A sandwich is a food item, typically consisting of two (or more) slices of bread with one or more fillings between them. They are a popular type of lunch food, typically taken to work or school or picnics. Normally it has got butter, ham, cheese, lettuce


Bread has been eaten with any meat or vegetables since Neolithic times, but the immediate cultural precursor with a direct connection to the English sandwich was to be found in the Netherlands of the 17th century, where the naturalist John Ray observed that in the taverns beef hung from the rafters "which they cut into thin slices and eat with bread and butter laying the slices upon the butter". 


In Spain, they are called "Sándiches" or "Paredados"; in Venezuela, Ecuador or Colombia are called "sánduche"; etc.