Oreos are called sandwich cookies, because that us wat they are, sandwiches made with cookies. “Sandwich cookies” is more accurate in words as “Cookie sandwiches” might come across as a Sandwich with cookies in it.
SANDWICH COOKIES: are rolled or pressed cookies that are assembled as a sandwich with a sweet filling. Fillings may be with marshmallow, jam, or icing. The Oreo cookie, made of two chocolate cookies with a vanilla icing filling is an example.
Even though Oreo cookies are super popular, they weren't actually the first of their kind. Before Oreos came onto the scene, Hydrox cookies were already on the market (since 1908). Hydrox cookies were actually the first chocolate sandwich cookies that featured a creme in the middle!
The most common version asserts that Oreo derives from or, French for "gold" and supposedly the color of the original packaging. Others say it stands for "orexigenic," a medical term for substances that stimulate the appetite (including cannabis).
The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of cribbage and other card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him salt beef between two pieces of toasted bread.
A sandwich, i.e. filling between two slices of bread, is a British invention and unsurprisingly known as a sandwich in Britain. Filling in a bread roll however is not a sandwich (a sandwich is between SLICES of bread), and would usually be called a roll (eg.
A sandwich is a filling between at least two slices of bread. A cut in half bagel is not two slices of bread anymore than a burger bun, hotdog roll, baguette or sub can ever be called two slices of bread.
Oreos can be part of a balanced diet in moderation, but they are not considered a healthy food due to their high sugar and fat content. Oreos contain high amounts of added sugar and refined carbohydrates, which can contribute to weight gain and elevated blood sugar levels when consumed in excess.
However, Oreos aren't made from unprocessed cocoa. They're made from cocoa that has been refined through an alkalizing process -- which is often called "Dutch process chocolate." (According to Martha Stewart, Dutch process chocolate, which is the type of chocolate most often used in recipes, is is milder and smoother.)
OREO cookies were created back in 1912 in New York by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco). The block where the factory was housed is now known as OREO Way! Where can I buy the different OREO varieties? You can find our OREO products in most major retailers in the UK.
There are two basic colloquial words. “Sandwich” is fine, as per Ian T's answer, but if you're in the South of England a frequent version is “sarnie” (Bacon Sarnies, Fried Egg Sarnies, for example). If you're in't North, it's often Butty or Buttie (Chip Butty, Ketchup Butty, for instance).
Merriam-Webster defines a “sandwich” to be “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between” or “one slice of bread covered with food.” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg even weighed-in on the topic, stating that under Stephen Colbert's definition of a “sandwich,” a hot dog is indeed a sandwich.
Hotdogs are made from a split bread roll as are subs, therefore neither of them are actually sandwiches. Any definition of a sandwich requires that it is made with two or more SLICES of bread.
While a taco shell may be thinner due to the ingredients used, it has the same shape as a hot dog bun; a hot dog is most closely defined as a taco. This similarity is further shown in “The Cube Rule of Food” diagram, in the image labeled by the number three.
Despite Merriam-Webster's clear-cut definition, people are reluctant to call a hot dog a sandwich in large part because the two foods have very different meanings in the moment. We see sandwiches as a workhorse food, something easy to make, eaten any place at any time, and generally healthier for us.
Now, going by the first definition, a taco is not a sandwich because you make tacos with tortillas, not with bread. Tacos don't meet the second definition of sandwich either, because again: no slices of bread are involved in the preparation of a taco.
Rou jia mo – which translates to '"meat sandwich" – is a street snack that hails from the Shaanxi province in north-western China. It's said to be the world's oldest sandwich, dating back to the Zhou dynasty who ruled ancient China from 1046 BC.
A bun with a cooked chicken breast as filling would generally be called a chicken sandwich in the U.S., but in the UK and other Commonwealth or former colonial countries, such a dish is not generally considered a sandwich, and would generally be called a chicken burger instead; most North Americans would not consider ...
According to Merriam-Webster, a sandwich is "two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between." By that definition, hot dogs seem to qualify as sandwiches.
