The sandwich, as it's known in the West, was supposedly invented as a way to eat meat without a knife, fork and plate. An 18th-century English nobleman, John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, is often credited with making the dish famous. While playing a gambling game with friends, he asked for meat to be brought over between two pieces of bread. The meal caught on, with people saying, "I’ll have the same as Sandwich".

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