What was the Daily Mail thinking when it said there was no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich? From haggis toasties to lobster rolls, the humble sarnie is having a renaissance
Is there no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich? asked the front page of the Daily Mail on Monday morning, in response to the news that a sandwich factory in Northampton is recruiting staff from Hungary because none of the towns 8,000 jobless fancies working there. Inevitably, Twitter came into its own, and it wasnt long before the #dailymailsandwich hashtag was confirming the papers suspicions with a range of jokey pictures featuring everything from a packet of mini rolls and a can of Stella betwixt two slices of granary to a lettuce and DVD combo and a lemon on top of some sourdough slices.
In fact, Britain is in the midst of a sandwich renaissance. Tempting as it is to sniff at Eats occasionally hamfisted attempts to be on trend (siracha sauce, anyone?), high street sarnies have improved, and beyond the chains there is an army of people in Britain making damn fine sandwiches.
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