Has the World War 2 talk started yet?
Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
- Thread starter Ledsen
- Start date
Has the World War 2 talk started yet?
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
I meant the general reaction to the concept of a cheese sandwich. I agree about that picture. It looked awful lol
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
It's a wonder how places like Binny's stay in business by selling nothing but Miller Lite.
Roberto Larcos
Member
Look at what the guy was quoting.
I'm not sure if I should take this bait or not.
Maklershed
Member
So a thread asking if Americans just eat sandwiches found only in cartoons is making you laugh at the US. Right.
Veritigo_X
Member
Fair enough. The first part of my post still stands.
pants
Member
You looked up a six year old thread because someone doesn't like the same bread you do. Think about this man.
perryfarrell
Member
What can I say? Europeans have good taste in radio ;-)
perryfarrell
Member
Also, drop the word 'sandwich'. It's not a useful term in this context.
That slice is bread with cheese on it, from page one, is not strictly a sandwich. It's just a slice of bread with cheese on it. Nobody in Yurope calls that a 'sandwich.' For breakfast or lunch, people might eat 3 or 4 of those slices of bread. Thinly sliced bread, with one topping.
A sandwich is what you get when you go to Subway .
Now, sometimes I'd rather have a slice of fresh sourdough with butter and some aged Gouda on it that a fully loaded sub from Subway.
That slice is bread with cheese on it, from page one, is not strictly a sandwich. It's just a slice of bread with cheese on it. Nobody in Yurope calls that a 'sandwich.' For breakfast or lunch, people might eat 3 or 4 of those slices of bread. Thinly sliced bread, with one topping.
A sandwich is what you get when you go to Subway .
Now, sometimes I'd rather have a slice of fresh sourdough with butter and some aged Gouda on it that a fully loaded sub from Subway.
Its sad that people have to stoop to shit like this to try and save face from the farce OP posted. Im an American who lived in Italy for almost 10 years. There is great food in yurop. Italian panini is amazing. The "sandwich" posted by OP is not only bullshit but im not even sure most people I've encountered from Europe would eat that at any part of the day.
Just call that butter toast what it is. No need for false grandstanding and your inaccurate sense of superiority when it comes to food quality.
That's an ostehøvel. Norway's proudest invention.When I was in New York City on vacation, I noticed that the Americans lack one extremely important thing for sandwich making.
A fucking osthyvel!
How can you NOT have this in every home? We had to cut the cheese using knives! Knives! Like savages!
The food I eat is probably the least Scandinavian thing about me. I love bread, but not all the crap they put on it. In Scandinavian sandwich is also its own word for typical American style sandwiches. What we eat doesn't really have an English translation.
CosmicQueso
Member
Also very nice on a single or double slice of bread WITH BUTTER
I have that EXACT bottle in my fridge right now, and I had some yesterday. On toasted whole grain bread with butter.
But you know what I didn't do? I didn't call it a fucking sandwich.
I raise your lousy sammwiches with:
Smörgåstårta.
Can you break down the ingredients please?
Liljagare
Member
It's easy, anything you like, make it look like a cake.
Though, the seafood ones are best. OR, the meatball ones.. or, well, anything.
In english, can only find the seafood versions:
http://orebro.hubpages.com/hub/smorgastarta
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Smorgastarta-Sandwich-Layer-Cake
Now, someone call the danes up, and get their smörrebröd in here!!!!
perryfarrell
Member
There's quite a difference between food from Southern and from Northern Europe. The sandwich that OP posted looks a little bland, but I guarantee that in many Northern European countries, people eat stuff like that for breakfast and lunch. Kids take it with them to school in their lunch boxes, workers in their lunch pails, etc. Two thin slices of bread, some butter, one topping, cut in half. And while it looks a bit bland, it might actually pretty darn tasty, provided the bread and cheese are themselves good.
If you were to make such a simple 'sandwich' using the standard American Wonderbread and Kraft Singles, the result would be horrible. But that's cuz Wonderbread and Kraft Singles just plain suck.
The comparison is invalid. I'm sure that in Europe they have supermarket bread and cheese that's cheap and made for the masses. Let's stop with the assumptions that all bread in America is limited to Wonderbread and all cheese is limited to Kraft Singles. Because it's been established many times over in this thread that it isn't.
What has also been established is that even when you take a slice of good bread and a slice of good cheese and put that cheese on the bread, it's not a sandwich in the English definition of the word. It's understandable that some European countries have something like this that they translate to sandwich, but it's not the same thing.
Armoured Priest
Member
When I was in New York City on vacation, I noticed that the Americans lack one extremely important thing for sandwich making.
A fucking osthyvel!
How can you NOT have this in every home? We had to cut the cheese using knives! Knives! Like savages!
You know, my family have always used these things:
Also, forgive me, I skimmed this thread and didn't see anybody make the distinction.
A grilled cheese sandwich and a toasted cheese sandwich are two different things.
basically denotes whether butter and grill/no butter and toaster was used.
Wow ok. Its not like I only spent time in Italy, moved around quite a bit but I will take your word.
In the countries I frequent, a spread of sandwiches mostly looks like this rather than what OP posted. I always thought it was crazy to try and paint colourful topping filled sandwiches as an American thing considering what I've seen.
And yeah neither Kraft nor Wonderbread are quality brands. The biggest difference between food quality of America versus Europe is that you usually have to pay for quality in the States.
perryfarrell
Member
^ that picture is a picture of pre-made sandwiches that you buy outside your home. I'm talking about the stuff the average family eats at home.
Well actually, Super market quality is a bit better than what we have in my experience. Then again, Kraft has a cheese brand over there that people buy as well that is better than what we usually get in the States.
I think it boils down mostly to stricter European food guidelines/practices when it comes to preservatives and sugars and such. It can work to their advantage in some areas (good cheap bread and cheese) and badly in others (Coke/softdrinks and candy).
I haven't shopped for bread or cheese in Europe so I'll have to accept that maybe you're right, maybe the baseline is higher. Are you saying that good bread and cheese is not available in the US?
The problem here is the starting assumption: that US supermarkets are limited to Wonderbread and Kraft Singles. If someone got a piece of Wonderbread and a Kraft Single, that's a Struggwich, no doubt.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Not all American beers are horrible. Sure, Budweiser is ubiquitous and very popular, but you can get top-tier beers like Heineken almost anywhere.
Of course thats what it is, did you read what I said? Alot of this thread has been people posting store/restaurant bought sandwiches.
Well I'm just saying that you have to pay more for quality in US than you do in Europe. And people generally don't care about quality versus saving a quick buck here.
nabe_shogun
Member
When I was in New York City on vacation, I noticed that the Americans lack one extremely important thing for sandwich making.
A fucking osthyvel!
How can you NOT have this in every home? We had to cut the cheese using knives! Knives! Like savages!
I'm American and I have one of these. Although I usually buy pre-sliced cheese so I rarely use it.
ThankYouDaletech
Banned
Well you guys are clearly better at being wrong about everything and being totally ignorant of whats going on in America. So you have that over us, and that's about it.
Edit: I have to call out steak cut "chips" specifically because that's literally the worst way to cut a french fry. Wow you guys are awful at food, just dreadful.
Veritigo_X
Member
Steak fries...always soggy.
There are over 100 craft and microbreweries in New York State alone, lacking good beer we are not. I'd also put Heineken far, far down the list in terms of great beer. It's mid-tier at best.
Yeah I couldn't figure if that post about Heineken being top tier beer was serious or not. I really can't tell in this thread who's serious and who's trolling.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Erm I was laughing at responses to cheese sandwiches. I bet your fun at parties
nofunallowed
what do you call a piece of bread with a topping on? You still call it a sandwich - open sandwich for sticklers. You don't just call it 'a piece of bread with topping on'
LyleLanley
Banned
Yeah Europe may have better cheese but do you know what else they had? That's right, Hitler! I think America wins this one.
ReAxion stooping so low as to post crimes against humanity in a sandwich thread.
Veritigo_X
Member
I think these shitty European sandwiches started with rationing during WWII, so if you think about it Hitler is to blame for this thread.
I'd say that in France the most basic sandwich is two topings (3 if you count butter). It's cheese and ham sandwich or pikkles and saucisson. Ham and cheese is like the cheapest sandwich. And with a good baguette it's still very good.
But usually we have pretty elaborate sandwiches with a lot of topings : fish/meat with salade, tomato, dried tomato, cheesses, various vegetables or nuts.
We do have crappy supermarket club sandwiches that are not elaborate though and often comes with the least possible amount of topings.
But usually we have pretty elaborate sandwiches with a lot of topings : fish/meat with salade, tomato, dried tomato, cheesses, various vegetables or nuts.
We do have crappy supermarket club sandwiches that are not elaborate though and often comes with the least possible amount of topings.
that poster brought up meat! i didn't wanna go there! i didn't!
That is actually exactly what I do, and I'll continue to do it. When I eat crackers with cheese on top, I call it cheese and crackers. The "strugglewich" OP and others posted is bread and cheese.
That's caviar and crisp bread, Jesus Christ man, learn something new once in a while.
Roberto Larcos
Member
McCain's literally ran an entire advertising campaign about their chips (including steak cut) being soft and fluffy on the inside, and having a crisp outside. And they're not lying.
And that's a fairly cheap frozen supermarket chip. Good pubs and restaurants do far better. They're even crispy after you put vinegar all over them... So good.
nah
cheese and crackers
bagel and lox
toast and jam
bread and cheese
"sandwich" is a completely different beast
Machine
Member
Caviar comes out of a fish, not a toothpaste tube.
The fact that Europeans think shitty ass Heineken is good beer alone shows how shitty their taste buds are.
US has the best beer in the world. Anyone knowledgable with beer will tell you that. We have the top or near top in every type of beers from ipas to imperial stouts. The only place that might even have a say is Belgium but that lack the variety of the US.
The cheese scene in the US is following the same path as the craft beer scene. Like the beer scene US will have the top cheeses in the world too in a few decades.
Bread? No freakin idea why we suck with that(in comparison with France, we are on par with Spain) must be the water.
US has the best beer in the world. Anyone knowledgable with beer will tell you that. We have the top or near top in every type of beers from ipas to imperial stouts. The only place that might even have a say is Belgium but that lack the variety of the US.
The cheese scene in the US is following the same path as the craft beer scene. Like the beer scene US will have the top cheeses in the world too in a few decades.
Bread? No freakin idea why we suck with that(in comparison with France, we are on par with Spain) must be the water.
Solideliquid
Member
Came in here looking for pictures of sandwiches...
EdwardTeach
Member
Laughing
Roberto Larcos
Member
Who said that?
SpoonyBard
Banned
It's paste made of fish eggs, not actual caviar. Don't trust Swedes with fish stuff. And liver sausage is better choice with that kind of bread anyway.
EdwardTeach
Member
Him. From context I assume hydrophilic is American. Not sure if he was serious (though Heineken IS a million times nicer than bud).
pants
Member
When you troll it should be semi believable
Add me to the list of people who own one of those. I wasn't under the impression that they were uncommon either, since you can find them in any place that stocks kitchen supplies in the US. Maybe the people you stayed with just weren't the types to cook for themselves regularly?When I was in New York City on vacation, I noticed that the Americans lack one extremely important thing for sandwich making.
A fucking osthyvel!
How can you NOT have this in every home? We had to cut the cheese using knives! Knives! Like savages!
Though I admit my experience may be somewhat unusual since my father was in the restaurant business and knows everything about cooking. But I can at least assure you that any proper chef in the US probably uses one of those.
Go on..