h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.h2g2.com/A431083
Once again your comments are greatly apppreaciated.
thanks

I like the look of this one. However, I think you may have overlooked the roles (no pun intended!) that salad and mayonnaise can play in the perfect sandwich. And what about butter/margerine? How thick should you spread it? Also, it's very difficult to read in the 'Classic GOO' skin - the black text doesn't show up too well against a dark blue background!

Hmmm .. You've certainly got the start of a good article there, but you make some assumptions ...

What about people who don't eat meat? Vegetarians are some of the most inventive sandwich makers specifically sice they DONT use meat .. or vegans for that matter. I've had some great sandwhichs with neither meat nor cheese, peanut butter and bannana for example.

In addition to the bun and butter business I think this article could use some expanding time in the Workshop for not meataterian formatication.

~Beebelfish (Scout)

pS Mmm.. Now I want a sandwich ...

I disagree - it just needs it's name changed to "Meat and Cheese Sandwiches", and a few tweaks around the edges - well within the reach of a sub-ed, imo.

Maybe the author (or a sub) could incorporate this, thereby rounding out the original article into a real tasty morsel...

In 1778 Captain JamesCook named a bunch of central Pacific Islands in honour of John Montagu, British Secretary of State and First Lord of the Admiralty. But the Sandwich Islands were eventually renamed Hawaii, and the fourth Earl of Sandwich is now better known as the gambler who demanded his meat be brought to him between two slices of bread. Keen to cash in on his ancestor's glory, the present-day Earl of Sandwich - also called John Montagu - is setting up shop in central London, making and delivering (surprise, surprise) sandwiches.

Convenient, portable, healthy and versatile: it's no wonder that sandwiches have stayed popular for centuries. From dainty cucumber morsels to more substantial filled rolls, there's a version to suit every palate. Ready-sliced bread made the production of sandwiches particularly easy, but as is often the case, too easy soon bred boredom. The 'railway' sandwich (two thin slices of white bread with a single layer of filling) gradually fell from grace. Today's sandwiches tend to be multi-layered, and we have a wonderful choice of bread, including basic white, whole-grained, herbed, cheese-topped, fougasse, focaccia, fruit bread, french baguettes, vienna loaves, tank bread, pita, persian bread, pumpernickel, rye, croissants, crusty rolls and soft baps - there's absolutely no excuse for boring sandwiches.

Whether your favourite spread is butter, mayonnaise, margarine or one of the many hybrid blends, you can mix it with mustard, anchovies, garlic, horseradish, chopped herbs or citrus zest for additional flavour. When it comes to fillings, you've got the whole range of foodstuffs to choose from: meat, fish, poultry, cheese, vegetables, nuts and fruits in all their varieties. Foremost American foodie James Beard once said that 'too few people appreciate a really good sandwich'. Make sure you're one of the few.

Good eating.

Looney! nice. You make a good point Lu .. it could go either way, but I do think a good meaty Sandwhich article would be great, though a good Meat Sandwich article would be good too

What does the author think?

~Beeblefish

Another consideration is that the guide already has many sandwich yarns. This one will have to have a point of difference to be accepted. By incorporating my stuff it could be retitled "The Multi-faceted Sandwich" or something along those lines.

Here's a list of Edited Guide entrys I found when I did a search for sandwiches.

A144299 Sandwich Edited 68%
A268292 Office Sandwich Vans Edited 68%
A425837 The Sandwich Shop, Gloucester Road, London, UK Edited 66%
A310906 The Great Bacon Sandwich Edited 57%
A442694 Omelette Sandwich Edited 57%
A36541 Toasted Sandwiches Edited 49%
A220519 Lunch Edited 45%

you know, when I poasted this back in october, i didn't expect this kind of reply. But you all are too late, I have finalized the message and it is now in a major newspaper, oh well. you can stop talking about sandwiches now.
[URL removed by moderator]

So why not update this entry with the finalized version? After all, many of us won't have read that newspaper...

formating-- i think the switch to BBC might have done it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A431083 only you can fix it.

HTML was forbidden in the last update - it's plain text or GuideML only now. Reason being, HTML is slower, and is insecure - and anyone who can master HTML can master GuideML easily enough.

that explains it.

Let's hope Mr. Maker thinks so too!

Unfortunately, the sandwich maker doesn't seem to be around anymore. And I have to admit that I'm not even going to *try* reading the text again, surrounded by and embedded in HTML as it is.

Anyone out there interested in taking this one on?


Mikey

I suggest a new article be made. Using the info in the posts is more than enough to start off on. Sandwich maker has obviously left on his idea. He mentioned putting the article in a paper and using or updating his entry might not be a good idea anymore. Not like it will take oneone much effort to make a new entry on sandwiches anyways.

He put the entry in the guide first, so BBC/h2g2 has the rights to it, so it's fine for any one to use or upate this entry. They've go the change history to prove it...

That said, this entry is workshop bound - someone can make a new article from this one there...

Much as it is under the joint Beeb copyright now, Sandwich Maker wrote it before the BBC took over. Is it fair therefore that any of us should use his work without asking him? Whilst there are new regulations, surely we can still exercise our own ethics?

Thats why I suggested a new article done by someone. The idea, imo, is definately guide worthy. Unfortunately I know I am not experienced enough of a writer/researcher to pull it off.

Editorial Note: This Conversation has been moved to the new 'Flea Market' Forum.

This is where we move any Peer Review, Writing Workshop or Alternative Writing Workshop Conversations where the original author has *not* posted to h2g2 for three months. This prevents the active Review Forums from clogging up with dormant entries, but in the Flea Market they can be picked up by others and polished off.