Bacon sandwich
Alternative names | Bacon butty, bacon sarnie, rasher sandwich, bacon sanger, piece 'n bacon, bacon cob, bacon barm, bacon muffin |
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Type | Sandwich |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | Bread and back bacon, with a condiment, often ketchup or brown sauce |
Variations | BLT |
A bacon sandwich (also known in parts of the United Kingdom and New Zealand as a bacon butty, bacon bap or bacon sarnie, in Ireland as a rasher sandwich[1] and as a bacon sanger in Australia) is a sandwich of cooked bacon between bread that is optionally spread with butter, and may be seasoned with ketchup or brown sauce. It is generally served hot. In some establishments the sandwich will be made from bread toasted on only one side, while other establishments serve it on the same roll as is used for hamburgers.
Bacon sandwiches are an all-day favourite throughout the United Kingdom.[2] Its prominence in British culture is such that in a UK poll it was ranked the number one thing people love about Britain.[3] They are often served in British cafes, and are anecdotally recommended as a hangover cure.[4]
The BLT is a popular variant of the bacon sandwich with the additional ingredients of lettuce and tomato, but served cold.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Blog, Tog (October 2009). "The Rasher sandwich..." Togblog. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Cloake, Felicity (7 March 2012). "How to cook the perfect bacon sandwich". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ "Bacon butties, roast dinners and a cuppa: 50 things we love best about Britain show we're a nation of food lovers". Daily Mail. Retrieved 3 November 2016
- ^ "Bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ Olver, Lynne (20 March 2015). "Food Timeline FAQs: sandwiches". FoodTimeline. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
External links
- "Scientists 'perfect' bacon butty: Scientists have created a mathematical formula of how to make the perfect bacon butty". BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 April 2007.