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SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days ago

A soldier returned from Dunkirk, enjoys a sandwich and cup of tea on a train at Paddock Wood station, Kent, 1 June 1940.

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A soldier returned from Dunkirk, enjoys a sandwich and cup of tea on a train at Paddock Wood station, Kent, 1 June 1940.

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    What’s the clear eye protection I can see on two of their foreheads?

    • SSTF@lemmy.worldOP
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      Officially they were goggles for protection from eye irritating gas, but they were used by soldiers as dust goggles.

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        Awesome, thanks!

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    That‘s a hell of a sandwich.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      People ate sandwiches of mostly bread in that era. Americans inverted the ratio.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Shrinkflation comes for everything, even our sandwiches!

      • clucose@lemmy.ml
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        Those bastards!

    • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
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      I see two massive slices of bread with no visible gap between. I know there was rationing, but calling two slices of bread a sandwich is a bit much.

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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich

        British culinary concepts are… something.

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          “the filling between two slices of bread is itself a thin slice of toasted bread, which may be buttered.[1][2] An 1861 recipe says to add salt and pepper to taste.[1] A version is served at the British three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck.”

          There is so much to dissect here

      • Lucius Finkter@piefed.social
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        We used to call that a “wish sandwich”.

      • rhythmisaprancer@quokk.au
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        It seems there is a separate, smaller sandwich on top of this large sandwich. Perhaps it is a club sandwich of sorts.

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        Hey, you don’t know. There could have been mayonnaise.

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    “Ah, finally, enough with that French nonsense, some good British food!”

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