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It wasn't called a wrap, it's called a sandwich. The whole point is that we define sandwiches differently, and it's fun to see the differences.
Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
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It wasn't called a wrap, it's called a sandwich. The whole point is that we define sandwiches differently, and it's fun to see the differences.
Around here, we'd simply call that a pita, even with the stuff inside the pita bread itself.
http://pitapitusa.com/
Plain piece of good quality bread, good butter and some slices of delicious cheese. Of course, that requires great cheese. Sorry, US.
My man.
This is a Danish ostemad. A slice of cheese on top of buttered rye bread.
xaosslug
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Soulscribe
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All three play a big part in my general day-to-day.
My man.
This is a Danish ostemad. A slice of cheese on top of buttered rye bread.
This just seems cruel, but I'll say I have become desensitized to the American concept of filling any void (or surface) with layers of food. That picture needs some pastrami and the other half.
Googled that word, first result is Urban Dictionary with this definition:
Urban Dictionary said:
Bornstellar
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Plain piece of good quality bread, good butter and some slices of delicious cheese. Of course, that requires great cheese. Sorry, US.
What was that? I can't hear you over the massive cheese aisle:
I tipped the doctor who circumcised my son in sandwiches.
Urban Dictionary is obviously biased.
What was that? I can't hear you over the massive cheese aisle:
So many mass-produced industrial 'processed cheeses'.....
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A lot of depressing Euro sandwiches in this thread, hopefully a picture of my lunch will improve things.
Just my opinion, but gas station sandwiches are even more depressing.
CosmicQueso
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My man.
This is a Danish ostemad. A slice of cheese on top of buttered rye bread.
Did I just hit a timewarp to 2 days ago?
Bornstellar
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So many mass-produced industrial 'processed cheeses'.....
Haha, wtf are you on. The "processed" cheese is in its own section.
Queso Manchego, Brie, Camembert, Gouda, etc. are mass-produced industrial 'processed cheeses'?
Rose of Eternity
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You're a blatant troll as you live in America and can easily verify how insane our artisan cheese selection is in any major store. Maybe not in nowheresville, but in most populated places, yes. Not to mention all the other threads you shit up about America.
Agreed. One should only eat lettuce and drink water. You'll live to 100. Not sure why you'd want to though.
I like a nice hearty sandwich. But then I also like kraft singles just fine and really don't care what anybody thinks of that.
At the same time, I understand cultural differences exist so a cut of cheese on a slice of bread with butter doesn't seem that strange to me, even if it's not something I'd want to eat.
What was that? I can't hear you over the massive cheese aisle:
Quantity = quality amiright
AllIsOneIsNone
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Dennis, don't you go to Piggly-Wiggly or something? You need to find a better grocery store dude, lol.
A snack here and there is ok!
There is a reasonable selection at the Whole Foods store I shop but I certainly wouldn't call it 'insane'.
Mostly the mass-produced variety and not the artisanal version of those cheeses are available.
I don't buy cheese at Piggly-Wiggly.
Bornstellar
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Don't want to be a cheese snob but isn't that the same for Europe? Just replace Mexican cheese with [European country] cheese
Bornstellar
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We've got it all.
I actually believe that.
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I think they have acces to the same supermarket cheese as in Europe.
they will grill it anyway, not enough oil comes out from a boring dry piece of cheese.
Rose of Eternity
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Had to look up Piggly-Wiggly. So you do live in some fly over state. That explains it.
Morrigan Stark
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That's actually either from Europe or South Africa, according to the source of the image:What was that? I can't hear you over the massive cheese aisle:
https://comeshopwithme.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/117-french-cheeses-delivered-to-your-door/
Nice try, Yankee! We all know the only cheese in America is this, don't lie!
I know you just Google Image Searched and picked a random result, just giving you shit 
Oooo, snap
AllIsOneIsNone
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Got ya. If there's a farmers market in Nashville that's probably where you would want to go to get better quality stuff. That's where I get most of my meats, veggies and cheeses from in Atlanta.
Mr Fahrenheit
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A butter and cheese sandwich just sounds depressing. Do you wash it down with a glass of room temp tap water and have a McDonald's salt packet for desert?
CassidyIzABeast
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butter and cheese sandwich
Sounds like struggle food. Do you eat Ramen noodles with that butter and cheese sandwich?
Sounds like struggle food. Do you eat Ramen noodles with that butter and cheese sandwich?
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That's probably the reason why overweight and heart disease are not major health issues in Europe.
We drink European tap water, yes. It is better than bottled water and doesn't taste like chlorine unlike the tap water from a country which shall remain unnamed.
Imagine buying it, and buying fancy bread to go with it, and spreading butter (or mayo for US) on it, and making a sandwich from it.
I'd still be sad about it.
Other than some imported raw milk soft cheeses,which are not allowed in the country due to possibly outdated health codes(but you can usually find locally made ones at farmer's markets), It would be hard to name a type of cheese not available in multiple grocery stores near me.
However I just named two cheese types I am willing bet will be hard to find in Europe.
Mexican Queso Fresco and Cojita.
Bornstellar
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You are lying. Lived in Spain for two years and the tap water quality varied greatly between Grenada and the Canary Islands. The same is true of the US.
A wrap is a type of sandwich
AllIsOneIsNone
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Yes, eating butter, bread and cheese is the reason you guys don't have those issues in Europe.
I'm pretty sure the reasons are more like lack of exercise and people generally eating too much in the U.S.
Can't we all get along and enjoy a nice fried bologna sandwich?
Salivation, no breathing
This is my last sandwich
http://www.world-heart-federation.org/cardiovascular-health/global-facts-map/
It is ridiculous at this point lol
I think this all stems from a misconception by some who don't use English as their first language calling a piece of bread with butter and cheese on top a sandwich. It's not a sandwich by definition. A good thing, and tasty it may be, but it's not a sandwich. Then some people who do not have English as their first language seem to keep doubling down on said "sandwich" being a great example of a sandwich, leading Americans to label it as a "struggwich" which I would concur with.
If I went to someone's house and they said we were eating sandwiches and that's what they gave me, I'd probably not answer their texts in the future.
That said, there's nothing at all wrong with a slice of good bread with some butter or good cheese on top. But it's not a sandwich.
Portions sizes are huge in America.
Americans eating out often get portions so big they don't eat it all and ask for 'doggie bags' to carry the leftovers home.
I strongly suspect, however, that the leftovers don't stay in the doggie bag for long after getting home..........