Egg and Cress
Egg and cress is a mild bound egg saved by a sharp shoot: cold chopped egg and mayonnaise lifted by peppery mustard cress, on soft white. The tea tray and the meal-deal triangle, one recipe.
Andrew Lekashman
Egg and Cress
Egg mayo with mustard cress; see tea sandwiches.
Egg and Chive
The British answer to egg-mayonnaise going dull halfway down: a measured line of snipped chive that keeps the egg bright. Sibling to the egg-and-cress that British Rail once fixed at a twelfth.
Egg and Chips Sandwich
The caff plate of egg and chips, folded into buttered white until the yolk breaks and soaks the potato. Carb on carb, cousin to the chip butty and the army egg banjo, eaten fast while the yolk runs.
Egg and Cheese
Egg with melted cheese.
Egg and Anchovy
Egg mayonnaise with mashed anchovy or Gentleman's Relish; salty, umami depth to egg sandwich.
Dunlop Sandwich
Dunlop cheese (Scottish Cheddar-style, milder) on bread.
Duck and Orange
Duck with orange sauce; classic French-influenced pairing.
Duck and Hoisin
Crispy aromatic duck is a British-Chinese invention, steamed then deep-fried so it shreds. The wrap takes the carve-it-yourself restaurant ritual and commits it to one chiller-cabinet cylinder.
Dry-Cured Bacon Butty
Premium dry-cured bacon; less water, more concentrated pork flavor.
Dripping Toast
Beef dripping (rendered fat) on toast with salt; old-fashioned comfort food.
Dressed Crab Sandwich
Crab with both white and brown meat, dressed with mayonnaise.
Double Gloucester Sandwich
Double Gloucester cheese (firm, buttery) on bread.
Doorstop Sandwich
Very thick sandwich with thick-cut bread; substantial.
Derbyshire Oatcake
An overnight-fermented oat batter griddled on a Peak District bakestone, then folded warm around melted cheese, bacon and egg: Derbyshire's thicker, oatier answer to the Staffordshire oatcake.
Deep-Fried Mars Bar Sandwich
Battered, deep-fried Mars bar in bread; chip shop novelty.
Date and Walnut
The British tea loaf taken apart and rebuilt cold: chopped dates and walnuts folded through cream cheese on thin brown bread, the sweet finger at the end of the afternoon-tea tray.
Dairylea Sandwich
Specifically Dairylea cheese triangles spread on bread.
Cumberland Sausage Sandwich
A length cut off a coiled Cumberland sausage, chopped not minced and built on black and white pepper, laid in a buttered bap with a stripe of brown sauce. A Cumbrian take on the sausage roll.
Cullen Skink Sandwich
Cullen skink soup (smoked haddock, potato, cream) components on bread; unusual adaptation.
Cucumber with Lemon Butter
Cucumber on white bread spread with butter mixed with lemon zest; citrus brightness cuts through richness.
Cucumber Sandwich
Paper-thin cucumber, salted butter, crustless white bread, nothing else. The emblem of English afternoon tea, built on restraint and the leisure-class luxury of eating something that satisfies little.
Cucumber Sandwich (Casual)
Cucumber on bread; not as formal as tea sandwich version.