Related by tenuous extension to a classic American sandwich by means of what I would call a drab British cousin, which sandwich inspired a football chant in a former steel-producing city? And what does a laurel wreath have to do with this?

zbeckabee

The Greasy Chip Butty Song is a football chant mainly sung by the supporters of Sheffield United football club, but has been adopted and adapted by fans of several other teams including Rotherham United and St Helens Rugby League Football Club. Sheffield is The Steel City. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greasy_Chip_Butty_Song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield In 1977 -- John Denver was Colorado's Poet Laureate -- In ancient Greece the laurel was sacred to the god Apollo, and was used to form a crown or wreath of honour for poets and heroes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet_Laureate May 05 08, 6:35 PM

queproblema

Awright! Now what's that classic American sandwich and the British cousin Baloo mentioned in passing to me that got me going in this vein? Just work backwards from the "chip butty." (Can you believe the Brits eat French fry sandwiches??) May 05 08, 9:39 PM

zbeckabee

A bacon sandwich (or bacon butty, or bacon sarnie) is a form of sandwich made from cooked bacon between two slices of bread, either toasted or buttered. The American BLT is a variation of the bacon butty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_sandwich Home Grown Tomatoes by John Denver There ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon 'n lettuce 'n home grown tomatoes Up in the morning, out in the garden Get you a ripe one, don't get a hard 'un http://www.golyr.de/john-denver/songtext-home-grown-tomatoes-303623.html May 05 08, 10:26 PM

queproblema

There's this sandwich, see, called a "chip butty," which shares its "surname" with the drab little "bacon butty," which consists of nothing more exciting than bacon dressed with ketchup or steak sauce between two slices of bread or toast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Baconbutty.jpg I find this classic American "BLT" far more appealing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BLT_sandwich_1.jpg Now, working in the other direction, we find the chip butty inspired that Sheffield United rah-rah song referenced above and sung to the tune of a John Denver song. What does a laurel wreath have to do with this? John Denver was supposedly the poet laureate of Colorado. http://www.johndenver.com/biography/biography.html Whoever put this page together apparently couldn't bear to include him: http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/colorado.html But we could always use laurel instead of lettuce in our sandwiches, ZB! You deserve some and can put 'em in your sandwich or behind your ears or wherever you please. May 05 08, 11:22 PM

Baloo55th

A bacon butty is quite different to BLT (or bacon, tomato and lettuce as I saw at a station stall the other day). It should have sizzling British type bacon in it and be of thick proportions, either in a barm cake or doorstop bread slices. You can't put lettuce in one because it would wilt and go all soggy. (Mind you, if iceberg lettuce was used, who'd know the difference anyway?) The chip butty should be in a barm cake or similar, and does not contain French Fries. It should have proper thick cut chips, preferably greasy but that's getting harder to find, and plenty of salt and vinegar. It doesn't really work with sliced bread. On the other hand, the conny onny butty and the sugar butty should be made with sliced bread as they are more delicate creations and more for afters or treats than meals. May 06 08, 4:30 AM