What is the history of the “carver” sandwich?
Historians have long questioned the veracity of the claim that the “sandwich” first appeared in culinary history upon its creation by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Many historians find it hard to believe that “in all human history no one had ever put a piece of meat on a piece of bread until this fairly recent royal personage wanted to eat and count his money at the same time”. [Trotsky, Dialectic of the Burrito, Revolution Press, Mexico City, 1940.] The only information concerning the person named Boston Carver known to exist are the Date of Record of Boston Carver’s contract for “7 years of bonded servitude” and court records concerning his death, which was ruled accidental by magistrate’s inquest. His death, a mere 7 months into the contract, was due to a “ruptured pate (head, skull) what occured whilst he was going about of his scullery duties.”(sic) [Journal of Dissident History v20.5] The earliest reference to the practice on the part of some people to refer to “sandwic
