Around the world, and especially in Hungary, foodies love to make fun of the culinary traditions of the Czechs. But if the Bohemians preside over a kitchen that historically has been one of Europe's most bland and uninspiring (and least Bohemian) there are some bright spots. Back during our brief spell living in Prague we always thought the Czechs had a way with the sandwich, especially the adorable little open-face things known as chlebí�?ky. Since then, the ČR has apparently seen breakthroughs in sandwich-making technology unimagined here in Hungary, and not one but three of the country's biggest sandwich-makers have announced plans to deploy their frighteningly advanced sandwich-making apparatuses here in Hungary, apparently as part of a savage, battle-to-the-death sandwich war back home.

The three companies/brands are Apetit, Crocodille and the Hamé group. "We have created a company there [in Hungary], and we are now thinking about its logistics support," Czech weekly Tyden quoted Stanislav Holinka, owner of Apetit, as saying, according to origo.hu. Apetit has already successfully appeared in Poland and Slovakia, grossing K�? 200 million (€7,028,900) last year. Meanwhile, Petr Cichon, owner of market leader Crocodille - it was founded 13 years ago now boasts an annual turnover of roughly €17.5 million - confirmed that its products will soon appear in Hungary, without divulging further details. (That's Crocodille's "most tasty of all times" Mexican chicken sandwich at right; you can enjoy a super advanced tour of their technology by clicking here.)

Either way, we reckon this is great news for Hungary, assuming they don't have a secret plan to use the machines to take the country over and force us to eat dried-out pork cutlets with bread dumplings.