Tuesday 16 June 2015

How to make simple Egg Mayo Sandwich

John Montagu the 4th Earl of Sandwich was an English aristocrat that loves to gamble. While gambling, he never had the time to eat food with spoon and folk. It is said that he always asked his valet to prepare meat tucked between two pieces of bread. He liked that food because it allows him to gamble continuosly. From here, the word "Sandwich" started to be known. And sandwich is a food that has evolved into many different versions where there might be like tuna sandwich, etc. Sandwich is a food that is suitable for people who are busy with their daily life. So, here are the ways to make Egg Mayo Sandwich.

Egg Mayo Snadwich


Ingredients:

3 Eggs
2 slice of white bread
Mayonnaise
1/2 Lettuce
1 Tomato
1 Cucumber

Direction:

1) Boil the 3 eggs for half an hour.
2) After the eggs are boiled, put the eggs on another medium like plate and let it cool down for 4-8 minutes.
3) Peel or remove the skin of the eggs.
4) Mash the eggs using the "Potato Masher".
5) Put 3-4 spoon of mayonnaise to the egg that was mashed and stir and mix it. It becomes egg mayo
6) Put 2-3 spoon of the egg-mayo on the slice of the white bread.
7) Cut the lettuce into small pieces.
8) Cut the tomato into few slices.
9) Cut the cucumber into few slices.
10) Put the small pieces of lettuce, 2 slice of tomato, 2- 4 slice of cucumber on the bread filled with egg mayo.
11) Take another slice of white bread and put it on top of the bread filled with egg mayo, etc.

Source:
Alamy, 2013. The humble egg mayo sandwich came top of the poll for favourite sandwich fillings. [online image] Available at: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385245/Move-ham-cheese--Egg-mayo-voted-Britains-favourite-sandwich-filling.html> [Accessed 9 August 2015].

John Montagu. [Internet]. 2015. The Biography.com website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/john-montagu-9471075#personal-life [Accessed 17 Jun 2015].
 
Open Sandwich, 2015. History of Sandwich Kent: Origin of the Sandwich. [Online]
Available at: http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/town_history/sandwich_origin.htm
[Accessed 17 June 2015].