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Posted by mwoods (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 16:19
| Am popping over here from another forum to ask you all something totally non garden related and I hope that is ok. our book group was discussing a book written about WW 1 in England, and in it "curly sandwiches" were mentioned several times. Does anyone know what these are? I've been Googling and all I can find is that there was a myth that eating crusts makes your hair curly which is why people cut the crusts off,but that seems pretty far fetched. Any idea as to what this sandwich is? |
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| bringing this down. Someone answered it for me. |
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| Well, this question just creased me up! (But then, I know what a curly sandwich is.) I thought the UK and the US spoke the same language - nominally, it would appear. Languages just fascinate me, especially the use of slang and colloquialisms so I'm sorry you deleted the answer! |
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- Posted by andy_sa South Australia (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 4:44
| This immediately brought to mind images of sandwiches going dry and curling up at the edges. Cucumber, ham... cheese don't seem to curl as much, but that could be something to do with the sweaty cheddar. |
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Hi Marda,
A visitor from The Garden Party?. I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said America and the UK were two countries divided by a common language.
Yes "curly" sanwiches were common in UK before the advent of wrapping film. Tired, old, dried sandwiches used to curl up- not very appetising.
Best regards
Ron |
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