of stupid people like cold damp bread! Here’s to local cafes bread cakes, barn cakes, baps and cobs!
Americans stuff too much meat and junk into their sandwiches, it’s ludicrous.
They are horrible! Having them more than once a week makes me suicidal.
sandwiches suck
I am sorry, I have never thought of the sandwich as being particularly British. in fact, the best sandwiches I can think of on this planet are NOT from the UK. The reuben, the club, the croque monsieur have nothing to do with UK..so, once again, not really sure why anyone thinks that the sandwich is necessarily "British"
Pre-packed sandwich… disgusting.