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« on: November 27, 2006, 10:45:00 pm »

      UK's first-ever sweet sandwich goes on sale
   


   


The first ever commercially-made
sweet sandwich has gone on sale in Tesco, with the company having an
eight-year-old boy to thank for the idea.

Shane
Monaghan from Stourbridge in the West Midlands came up with the
creation of a sandwich that is made from a banana and chocolate filling
and chocolate bread.

"Shane's creation is a stroke of genius and
taps into a market that, until now, has been totally ignored and which
hasn't even been considered," said James Cornish, Tesco sandwich buyer.

"The
concept of the sandwich came about in the mid-1700s and was created as
a simple snack but it's amazing that in 250 years no food manufacturer
has ever considered a sweet version," Mr Cornish continued.

Shane,
who has cerebal palsy which renders him unable to walk, contacted Tesco
via the Whizz-Kidz charity, and was challenged to provide his own
solution to Tesco's lack of child-based sandwich products.

"I can't wait until I can buy one and not have to make it or clear up," he commented.

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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2006, 10:57:11 pm »
How very ridiculous.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2006, 06:40:51 am »
My mum used to give me chocolate spread and banana sandwiches over forty years ago! And haven't they ever heard of that war-time staple - a jam sandwich???? (Jam? In a sandwich? The dirty ........)
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2006, 08:13:00 am »

My dad eats banana and cheese sandwiches  Personally I don't like sweet and savoury together. As this new sandwich as sweet bread it might be alright though not in any hurry to try it ...


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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2006, 09:34:31 am »
I think it sounds nice. I used to have toasted sandwiches with chocolate spread in and they were gorgeous. 

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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 03:20:54 pm »
But wouldn't the banana go brown if it was sliced and put in a sandwich?

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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 04:38:44 pm »
Yes, it does but so what?
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 05:04:40 pm »
Perhaps by banana and chocolate filling them actually mean banana and chocolate 'paste' or something. Then again these days I'm sure they can put additives in banana so it doesn't go brown.  

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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2006, 07:58:42 pm »

I suppose the chocolate bread is unusual for a ready-made sandwich, but the idea that no one has ever made a sweet sandwich before is ridiculous. As Oldspice said, jam, banana and chocolate spread are popular sandwich fillings, as is honey.


Here's a question - if the bread is sweet and the filling is sweet, what makes it a sandwich and not a cake?

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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2006, 09:50:51 pm »
I think what they mean is that commercially-made sweet sandwiches have never been made before:

"The
concept of the sandwich came about in the mid-1700s and was created as
a simple snack but it's amazing that in 250 years no food manufacturer
has ever considered a sweet version
," Mr Cornish continued"

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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2006, 09:53:36 pm »

Quote from: smurfboy

Here's a question - if the bread is sweet and the filling is sweet, what makes it a sandwich and not a cake?



Well cakes are different from bread, I think what they're talking about here is using a sweet 'flavoured' bread.

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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2006, 10:06:36 pm »

I don't think it would be much different.

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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2006, 10:40:39 pm »
I bet it ends up in the cake aisle.
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« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2006, 08:56:15 am »

Quote from: loulou
I bet it ends up in the cake aisle.


It can end up in the bin as far as I'm concerned.  If I want a sweet sandwich, I'll make it fresh myself.  As said earlier, it would have to contain loads of additives if it has banana in it.

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« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2006, 09:58:05 am »
To be honest it's best to make all sandwiches yourself, the ones you buy from shops are full of fat, additives and other crap.