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[DirtyManos]

Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things

If you invited me over to your house for breakfast, and then you slid this travesty on a plate over to me....

I don't even....

 

[DoktorEvil]

I even went out of my way to choose a "bad" flour.

People are now coming up with bullshit to disparage American cuisine.

First they came for our flour... then they came for our cheese... now they want to take our gastronomic freedoms.

 

[way more]

A crisp sandwich (in British English), chip sandwich, chipwich, potato chip sandwich is a sandwich that includes crisps (potato chips) as one of the fillings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty

A chip butty, chip sandwich, chip barm, chip batch, chip roll, chip muffin, piece an chips or chip piece (in Scots) is a sandwich made with bread or a bread roll (usually white and buttered) and chips, often with some sort of sauce such as tomato sauce (i.e. ketchup) or brown sauce.

Euro gaf showing us how to eat healthy. But don't worry, it's organic.

Seriously? Where's the sugar brah?

I can't find it anywhere.

Yeah, but it doesn't list the GMO's they put into that.

 

[daviyoung]

Crisp sandwiches are one thing I don't get about my UK brethren. Chip butty is amazing though.

 

[Ledsen]

Butter and cheese lmfao, goddamn. I'm still rolling from that. Do better Europe. Please.

Yes, but not with butter as well. Otherwise, that's the poor man's sandwich here in the US.

If it's not grilled, that would taste so...depressing.

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

 

[JBuccCP]

This thread inspired me to go make a sandwich. I dropped it on the floor

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

LOOK AT THE PICTURE YOU POSTED.

If you would have posted this:

You would have been fine.

 

[Ledsen]

This.

I'm consistently surprised that a region of peoples who claim themselves so highly educated -- the Europeans -- are so inept at understanding the basics of different worldwide cultures and how different cultures have food traditions different from those in Europe. The European ubermensch would be quick to defend, say, ritualistic slaughter in the wilds of some lost continent, and yet, the thought of putting lettuce, tomatoes, and meat between two slices of bread renders them aghast. "Well surely you know the civilized way to enjoy bread is with a slice a toast betwixt it? Our good queen did decree in the 2nd millenium of our Lorde that this shall be titled THE JOLLY SANDWICH and all those who do not bask in its grainy lustre are nothing but pygmied aborigines!"

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lol herd u canadians drink everythin in bags

I'm Swedish, not British... and the only one aghast in this thread are the anti-cheese sandwich people.

LOOK AT THE PICTURE YOU POSTED.

It's a sandwich... with butter... and then cheese. It doesn't need a good picture to convey the basic concept.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

I don't think its a question of being baffled but more of a "holy shit thats a fucking joke of a sandwich". Sounds like a perfectly fine open faced appetizer (or open faced sandwich). Stop bringing up bad bread, butter, and cheese shtick. Europe isn't the only place with good food.

This thread inspired me to go make a sandwich. I dropped it on the floor

I'm sorry but I laughed hard at this. I hope it was salvageable.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

This thread inspired me to go make a sandwich. I dropped it on the floor

Don't fret, that's the height of european cuisine.

 

[DoktorEvil]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

You didn't make an appetizing case. Your photo sucked.

Butter belongs in the pan used to toast the grilled cheese sandwich, not on the bread layered with cheese.

I said that it was the poor man's sandwich, not that it wouldn't taste good or that Americans do not understand the concept.

 

[daviyoung]

Butter belongs in the pan used to toast the grilled cheese

this is the most confusing cooking sentence I've ever read

 

[Meier]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

You never, ever see this in America. When I was a kid, we'd sometimes have a slice of sandwich bread cut in half and have butter on it to go with beef stew or something hearty, but you wouldn't make a sandwich with it unless you grilled it (and then the butter goes on the outside of the bread). These ingredients are grilled in a pan or if you're real fancy, put in a press to make a panini.

Sourdough bread makes the best grilled cheeses.

 

[Ledsen]

You do realize this thread was started by somebody saying that only Americans eat sandwiches and that the proper way to eat a sandwich is with two slices of bread, butter, and cold cheese.

Us backwoods, unlearnt Amerikans have been saying "Sorry OP, the world eats sandwiches and there's nothing wrong with them, they're delicious."

Take up your protest with the OP!

I didn't say anything of the sort.

 

[everyday math]

You guys are joking, right? I mean, you have to be. No one could possibly be baffled by this simple concept, or seriously think it wouldn't taste good. Unless they don't have good bread, butter and cheese.

It's more like your picture is really pathetic.

 

[Megalosaro]

A common sandwich I have is:

Turkey 1 slice
Ham 1 slice
Swiss cheese
Lettace
Slice of tomato
Onions diced
3 pickles

 

[crazyrabbits]

This thread is amazing.

My favorite sandwich. Sad part is I've never attempted it at home. Can they match restaurant quality?

Hell yes, you can. I've made some damn good Reubens myself. I'm a fan of the mixed rye bread.

10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SWEDISH FOOD

TIL: The Swedes have "Right of Public Access" law that allows to roam in nature.

 

[midramble]

I'm Swedish, not British... and the only one aghast in this thread are the anti-cheese sandwich people.



It's a sandwich... with butter... and then cheese. It doesn't need a good picture to convey the basic concept.

You have to realize that subtlety is often lost in the american diet. Something as simple as this (though can obviously be tasty in its own right with the correct ingredients) simply isn't enough variety to subdue an American tongue. Especially when it comes to the sandwich. Yes, we eat bland things as well when we don't want to try, but sandwiches are special to us.

 

[DoktorEvil]

this is the most confusing cooking sentence I've ever read

Butter should be used in a grilled cheese, more or less.

 

[Ledsen]

If you invited me over to your house for breakfast, and then you slid this travesty on a plate over to me....

I don't even....

Any Swede seeing that picture would be like "fuck yes childhood memories, limpa and cheese is a delicious combo. Let's go make some". It's just a normal picture of a normal breakfast sandwich.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I live in the U.S. and I love my sandwiches, but you guys showing off sandwiches with like 3 pounds of meat, I mean come on. If you don't have the proper balance between bread, meat and toppings, you're doing it all wrong. Sorry to offend you "NYC deli sandwiches are only real sandwiches" but that shit is just a mound of quality meat with a couple pieces of bread slapped on.

 

[LaNaranja]

Meanwhile, in California (The Hat).

For size reference, those fries are on one of those four drink cup holder trays.

 

[Omega]

Stop bringing up bad bread, butter, and cheese shtick. Europe isn't the only place with good food.

but then how can he try to shit on America to make himself feel better?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

It's a sandwich... with butter... and then cheese. It doesn't need a good picture to convey the basic concept.

Oh I see.

We eat hamburgers in America. They're delicious. Don't believe me? Here's a picture.

 

[WesternHeretic]

this is the most confusing cooking sentence I've ever read

You being confused by it is the most confusing thing to me. I thought that was known and is standard.

 

[daviyoung]

Butter should be used in a grilled cheese, more or less.

but butter in a pan = frying, so not sure where the grilling or toasting comes in

that's all

 

[Chezzymann]

I don't think its a question of being baffled but more of a "holy shit thats a fucking joke of a sandwich". Sounds like a perfectly fine open faced appetizer (or open faced sandwich). Stop bringing up bad bread, butter, and cheese shtick. Europe isn't the only place with good food.



I'm sorry but I laughed hard at this. I hope it was salvageable.

Basically this. Sandwiches are a full meal in the US. Not an appetizer. I'd still be hungry after eating that.

Also, sandwiches require two pieces of bread and some type of meat in the US to be called a sandwich. If its just a single piece of bread with no meat its just toast with toppings.

 

[Ledsen]

Butter should be used in a grilled cheese, more or less.

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

 

[Mudcrab]

Basically this. Sandwiches are a full meal in the US. Not an appetizer. I'd still be hungry after eating that.

Also, sandwiches require two pieces of bread and some type of meat in the US to be called a sandwich. If its not its just toast with toppings.

So I'm wrong when I say "grilled cheese sandwich?"

 

[Beefy]

Oh I see.

We eat hamburgers in America. They're delicious. Don't believe me? Here's a picture.

I definitely don't want a sandwich now. Ergh

 

[Chezzymann]

So I'm wrong when I say "grilled cheese sandwich?"

I guess it doesn't require meat then (99% of the time they do though) , but yeah just one piece of bread isn't a sandwich here

 

[Ledsen]

Oh I see.

We eat hamburgers in America. They're delicious. Don't believe me? Here's a picture.

Except that's a horrible picture of a hamburger and my picture is a normal picture of a normal breakfast sandwich. What's so horrible-looking about it? The completely normal bread? The completely normal cheese? None of it looks soggy or mouldy or whatever, it's just a breakfast sandwich.

 

[Omega]

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

cuz all americans just eat grilled cheese for breakfast

every day

yep

 

[Meier]

but butter in a pan = frying, so not sure where the grilling or toasting comes in

that's all

You place some butter on the outside of the bread, throw some cheese in the middle and flip the bread every so often (takes maybe 8-10 minutes on average?) until it's a nice golden color.

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

Grilled cheese is a lunch or dinner item. It's an entree. You don't eat it for breakfast. I'd imagine most adult Americans don't eat breakfast at all frankly.

 

[midramble]

I live on the U.S. and I love my sandwiches, but you guys showing off sandwiches with like 3 pounds of meat, I mean come on. If you don't have the proper balance between bread, meat and toppings, you're doing it all wrong. Sorry to offend you "NYC deli sandwiches are only real sandwiches" but that shit is just a mound of quality meat with a couple pieces of bread slapped on.

I think the importance of the sandwich is the same with pizza in the US. It's about variety and versatility. To say a sandwich can only be one way is un-freedom, un-liberty, un-American. Though... we prefer not to talk about the boring ones because when you have so much variety it's all about the exciting types. I feel like this copies over to many many parts of American culture.

I was born and raised a back woods North Carolina country boy and have lived the second half of my life in our best cities. Variety is the soul of America. I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Except that's a horrible picture of a hamburger and my picture is a normal picture of a normal breakfast sandwich. What's so horrible-looking about it? The completely normal bread? The completely normal cheese? None of it looks soggy or mouldy or whatever, it's just a breakfast sandwich.

It looks like driving through Nebraska.

 

[CosmicQueso]

typical american sandwich is just grease, gristle and fatness, oh and sugar. those fat americans love that shuga!

Your flour is even loaded with sugar. What's considered normal flour here in Wales was very hard to come by in the states and that was a lot of shops most of even the flour was full of sugar WTF

You are an insane person.

 

[Ledsen]

cuz all americans just eat grilled cheese for breakfast

every day

yep

That's not what I said. I said it's a staple breakfast food so we can't eat stuff like that every day for breakfast. A grilled cheese sandwich is great but it's something you have once in a while.

 

[DoktorEvil]

but butter in a pan = frying, so not sure where the grilling or toasting comes in

that's all

???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_sandwich

Cheese sandwiches can be uncooked, or grilled so that the bread toasts and the cheese melts (a dish referred to as a grilled cheese sandwich or simply grilled cheese). A grilled cheese is often heated by placing the buttered slices of bread, with the cheese between the slices, on a frying pan or griddle.

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

A grilled cheese sandwich is not meant to be eaten everyday. It's the main course of a meal.

What makes your carbs with fat and more fat better?

 

[daviyoung]

You place some butter on the outside of the bread, throw some cheese in the middle and flip the bread every so often (takes maybe 8-10 minutes on average?) until it's a nice golden color.

so it's a fried bread sandwich really? because there is grilled cheese in UK like this, which is prepared using a grill and not a frying pan so it makes sense

 

[The Real Abed]

I know how to make a sandwich.

The whole thing weighs probably over a pound.

 

[Beefy]

You place some butter on the outside of the bread, throw some cheese in the middle and flip the bread every so often (takes maybe 8-10 minutes on average?) until it's a nice golden color.

It's called fried here (UK).

 

[ReAxion]

If I ate grilled cheese sandwiches or any other American sandwiches every day I would be super fat. Since this is a staple breakfast food you can't just go around grilling it in butter and drenching it in cheese.

you're eating the same thing, you're just not applying heat.

 

[Aselith]

Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things

We call that a struggle meal in America. Praying for you, bro.

 

[Ledsen]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.

We call that a struggle meal in America. Praying for you, bro.

That isn't a meal

 

[Supermanisdead]

everytime that struggle cheese and bread thing gets quoted, i cant stop laughing

 

[Ominym]

Has OP gone and made a butter and cheese sandwich for us yet? If the picture posted is a bad representation, I'd love to see what his ideal sandwich is.

 

[CosmicQueso]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.

Butter, especially made for putting on bread? We have butter. Spreadable butter and stick butter. There's no special bread and cheese butter.

 

[Ophelion]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.

We don't. You have sandwich butter? What's different about it?

 

[DoktorEvil]

WAIT WAIT WAIT I just had a thought... are you guys saying America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches? That would explain a lot.

That isn't a meal

That is a meal here. Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup is a common American meal.

Also, you lost me here:

America does not have butter especially made for spreading on non-grilled sandwiches?

.

Butter is butter, unless it's margarine.