Two slices of bread with ideas between them

History books say that the idea of putting meat between slices of bread was invented by an inveterate gambler sometime in the 1770s. John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (and yes, there is a town in England called Sandwich) was a talented civil servant, patron of music and sports, and also a member of the notoriously debauched Hell-Fire Club. However, I don’t believe for an instant he invented the meal that bears his name. People have been eating bread for millennia, and putting food on top of it is