Carla’s sandwich

The first sandwich Carla brings to lunch is an olive, pickle, and green bean sandwich.

What is a pickle? 

• a green sauce that tastes like mayonnaise

• a slice of cucumber that has soaked in vinegar for a long time

• a chewy candy that is covered with sugar

Answer explanation

Pickles are actually cucumbers. They’re often found in salads or eaten raw as a snack. When you soak a cucumber in vinegar for a long time, it becomes sour. When we say “pickle,” we’re usually talking about a sour, soaked slice of cucumber!

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One of Carla’s classmates thinks her Banana-Cottage-Cheese Delight sandwich is gross.

You probably know what a banana is, but what about the other ingredient? 

Cottage cheese is …

• a flavour of ice cream

• a type of cereal that has cheese in it

• a kind of cheese made from curds

• a kind of cheese made from plants instead of milk

Answer explanation

Most cheese is made from milk. It takes a long time to get liquid milk to turn into solid cheese. As that’s happening, bits of cheese start to form. These bits are called curds. We don’t always eat curds, but we can. Cottage cheese is a liquidy kind of cheese made from these curds. It tastes better than it sounds!

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Carla’s next sandwich is made with pita bread.

True or false:

Pita bread is cut into slices like most other sandwich breads.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False! Pita bread is a flat bread with a round empty space inside. Most people enjoy pita bread by splitting it in half and filling it with delicious stuff to eat. Yum!

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One of Carla’s sandwiches has a sardine in it.

What is a sardine?

• a small silver fish

• a kind of soda

• a salty cookie

Answer explanation

Sardines are small silver fish. Sardines live and travel in groups. They range in size from 15 cm to 30 cm. You can buy them in cans at the grocery store.

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Perhaps Carla’s strangest sandwich is her lettuce, tomato, raisin, bean sprout, pretzel, and mayonnaise sandwich.

What is a bean sprout?

• a kind of jelly bean

• a kind of pasta shaped like a bean

• a type of salty chip

• a small root that grows on beans

Answer explanation

Bean sprouts are the roots that grow on the outside of beans. Since they’re mostly made out of water, bean sprouts are crunchy and don’t need to be cooked. Sprouts grow on almost every type of bean.

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One thing that all of Carla’s lunches have in common is that they are all sandwiches.

Where does the word sandwich come from?

• A Sand Witch first came up with the idea to put lettuce between slices of bread.

• A man who was the Earl of Sandwich was seen eating meat between slices of bread

• The word sandwich comes from a Greek word that means “layers of food”

Answer explanation

Sandwich is a town in England. The town had an earl (a fancy person in charge) named John Montagu. Someone saw Montagu eating a piece of beef between two slices of bread. Word traveled far and fast. Whenever someone ate a similar kind of food, it was called a sandwich.

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Carla’s teacher is named Miss Pimento.

What is a pimento?

• a piñata that is full of fruit instead of candy

• a type of nut used in pies

• a sweet pepper

• a hot dog in a hamburger bun, instead of a roll

Answer explanation

A pimento is a kind of pepper. It is small and shaped like a heart. It is usually red or orange, with a green stem. Pimentos are very sweet. They are also known as “cherry peppers.”

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Draw your creative sandwich!