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Afish sandwich is, most generally, any kind ofsandwich made withfish. The term is frequently used to describe food made with breaded, fried fish, which are commonly found infast food venues.[1]
In American English, asandwich is any two pieces of bread with filling, including rolls and buns; in British English (and also some other national English varieties such as those of Australia and New Zealand), the wordsandwich is defined more narrowly, to require the pieces of bread to be sliced from a loaf, and a roll or bun with filling would not generally be called asandwich.[2] Thus, what would be considered afish sandwich in the US may not be considered a sandwich at all in some other English-speaking countries, if it is on a roll or bun as opposed to sliced bread. In Australia, a piece of whole fried fish served on hamburger-style bun would be called afish burger;[3] that would not generally be considered to beburger in American English, since in American English aburger requires a patty made of ground meat, so something could only be afish burger if it contained a patty made of ground fish.[citation needed]
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...the British are so particular about sandwiches that they use the wordless than Americans do. In Britain, asandwich is some filing between twoslices of bread. Not a roll. Not a bagel. Not a baguette. Without sliced bread, it's not a sandwich. The Americansandwich prototype is much like the British: savoury filings within two slices of bread. But American sandwiches are allowed to wander further from the prototype, because they interpret the 'bread' requirement more loosely. An American sandwich can be on a roll, on a bagel, on a bun, on a croissant, and at breakfast time, on an English muffin...
