Today is National Sandwich Day… Did you know

Po’ Boy were originally for poor boys

The New Orlean’s Po’ Boy came around during the Great Depression during a streetcar worker strike. Two brothers who were former streetcar workers owned a sandwich shop and promised to feed any striking worker for free. Whenever a hungry worker would walk over to the shop, the clerks would say “Here comes another po’ boy,” which soon became the name of the sandwich itself.

1762 The Earl of Sandwich

John Mantagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, named the sandwich after his town in the county of Kent.

What is a sandwich?

A court in Boston, Massachusetts ruled that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread, and does not include burritos, tacos, and quesadillas, as they are typically made with a single tortilla.