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It has been over a year since our first foray into the unusual sandwich realm (and the sequel soon followed). I’m not entirely sure I would make it through another taste test like that.
The weird and wonderful combinations can be influenced by half-remembered references from family, friends, chefs or television characters. Some of these sandwiches gain traction, and can then be ordered around the world by name only. I think that means the sandwich has hit the big time! Read more…

Have you ever found yourself eating a tasty meal and thought “I wonder who invented this?” Or perhaps you’ve received an email about the origins of some foods and you just couldn’t wait to forward it on to someone else. Some of the stories you hear about how our food came to be are amazing for their ingenuity and daring, while others are full of myth and legend. Read more…

After the recent posting of a few eccentric sandwich combinations favoured by people I know, we received a number of comments from our readers suggesting some weird and wonderful sandwich combinations that they swear by. 

How could we leave it there? With all these suggestions, we had to taste them. In what could potentially be the world’s worst sandwich platter – we had our Unusual Sandwich Combination Taste Test. Read more…

When I last posted, I wrote about foodists – those people with peculiar and unusual rules that they chose to live their lives by. One particular foodist mentioned (Heath) has a rule that he won’t eat any food that can’t be put in a sandwich, and I made a comment that it meant he ate neither cake nor rice. Based on the responses from various corners, it seems I was sorely mistaken.
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