Meat wrapped in bread has been around since the time of the ancients.
But the sandwich as we know it now is attributed to the 4th Earl of Sandwich who, because of his fondness for gambling, dined on beef "sandwiched" between two pieces of bread while he played.
That was in 1762 and spawned the creation of various forms of the sandwich like chicken salad from Rhode Island in 1863, banh mi from Vietnam in the 1830s, steak that was first served in Connecticut, Sloppy Joes from Iowa in 1930, and medianoche which originated from Cuba.
With gratitude to Google, I was able to recreate a grilled chicken salad sandwich from refrigerated leftovers that choked the prejudiced throath of Judge Julius Hoffman during the trial of the Chicago 7, a Vietnamese sandwich from thinly sliced soy sauce-marinated pork chops to gag SS Col. Hans Landa somewhere in France as he is being marked by the inglorious bestards, a steak sandwich from simmered sirloin strips to sustain Arnau Estanyul as he preached from the pulpit of the Cathedral of the Sea in Barcelona on why Aledis is his Alpha and Joan his Omega, Sloppy Joes with withered raisins to celebrate La Revolution against the blue bloods of Montargis and commerate the betrayal of Elise and the rise of Joseph Ignace Guillotin, and a pickle-less Cuban midnight sandwich to help me endure Copenhagen and 6 episodes of CC the warrior.
The sandwich maker is also the Phantom Biker who checkmated both Beth Harmon and Vasily Borgov, the Queen's Gambit allowing him and Richard Carapaz to escape a Sicilian defense and scholar's mate, navigate through the Levenfish and Najdorf variations from a Reti opening to take back the maillot rojo in the steep slopes of the Angliru and once again scorch the trails on a day when the saints hide from the trick-or-treat of Super Typhoon Goni/Rolly.
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