Interesting Facts

According to a study by consumer watchdog Which?, some salads and sandwiches from supermarkets and cafe chains contain more calories, and higher levels of fat and sugar than fast food like pizza and burgers. (They identified the 8 worst offenders as Caffè Nero, Pret a Manger, Marks & Spencer and Asda. For example:- Caffè Nero’s brie and bacon panini - 624 calories vs McDonald’s quarter-pounder with cheese - 518 calories Pret a Manger’s cheddar and pickle sandwich on artisan bread contained 17.6g of sugar and nearly half an adult’s RDA  (recommended daily allowance) of saturated fat. Marks and Spencer's chicken and smoked bacon salad sandwich on soft multigrain farmhouse bread - 694 calories vs Pizza Express margherita pizza - 683 calories Asda’s creamy piri-piri chicken pasta salad contained more fat than Burger King’s bacon and cheese Whopper.

According to experts at the American Chemical Society, cucumber sandwiches can help you keep your cool. (Unfortunately the most effective way to eat them isn't with the crusts cut off, but rather served on whole wheat bread with mayonnaise and sea salt on top. Other recommendations for keeping cool were beer, tea and even curry - lucky me!)

According to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) the cheapest lunchtime meal in Britain is the toast sandwich. (This shouldn't be confused with the toasted sandwich, or toasty. A toast sandwich, popular in mid-Victorian times, consists of two slices of bread around a slice of toast. The meal, which will cost you 7.5p to make, was first promoted by Victorian food writer Mrs Beeton. Here is the recipe:- Ingredients 3 slices of bread Butter Salt and pepper Method 1. Toast a thin slice of bread. 2. Butter two slices of bread and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. 3. Place the toast between the two slices of bread-and-butter to form a sandwich. 4. Eat. Bon appetite!)