From what I can tell, crisp sandwiches are a British invention. They don’t seem to have caught on with the rest of the world, but I’d like to take a minute to sing their praises. In case you’re wondering what crisps are, the Americans call them chips. In my mind, nothing completes a sandwich better than crisps.

There have been a number of occasions when I’ve been eating a sandwich and someone has seen me put crisps in it. That person will usually act if I’ve done something sacrilegious, but then when I let them taste my sandwich, they become converts.

I admit that there have been time when I’ve eaten a sandwich made up of nothing more than two slices of bread and some crisps. These times mostly occurred when I was a student, although when there’s nothing else to hand, a crisp sandwich isn’t a bad snack. However, the best type of sandwich to add crisps to is a sandwich that would stand up on its own, even without the addition. When I go to Subway, I get the meal so I can have crisps to add to my sub.

It’s the combination of the crunch and the extra flavour that makes eating a crisp sandwich so pleasurable.