If we are only going by what the Earl of Sandwich said, then there was
no point in the OP having asked this question

I thought we were being asked for our interpretation

There is a wonderful excentric pub in Edinborough (The Cannymans (?)
that besides serving some nice beer, offers a nice range of open topped
comestibles that are really tasty and that they call sandwiches but for
me that is wrong cos each "comestible" only uses 1 piece of bread

Regardless of what they, or Messrs McDo et al may choose to call things,
I am still happy with my defintion, a sandwich involves PART of a loaf

Steve




Chemiker wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:05:31 +0200, Steve Y >
> wrote:
>
>> No, I would call that a roll
>
> Recall, please, that the Earl of Sandwich simply
> called for meat between two pieces of bread.
> NO detail about bagel, Kaiser roll, Pumpernickel,
> and so forth.
>
> IMHO, a stuffed pita is a Sandwich as he originally
> requested. The intent was that he could hold it in one hand
> while he played cards with the other, a necessary condition
> to the definition.
>
> Play with it.....
>
> Alex, sitting on top of the water tower, because the bodies
> don't bounce that high....