Mrs Beeton's all-bread sandwich recreated for tough-times Britain
15 November 2011
It won't be the most elaborate sandwich ever created: bread, between bread and bread.
However, the Royal Society of Chemistry's Toast Sandwich, to be unveiled Wednesday, will be a genuine slice of history - and there cannot be a cheaper meal to be had anywhere in Britain.
RSC employee Jon Edwards said today: "In my student days I thought a meal of '9p noodles' from Tesco was the epitome of thrift - but a toast sandwich is tastier, quicker, has more calories and comes in at just 7.5p.*
Maybe more students should turn to Mrs Beeton for meals on the cheap.
Mrs Beeton's Toast Sandwich
Toast a thin slice of bread.
Butter two slices of bread and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.*
Place the slice of toast between the 2 slices of bread-and-butter to form a sandwich.*
Nutrition:
3 slices of white bread = 240 Calories. Butter = 10 g = 90 CaloriesTotal* =* 330 Calories
Toast sandwich nutrients
Protein = 9.5 g
Fat = 12 g
Carbohydrate = 55 g
Fibre = 4.5 grams
Calcium = 120 mgIron = 2 mg
Vitamin A = 90 mcg
Vitamin B1 = 0.25 mg
Vitamin B2 = 80 mcg
Vitamin B3 = 4 mg
Vitamin D = 0.08 mcg
Source: Nutrient Content of Food Portions, by Jill Davies and John Dickerson, published by the RSC 1991.