Australian Bacon and Egg Roll: The Brekkie Roll, Its Sauces and Its Place on the Menu
The Australian bacon and egg roll has no recorded inventor. Sources cover its bread, tomato and barbecue sauce, cafe prices, a 2019 survey and a record.
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Breakfast Sandwiches
Egg, cheese and meat sandwiches built for the morning, from diner counters to street carts.
Bacon Butty: The British Bacon Sandwich, Its Names, Its Sauce Wars and Its Science
The bacon butty has no named inventor. Sources trace the word, regional names, brown sauce versus ketchup, a Leeds crunch study and the Miliband photo.
Denver Sandwich: Origin of the Western Sandwich, From a 1903 Print Mention to Today
The Denver or Western sandwich appears in print by 1903. Sources lay out the Looney, McVittie, Tabor Hotel and railroad-cook claims and the shift to an...
Chicken Biscuit: Hardee’s, Bojangles and Chick-fil-A and the Sandwich Nobody Claims to Have Invented
The chicken biscuit has no recorded inventor. Records from Hardee's, Bojangles in 1977 and Chick-fil-A in 1985 and 1986 show how three chains reached it.
Egg McMuffin Origin: Herb Peterson, Santa Barbara and the Dates Sources Dispute
Herb Peterson developed the Egg McMuffin at a Santa Barbara McDonald's. Sources differ on when Ray Kroc tasted it and when it reached the national menu.
