A toast to hard times

From the stack of weekend papers that Grandpa Squirrel brought over:  "Let them eat toast," by Mary Ormsby in the Toronto Star.

Isabella Beeton thought of it first:  the "toast sandwich."  Filling:  a piece of cold toast.  Outside:  two pieces of bread and butter.  Plus salt and pepper for a balanced meal.

"To recognize the tome of tasty temptations [Mrs Beeton's 1861 cookbook], the Royal Society of Chemistry is highlighting the toast sandwich as a meal to help Britain through the rough economic times."

Here's to you.

There's more info and lots of comments here.  My favourite of the comments:  "Could I have a slightly more luxurious version, two slices of buttered toast with a piece of bread in between?"