/ck/ - Food & Cooking

John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is credited for creating the sandwich we all know and love today in the 18th century. He spent so much of his time playing card games with his guests that this caused his rule to be ineffective. When it was time for a meal he didn’t want to stop the game, so he would have his butlers serve meals for him and his guests of meat between 2 slices of bread, that way the cards wouldn’t get soiled with grease or juice from the meat. The concept of the sandwich spread and became popular among Great Britain’s social elite, where these would be served in gaming get togethers

The club sandwich was invented in the 19th century with the same idea in mind. These were served in social clubs in New York, notably the Union Club of NYC and at an exclusive gambling club in Saratoga Springs

So this goes to my question. Before the time of Mountain Dew and Doritos, was the “sandwich” the original “gamer” food?