Toast sandwich is UK's 'cheapest meal' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Britain's 'cheapest' lunchtime meal was unveiled by scientists on Wednesday - the toast sandwich.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is reviving the mid-Victorian dish, which, unsurprisingly, consists of two slices of bread around a slice of toast.

The society is so confident in the repast, it will offer £200 to anyone who can create a cheaper alternative.

The meal, costing 7.5 pence, was first promoted by Victorian food writer Mrs Beeton.

It is taken from Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management which became a best-seller after its appearance 150 years ago next month.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15752918




We've come so far in 150 years -- NOT.

Apparently nobody told the RSC about the classic shit sandwich.

[baldguy]

1. Could I get that toasted?

[PoliticAverse]

4. It can be hard to get toast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8

[Hardrada]

2. You're toast! = You're cheap! ??

[PoliticAverse]

3. Cheaper than stone soup ?,,, n/t

[valerief]

5. America has them beat. A fifth of Americans have nothing for lunch. nt

[Nye Bevan]

22. Gordon Gekko: "Lunch is for wimps" (nt)

[msongs]

6. For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died nt

[Sabriel]

7. It's one-third cheaper if it's open-face.

Beat that, Mrs Beeton!!!

[frylock]

14. win

[Bozita]

8. Did you say toast?

[Swede]

9. A nice piece of fried bread.

[hunter]

10. Best washed down with a thin home brewed ale...

...while working in a slate mine.

The new austerity! It'll be so much fun! Just like old times!

Great grandma used to feed a family of seven with a single anchovy and a head of cabbage.

[Sabriel]

15. We wished we had an anchovy!

We ate the shoebox that we lived in.

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. "Ah, but try to tell that to the young people of today..."

Loved that bit!

Bite?

[frylock]

16. oh those were the days

[d_r]

11. I wonder if I could get 200 pounds for the "air" sandwhich

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. No protein, it is not a filling meal.

:shrug:

[flvegan]

13. No real nutrition, not a meal.

I could go out and eat wild grass or flowers in my neighborhood for cheaper. Try again.

[canetoad]

18. Not really

Even if it was made from supermarket white sliced, it would still contain traces of added vitamins and minerals along with the 300 or so calories.

I certainly hope no responders took this article seriously. It's a joke, a political joke at that.

[flvegan]

19. So is a Gatorade a meal then?

How about eating a couple cockroaches? Both meet your alluded to criteria. "Traces" and calories doesn't nutrition make.

[canetoad]

24. Then it's up to you

To define what constitutes a meal. Many Americans are OK with calling empty calories a meal and several societies eat insects. And sorry, traces elements and calories, by the broadest definition, ARE nutrition of a sort.

[flvegan]

25. Having several certifications in nutrition

I'll just leave this where it is.

[canetoad]

26. I think you should post

your qualifications, or at least expound on what was incorrect in my previous post.

[flvegan]

28. Do you?

That's funny.

[BiggJawn]

17. 9 pence, with Marmite.

Satisfy your weekly allotment of sodium and B vitamins...

[PoliticAverse]

20. How much extra without the Marmite ? n/t

[Mimosa]

21. 2 slices of bread around a slice of toasted bread? Bruno wouldn't like that! n/t

[kudzu22]

23. How do they define meal?

How about an open-faced toast sandwich. Slice of toast on once slice of white breat. There -- cheaper! What do I win?

[Romulox]

27. As a kid, I would eat ketchup or bbq sauce sandwiches. I daresay that's cheaper. nt

[JCMach1]

29. I would make a mayonnaise sandwich on 1 piece bread and fold it over as a kid

I think it would make me vomit now...

But it is CHEAP!!!

[AngryAmish]

33. In my grad student days I would go days at a time eating ketchup ot BBQ sammys

No money for food.

[Romulox]

34. Here's a tip: a dash of salt will cut the heat if the bbq sauce is too tangy!

"No money for food."

I've been there, my friend. Feel blessed (and well fed) these days.

[shanti]

39. sugar or syrup sandwich

that was common too.

[Downwinder]

30. Diet time. Obesity is just storage for hard times.

[Nihil]

31. Bet that's what the turkey thinks just before Thanksgiving ...

"Obesity is just storage for hard times. Boy am I set up for the future!"

:hide:

[LoZoccolo]

32. I want £200 for inventing the "bread sandwich". n/t

[KamaAina]

35. Depression-era New Orleans had the "wish sandwich"

yup, two pieces of bread.

The idea was to cadge a slice of cheese or even (gasp!) meat from a coworker or two.

[tk2kewl]

36. bowl of steam

[eShirl]

37. my rule: if it doesn't contain at bare minimum 8 grams protein, it's not a meal. n/t

[Evasporque]

38. 1/2 a toast sandwich..where is my 200 quid...nt

[MichaelMcGuire]

40. 'Tosty' not toast sandwich. Nobody I know uses toast sandwich.

[MichaelMcGuire]

41. I stand corrected...

But I've never heard of one toasted between two bits of bread. Thats new to me.