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Jam sandwich
	A toasted strawberry jam sandwich
Type	Sandwich
Course	Lunch or snack
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Main ingredients	Sliced bread, jam

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A jam sandwich is usually composed of two slices of bread with jam (or jelly) in the middle. It is normally consumed at lunchtime or as a snack. In Scotland, they are also known as pieces and jam, or jeely pieces.

If another spread is added, particularly peanut butter, it becomes a variation of the Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich.

Origin[edit]

Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated around the 19th century in the United Kingdom. The jam sandwich was an affordable food. One plausible reason for this was its ingredients cost little to manufacture; and due to taxes being lifted on sugar in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff.

Miners in Yorkshire and South Wales (United Kingdom) would take a jam sandwich and piece of cheese with them down the pits; these would cut through the dust and give different textures and flavours.^{[citation needed]}

Ingredients[edit]

Any type of jam
Bread or brown bread (i.e., white or wholemeal)

In popular culture[edit]

The popular Scottish folk song "The Jeely Piece Song", which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.^[1] The lyrics were written by Adam McNaughton, and it was sung to the tune of "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)". It was performed by Matt McGinn and many others.

The musical group Jethro Tull referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."^{[citation needed]} 'The 'Pool' is short for Blackpool, Lancashire, in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms:^[2] "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London In the south of England, renowned for its air pollution prior to smokeless zoning laws] below/ to taste me mum's jam sarnies/ and see our Auntie Flo."

In Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic, Linus is fond of what he calls "jelly-bread sandwiches".^[3]

References[edit]

^ "BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?". Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ "living3". www.cupofwonder.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
^ "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 27, 2013". GoComics. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

[1] "BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?". Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[2] "living3". www.cupofwonder.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

[3] "Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 27, 2013". GoComics. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

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 A '''jam sandwich''' is usually composed of two [[Sliced bread|slices of bread]] with [[jam]] (or [[Jelly (preserves)|jelly]]) in the middle. It is normally consumed at [[lunchtime]] or as a [[snack]].  In [[Scotland]], they are also known as '''pieces and jam''', or '''jeely pieces'''.
-If another [[Spread (food)|spread]] is added, particularly [[peanut butter]], it becomes a variation of the [[PB&J sandwich|Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich]]. Added to this,{{Clarify|reason=What does this mean?|date=July 2021}} a jam sandwich was thought to be invented in the 19th century.
+If another [[Spread (food)|spread]] is added, particularly [[peanut butter]], it becomes a variation of the [[PB&J sandwich|Peanut Butter and Jelly (PB&J) sandwich]].
 == Origin ==
-Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated at around the 19th century in the [[United Kingdom]].  The jam sandwich was an affordable food which was a major part of the diets of the lower/working-class people of cities such as [[London]] and [[Glasgow]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} One plausible reason for this was that the ingredients that the jam sandwiches were made from cost little to manufacture and due to taxes being lifted on [[sugar]] in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff.  Traditionally, jam sandwiches are just jam and bread, but with the invention of the toaster oven a variety of open jam sandwich became popular now known as jam on toast. Today, jam sandwiches are mainly consumed by children and the elderly; Newcastle United Manager Steve Bruce is known to feed the players jam sandwiches at half time when there's no corned beef in the away ground kitchen. one can say "[a jam sandwich] is one of the greatest simplest pleasures of life".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title = Tim Hayward: The significance of the jam sandwich|url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/feb/18/jam-sandwich-marks-and-spencer|website = The Guardian|access-date = 2015-09-26}}</ref> Shops do not often sell individual jam sandwiches.<ref name="auto"/>
+Jam sandwiches are thought to have originated around the 19th century in the [[United Kingdom]]. The jam sandwich was an affordable food. One plausible reason for this was its ingredients cost little to manufacture; and due to taxes being lifted on [[sugar]] in 1880, it became widely available as a cheap foodstuff.
+Miners in Yorkshire and South Wales (United Kingdom) would take a jam sandwich and piece of cheese with them down the pits; these would cut through the dust and give different textures and flavours.{{fact|date=May 2023}}
 == Ingredients ==
 *Any type of jam
-*Bread or [[brown bread]] (i.e., white or [[Wholemeal bread|wholemeal]])
+*Bread or [[brown bread]] (i.e., [[white bread|white]] or [[Wholemeal bread|wholemeal]])
 == In popular culture ==
-The popular [[Scottish folk songs|Scottish folk song]] ''The Jeely Piece Song'', which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.<ref>{{Cite web|title = BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/what_can_you_learn_from_the_jeely_piece_song.shtml|access-date = 2015-09-26}}</ref> The lyrics were written by [[Adam McNaughton]], and it was sung to the tune of ''[[Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)]]''. It was performed by [[Matt McGinn]] and many others.
+The popular [[Scottish folk songs|Scottish folk song]] "The Jeely Piece Song", which appeared in the 1960s, humorously describes the effect of new social housing policies on the eating habits of Scottish youngsters.<ref>{{cite web|title = BBC - Scotland - What can you learn from the Jeely Piece song?|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/what_can_you_learn_from_the_jeely_piece_song.shtml|access-date = 2015-09-26}}</ref> The lyrics were written by [[Adam McNaughton]], and it was sung to the tune of "[[Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)]]". It was performed by [[Matt McGinn (Scottish songwriter)|Matt McGinn]] and many others.
-The musical group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."<ref>{{Citation|title=Living in the Past (album)|date=2019-04-07|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Living_in_the_Past_(album)&oldid=891382117|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> 'The 'Pool' is short for [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622000053/http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|title=living3|date=2008-06-22|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref> "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London
+The musical group [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] referenced a jam sandwich in their 1971 song "Up the 'Pool."{{CN|date=November 2023}} 'The 'Pool' is short for [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]], in the north of England, and singer Ian Anderson adopts a Lancashire inflection and colloquialisms:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|title=living3|date=| website=www.cupofwonder.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622000053/http://www.cupofwonder.com/living3.html|access-date=2019-04-12|archive-date=June 22, 2008| url-status=dead}}</ref> "I'm going up the 'Pool/ from down the smoke [referring to London
 In the south of England, renowned for its air pollution prior to smokeless zoning laws] below/ to taste me mum's jam sarnies/ and see our Auntie Flo."
-In [[Charles Schulz]]'s ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic, Linus is fond of what he calls "jelly-bread sandwiches".<ref>https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2013/06/27?comments=visible#comments</ref>
+In [[Charles Schulz]]'s ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic, Linus is fond of what he calls "jelly-bread sandwiches".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2013/06/27?comments=visible#comments |title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz for June 27, 2013 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
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