"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 4/30/2014 11:40 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:57:44 +0100, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>> "DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On 4/28/2014 10:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yikes! Butter and Mayo? Now that is overkill!
>>>>>
>>>>> By whose definition?
>>>>>
>>>> Probably most people who are not Canadian.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think the original sandwich had any condiments on it at all.
>>>> Just
>>>> meat and bread.
>>>
>>> You mean like in the past centuries?
>>
>> Hubby calls that "a good deli sandwich": two pieces of bread with meat
>> piled high.
>> http://newyork.seriouseats.com/image...lfsandwich.jpg
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> The 18th century Lord Sandwich probably just called for roast beef between
> two slices of bread. I prefer to think that he asked for it so he could
> eat while playing cards but some prosaic people think it was so he did not
> mess up state papers; he was Secretary of the Navy.

You have more faith than I, Jim lad ;-)

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