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Scientists have confirmed that there?s only one filling when the heat is on.
India, 1870. Struggling to cope with the relentless heat, a group of British Army officers take refuge in a tea house. To help them cool down, they order a quintessential English dish: crustless, dainty sandwiches containing paper-thin slices of cucumber. To drink, a steaming pot of freshly brewed Darjeeling tea.
It?s not what most of us associate with refreshment on a hot day. But when the British colonised the Indian subcontinent in the late 19th century, they brought cucumber sandwiches ? popular among the upper classes back home ? to the Raj. They found that the combination of succulent cucumber and buttery bread was more than just a taste of home: it helped them keep cool in the sweltering heat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9494932/As-cool-as-a-cucumber-sandwich.html
India, 1870. Struggling to cope with the relentless heat, a group of British Army officers take refuge in a tea house. To help them cool down, they order a quintessential English dish: crustless, dainty sandwiches containing paper-thin slices of cucumber. To drink, a steaming pot of freshly brewed Darjeeling tea.
It?s not what most of us associate with refreshment on a hot day. But when the British colonised the Indian subcontinent in the late 19th century, they brought cucumber sandwiches ? popular among the upper classes back home ? to the Raj. They found that the combination of succulent cucumber and buttery bread was more than just a taste of home: it helped them keep cool in the sweltering heat.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9494932/As-cool-as-a-cucumber-sandwich.html