Egg and Ham Salad Sandwich Recipe

The sandwich was popularized in England in 1762 by John

Montagu. John Montagu had a gambling problem he spend hours at the card

table. During a long binge, he requested the

house cook to bring him something he could eat without leaving the card

table, and the sandwich was born. John Montagu enjoyed his meat and

bread

so much that he ate it constantly, and as it grew popular in

London society circles it also took on the Earl’s name.

John Montagu was not the

first person to think of putting fillings between slices of bread. In

fact, we know exactly where Montagu first got the idea for his creation.

Montagu traveled abroad to the Mediterranean, where Turkish and…