Queen Elizabeth Reportedly Ate This Sweet Sandwich Every Day

Nostalgia often drives food cravings, which is likely why even Queen Elizabeth II, the former British monarch, allegedly enjoyed jam pennies every day with her afternoon tea.

Darren McGrady, the Queen's former chef, told the Associated Press, "The queen was served jam pennies in the nursery as a little girl. She's had them for afternoon tea ever since."

The snack is made with white bread, fruit jam, and butter and is called pennies since they're cut into small, 1.2-inch diameter circles, a size evocative of old English pennies.

Queen Elizabeth enjoyed jam pennies with strawberry preserves made from berries grown at Balmoral Castle, the royal family's Highland summer home in Scotland.