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Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?

Ray Wonder said:
That looks damn good right there.
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It certainly tasted good, Roast chicken & beechwood smoked bacon salad on multigrain bread.

Unfortunately according to the packaging it contained 37% of my recommended daily saturated fat intake and 47% of my salt, so I'll probably have a heart attack some time this afternoon.
 
Ledsen said:
Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things

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This resembles something I would eat.
Not American though.
 
I had no idea a simple piece of bread with butter and some cheese would be so shocking and hilarious for others. Sweden must seem like a strange and magical place. I eat that all the time
 
Neidii said:
I had no idea a simple piece of bread with butter and some cheese would be so shocking and hilarious for others. Sweden must seem like a strange and magical place. I eat that all the time
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Grevé master race

Also, there's a huge difference between butter and good butter. Most butter is awful. Bregott > all.
edit: btw, butter you use in baking, or in frying pans is not at all the same kind of butter you have on a sandwich. Yes, that butter would be awful.
 
Neidii said:
I had no idea a simple piece of bread with butter and some cheese would be so shocking and hilarious for others. Sweden must seem like a strange and magical place. I eat that all the time
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It isn't shocking...it's just odd to have something so simple as literally a piece of bread with a slice of cheese on it held up as the pinnacle of sandwich making, while denigrating the use of toppings and condiments, as I'd there's only one way to make a sandwich.

Ledsen said:
Actually it said "basic" not "normal" or "common" when I started the thread. I just added the "normal" and "common" later to see how much outrage it would cause when I realized "sandwich" means something very different in the US (something I had no idea about when I started the thread). Sorry about that. It wasn't a complaint or a comparison though, don't know where you get that.
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What's with the intentional trolling by Euros in this thread. I'm not sure how that possibly engenders any interesting discussion or possibly productive cultural exchange on an international message board.

You besmirched our American honor!
 
Yesterday, after work, I had a cheese steak with: sweet peppers, fried onions, mushrooms and pickels on a well-toast roll. Shit was SO GOOD.

And it's a sandwich.
 
impact said:
I hope this becomes a GAF meme because I giggle every time I see it

Best thread in a long time, thank you OP
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I agree. Truly a classic thread right here. A new GAF meme was born.

E92 M3 said:
Yesterday, after work, I had a cheese steak with: sweet peppers, fried onions, mushrooms and pickels on a well-toast roll. Shit was SO GOOD.

And it's a sandwich.
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Hey you! Stop that!
 
Everyone's freaking out about the butter & cheese sandwich, but it's a legit thing (more a substantial snack than a full meal though.) Just throw some Vegemite in that shit and you're good to go
 
Chilli_Axe said:
Everyone's freaking out about the butter & cheese sandwich, but it's a legit thing (more a substantial snack than a full meal though.) Just throw some Vegemite in that shit and you're good to go
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Part of the reason we're freaking out is because it's a legit thing. We didn't win WWII for y'all to be eating like that.
 
Cold butter and cheese just doesn't sound good. I've lived a good part of my life in southern italy and we never ate crap like that.

I don't know many who I think would eat that there over a nice biscotti or piece of fruit.
 
Hahahahaha
All the Americans in this thread failing to grasp a imple concept like a cheese sandwich
"Butter...In a Sadnwich?!"
"He must mean grilled cheese!"
"We eat big sandwiches when out - at home they only have like 3-4 toppings..."

You guys man hahaha
FYI we put butter on every sandwich, it's just a thing. If someone offered you a ham sandwich, it would purley be brear, butter and ham.


ElectricBlanketFire said:
AMERICANS CAN YOU CONFIRM YOU GUYS EAT A CAR'S WORTH OF RIBS?

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I have only now, in my late 20s, noticed they are ribs.
madness
 
openrob said:
Hahahahaha
All the Americans in this thread failing to grasp a imple concept like a cheese sandwich
"Butter...In a Sadnwich?!"
"He must mean grilled cheese!"
"We eat big sandwiches when out - at home they only have like 3-4 toppings..."

You guys man hahaha
FYI we put butter on every sandwich, it's just a thing. If someone offered you a ham sandwich, it would purley be brear, butter and ham.




I have only know, in my late 20s, noticed they are ribs.
madness
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Mhm, but some how you failed to notice that you Europeans aren't even eating sandwiches. Simple concept.
 
openrob said:
Hahahahaha
All the Americans in this thread failing to grasp a imple concept like a cheese sandwich
"Butter...In a Sadnwich?!"
"He must mean grilled cheese!"
"We eat big sandwiches when out - at home they only have like 3-4 toppings..."

You guys man hahaha
FYI we put butter on every sandwich, it's just a thing. If someone offered you a ham sandwich, it would purley be brear, butter and ham.




I have only know, in my late 20s, noticed they are ribs.
madness
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What did you think they were?

As for me sandwiches need at minimum cheese, mayo,lettuce, tomato and whatever meats going on there, sometime Mayo replaced by brown mustard. Ootional are onions white or red, pickels and black olive...
 
kurisu1974 said:
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Funny americans and your mountain of meat breakfast that isn't even breakfast.
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The sandwiches people have posted aren't breakfast sandwiches. Americans usually don't have sandwiches for breakfast but when we do it's usually an egg based one with meat, either bacon or sausage) as the side addition. But usually it's not a sandwich but just eggs, toast, and a side of meat on a plate.
 
openrob said:
Hahahahaha
All the Americans in this thread failing to grasp a imple concept like a cheese sandwich
"Butter...In a Sadnwich?!"
"He must mean grilled cheese!"
"We eat big sandwiches when out - at home they only have like 3-4 toppings..."

You guys man hahaha
FYI we put butter on every sandwich, it's just a thing. If someone offered you a ham sandwich, it would purley be brear, butter and ham.




I have only now, in my late 20s, noticed they are ribs.
madness
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Where is we? Europe is a big place. And they certainly don't put butter on everything, don't be silly. This my first time ever really seeing something like this.
 
I'm usually a mustard instead of butter guy but I did make a sandwich with butter and some leftover chicken because of this thread. It was damn good.

I would never eat a sandwich without meat though. That's insane.
 
openrob said:
Hahahahaha
All the Americans in this thread failing to grasp a imple concept like a cheese sandwich
"Butter...In a Sadnwich?!"
"He must mean grilled cheese!"
"We eat big sandwiches when out - at home they only have like 3-4 toppings..."

You guys man hahaha
FYI we put butter on every sandwich, it's just a thing. If someone offered you a ham sandwich, it would purley be brear, butter and ham.

I have only now, in my late 20s, noticed they are ribs.
madness
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In America, usually butter on bread is for dinner rolls, plain toast, or to butter the outside of a grilled cheese sandwich (greases the pan and crisps the bread). Otherwise we use mayo, aka food lube (in my household). Mayo has a better flavor/consistency for a sandwich with meat on it, IMO. It goes along well with mustard too.

I don't really understand the idea of a sandwich with one piece of bread though. I mean the definition of "sandwiched" is:

insert or squeeze (someone or something) between two other people or things, typically in a restricted space or so as to be uncomfortable.
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If you've got two slices of bread next to each other with some butter and cheese on top, they're not really sandwiched and thus not a "sandwich," right? Call that shit something else.
 
As an Englishman a sandwich cannot consist of one slice, unless possibly you fold the one slice upon itself, even then this is stretching the term. Anything with a single slice without folding is known as 'blank' on bread/toast eg egg on toast or beans on toast. You can have two slices of egg on toast but they only become an egg sandwich if placed on top of one another. I hope this clears everything up? Thank you.
 
holygeesus said:
As an Englishman a sandwich cannot consist of one slice, unless possibly you fold the one slice upon itself, even then this is stretching the term. Anything with a single slice without folding is known as 'blank' on bread/toast eg egg on toast or beans on toast. You can have two slices of egg on toast but they only become an egg sandwich if placed on top of one another. I hope this clears everything up? Thank you.
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REASON! Thank you.

ElTorro said:
Probably does not qualify as a sandwich, but German sausages in bread rolls are pretty common.

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Dammit dude I'm out of vacation time. Everything you post about Germany makes it seem like the only place I want to exist. Stop it.

kurisu1974 said:
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Funny americans and your mountain of meat breakfast that isn't even breakfast.
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What is the knife and fork for?
 
I picked up a loaf of honey white bread from a local baker and a half pound of land o' lakes yellow american + Kerrygold unsalted butter. Got some sliced black forest ham in case I want a slice on there (I never do more than one slice on a grilled cheese.)

Grilled cheese from fucking heaven.

side story: I loved the look on the cheese section person's face when I asked where the land o lakes was. There's a huge section at my grocery store dedicated to fine cheeses from all over and I go full 'merica and ask for the poverty shit. I think land o lakes american is still nicer than cheddar spreads + "pub cheese" like Merkt's, and those are somehow classy enough for the nice cheese section.

side side story that might entertain brits: they try to sell stuff in the U.S. by associating it with British pubs. like pub chips, pub cheese, pub burgers...in the u.s., bar food is usually shit tier so it's kinda funny.
 
akira28 said:
no wonder they hate themselves and everyone else on the planet. Always talking about population control and eroding human rights with their nanny state. Well it's a filly fiddler nanny I'll tell you that much.
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I'm sorry I'm super late in quoting this but I'm laughing out loud at this drive-by shade. So rude, lol.


Interesting how sandwiches take on crazy different forms all over the world. American sandwiches are meant to equivalent to hamburgers, just a little leaner. So plenty of meat and toppings.

I grew up in Lebanon and we would essentially wrap most of what Americans consider sandwich ingredients into a pita and roll it up like a burrito. Aside from the bread being different the characteristics are similar. Meat, cheese, vegetables, dressings, etc.

I guess in most of northern Europe sandwiches are more like little side snacks than a hardy lunch/dinner entree?
 
Neidii said:
I had no idea a simple piece of bread with butter and some cheese would be so shocking and hilarious for others. Sweden must seem like a strange and magical place. I eat that all the time
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ToLateToLove said:
Some tasty bread with a big layer of good butter and some nice cheese is like the tastiest there is to eat.

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It is indeed good and tasty and certainly not worthy of derision, but as a snack or light breakfast, not a full meal.

If you eat bread and cheese for your lunch or even dinner, well, that's kinda sad... xD
 
Morrigan Stark said:
It is indeed good and tasty and certainly not worthy of derision, but as a snack or light breakfast, not a full meal.

If you eat bread and cheese for your lunch or even dinner, well, that's kinda sad... xD
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I don't think having a sandwich for lunch or dinner is that common in Sweden. (I remember, anecdotally, some people being confused by Subway when a location opened locally.) "Sandwiches" tend to be a light meal eaten for breakfast or before bed. I'm pretty sure no one would be eating the overloaded deli sandwiches at that time of day in America, either, and that it would be more common for lunch. Maybe things are different in Sweden now.
 
Necromanti said:
I don't think having a sandwich for lunch or dinner is that common in Sweden. (I remember, anecdotally, some people being confused by Subway when a location opened locally.) "Sandwiches" tend to be a light meal eaten for breakfast or before bed. I'm pretty sure no one would be eating the overloaded deli sandwiches at that time of day in America, either, and that it would be more common for lunch. Maybe things are different in Sweden now.
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Exactly, they're not even comparing the same things at all. I agree with whoever said that cheese on bread thing should be compared to a toast or a snack, and not a big meal-sandwich.
 
Perhaps if the OP had a more inquisitive and less derisive tone, we could have had that nice discussion about the neat differences in sandwiches across the globe.
 
Soulscribe said:
I'm sorry I'm super late in quoting this but I'm laughing out loud at this drive-by shade. So rude, lol.


Interesting how sandwiches take on crazy different forms all over the world. American sandwiches are meant to equivalent to hamburgers, just a little leaner. So plenty of meat and toppings.

I grew up in Lebanon and we would essentially wrap most of what Americans consider sandwich ingredients into a pita and roll it up like a burrito. Aside from the bread being different the characteristics are similar. Meat, cheese, vegetables, dressings, etc.

I guess in most of northern Europe sandwiches are more like little side snacks than a hardy lunch/dinner entree?
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Sandwiches ain't meant to be equivalent to hamburgers here, and what you had is called a wrap


Necromanti said:
I don't think having a sandwich for lunch or dinner is that common in Sweden. (I remember, anecdotally, some people being confused by Subway when a location opened locally.) "Sandwiches" tend to be a light meal eaten for breakfast or before bed. I'm pretty sure no one would be eating the overloaded deli sandwiches at that time of day in America, either, and that it would be more common for lunch. Maybe things are different in Sweden now.
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Negative. Going to Wawa let at night drunk and getting a hoagie before bed is the best
 
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