The unique loose meat sandwich is widely available throughout Iowa, and to lesser degree in surrounding states.

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Rumour of the meat sandwich spread far and wide, Philadelphians say.

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If he goes a more traditional route with the meat sandwich, he may get creative with the vegetarian one, trotting out a goat cheese and olive or artichoke-cheese sandwich.

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The Apple and Google announcements bracket Microsoft's product blast-off, and Redmond is bringing the meat to this sandwich.

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OLETs rely on three layers of material, with the bottom layers carrying a charge, the middle layer (the meat in this high-tech sandwich) emitting photons when excited by the bottom, and the top layer selectively letting those photos through.

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For the sandwiches, he makes sure one is vegetarian (often doing a basic cucumber sandwich), one has meat and the last is fish-based.

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Themes range from Middle Eastern classics such as mezze, featuring spreads of hummus, olives and falafel, to Balkan dishes such as Macedonian vegetable and mayonnaise salads or a tasty cevapcici sandwich (composed of minced meat with garlic yogurt and grilled vegetables).

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My take on it is that a burger is composed of some sort of ground meat, formed into a patty, cooked and served in sandwich form.

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About 1, 500 cooks used 1, 000kg (2, 200lbs) of ostrich meat to make the 1, 500m (4, 920ft) long sandwich.

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According to popular legend, the sandwich was invented by John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who, while gambling, told his butler to put some meat between two slices of bread so he could eat without interrupting the game and getting grease on the cards.

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