What do northerners call a sandwich?
Christ Runolfsson
2025-05-19 00:53:23
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If you are from the capital, you’ll often hear people asking for a bacon sarnie, a simple abbreviation not that dissimilar from the Earl himself. Yet travel a couple of hours north of London to the city of Coventry and the correct way to ask for a bacon sarnie in a local caf is: “Bacon batch, ta”. The dictionary definition simply citing it as ‘a filled or open sandwich’: noun, informal, Northern English. In the South of England, North East and South Wales, you get your bacon in a bap, a soft bread roll with a healthy squish and minimal crust. If you’re in the North West on the other-hand you’re more likely to ask for a barm cake in which to encase your bacon. This is the word of choice for those living in the East Midlands and North Wales, the cob. In Scotland, apparently it can be called a bacon bridie, buttery or rowie. The dictionary definition simply citing it as ‘a filled or open sandwich’: noun, informal, Northern English, some say that the word can only be used for hot fillings, well done bacon, the word butty.
Madison Murray
2025-05-16 21:11:14
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In the Potteries of Stoke-on-Trent, sandwiches were often called 'pieces', as in 'a piece of jam' = a jam butty. A common general term for your packed lunch, sandwiches or otherwise, was your 'snapping'. I think we usually just say butties... As in, "Shall we save the butties 'til we get to those rocks over there?" or the like. The Scots among us said "piece". A couple called it 'bait' and I thought I remembered 'snap' from my youth (in Yorkshire). I have heard bait box and butty box. In South Yorkshire I've heard 'jock' used. The term 'pack up' is always used by Mrs I. She is from a more urban area of West Yorkshire and it is purely a term for snap and not a full blown picnic. Scran. Don't know if the Bootnecks claim that one but in my service years from 1973 this is the term we used for a meal or snack taken in the field. Nose bag often used in the army for a bagged meal.
Orlo Nicolas
2025-05-08 06:00:41
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In the North, the top two favourite sandwiches are Turkey Salad and Plain Cheese.
The top five sandwich fillings in the North are Turkey Salad, Plain Cheese, Tuna and Sweetcorn, Plain Ham, Cheese and Tomato.
The British Sandwich Association defines a sandwich as Any form of bread with a filling, generally assembled cold - to include traditional wedge sandwiches, as well as filled rolls, baguettes, pitta, bloomers, wraps, bagels and the like, but not burgers and other products assembled and consumed hot.
Hot eating sandwiches are also included.
Brie and Bacon, and Chicken and Stuffing are the top two favourite sandwiches of Southerners, while in contrast, the North has different preferences.
Nationally, the sandwich is still the go to lunch option for the vast majority of Brits – with 72% of spending at lunchtime going on sandwiches.
Kylie Fadel
2025-04-29 04:41:03
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In Manchester, t’s not just about what goes in the sandwich, but also what kind of bread you’re using. First up, we’ve got the butty – a staple of northern slang. Whether it’s a chip butty or a bacon butty, this term covers any sandwich. But things get interesting when we talk about barm cakes – a type of bread roll. In Manchester, sandwiches are often referred to by what bread they’re in. So, a chip barm would be a chip butty, but made with a soft barm roll. And, occasionally, Mancs may even call a sandwich in a soft roll a muffin.
In Yorkshire, we’re back to the butty – especially when it comes to anything greasy and hot.
In Liverpool, butties is also a common term.
In northern England, butty is commonly used, for example, in Manchester, Liverpool, and Yorkshire.
Lavonne Shields
2025-04-19 03:38:55
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Buttie – sandwich
Sarnie – sandwich
Pieces – meaning sandwiches
Bait – as in “Bait Box” meaning packed lunch, sandwich box or snack
Snap – meaning packed lunch
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