Ans the lobster?
Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
- Thread starter Ledsen
- Start date
Ans the lobster?
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
American here, and I don't think the whole half-open sandwich thing the OP posted was that weird. It's not a sandwich, but still, I know some people here would have that as a meal. In fact, whenever my brother makes a sandwich on french bread he sometimes separates the top and bottom halves; otherwise, the fillings have a tendency to slide out while you eat them.
Yeah that's exactly what it is in Northern Europe as well...
I would hope so, no one would eat a cheese sandwich for lunch, they're a breakfast side dish. That is indeed a sad lunch you had there.
This is just sad. This poor bloke got no funding at all. Everyone was probably funding struggle sandwiches instead.
http://kickended.com/projects/981586110/
http://kickended.com/projects/981586110/
CosmicQueso
Member
Beer is about love, coming together as members of the human race, tapping our glasses together and wishing each other health in whatever language or way we wish.
Let's not fight about beer.
Beer is the one thing that brings us all together.
Let's not fight about beer.
Beer is the one thing that brings us all together.
Unless you're Sikh or Muslim or teetotal
CosmicQueso
Member
Are they big sandwich cultures? Teetotalers I imagine are. I had "high tea" once, came with little (actual) sandwiches.
beer sandwiches?
chicko1983
Member
I think my favorite sandwich is the Cuban.
I don't like cucumbers on a sandwich, but I adore pickles on a sandwich.
I just looked up a recipe for a cuban sandwich - how the hell am I suppose to make that before I leave for work every morning???
soulassssns
Banned
Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things
That is "normal"?
In socialist Europa. I mean you might as well be talking to Martians about a good pizza
A breakfast side dish for lard-arses maybe...
Yes, it's what we eat every day for breakfast, along with yoghurt and cereal, maybe a fruit and some coffee.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things
This.
This is normal late-night (23:00 - 01:00 AM) sandwich in my part of Europe. Sometimes I add only fresh, sliced tomatoes on top of that and it's just perfect.
Beautiful.
butzopower
proud of his butz
Christmas is here, and with it delicious fruit bread cheese sandwiches. MERRY CHRISTMAS SANDWICH-GAF
Don't get me wrong, that looks mighty tasty, I just don't think most of the world would classify that as a sandwich. I had Smørrebrød when I was in Copenhagen and that was more sandwich like than this.
HawksWinStanley
Member
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Uh, yeah, I'm pretty embarrassed to say that shit like this is quite common here in the UK. Like, a ham sandwich is usually a few slices of thinly slice, cheap processed ham between two slices of buttered bread here. It's tragic.
If I make a sandwich, then I go hard. It's the only way to do it. However, my family heritage is Jamaican, and so we eat cheese and bun (spiced bun) quite often. That's more or less the only time I'll accept a single topping.
DiscoJer
Member
In the US it's pretty common in terms of ingredients, but we have the butter on the outside of the bread and grilled and the cheese is in the middle of the two bread slices and melted. Grilled cheese sandwich it's called.
butzopower
proud of his butz
Christmas is here, and with it delicious fruit bread cheese sandwiches. MERRY CHRISTMAS SANDWICH-GAF
Also, what type of cheese is that?
H.Protagonist
[-_-]/
The Eurostrugglewich returns!
Bless you, Ledsen. You will surely attract more amusing confusion to lighten this otherwise work-laden and boring Boxing Day.
Bless you, Ledsen. You will surely attract more amusing confusion to lighten this otherwise work-laden and boring Boxing Day.
Chips Fission
Banned
How about just some plain bread and top it off with mustard herring? I love Christmas.
butzopower
proud of his butz
Christmas cheese
My cheesemonger girlfriend informs me this is probably Edam cheese and wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edam_cheese) tells me that it's traditionally eaten for Christmas in Sweden.
Beautiful Struggle.
PdotMichael
Banned
Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things
Also bread + butter + cheese combo has also already like 400-500 kilocalories. Add a glass of milk or orange juice and that's more than enough for a breakfast.
Adding all kinds of other bullshit will only make you fat.
PdotMichael
Banned
That's bullshit though. You can buy beer from all the world in every European country - also all the regional beer brands.
But that's the difference between the supermarket mentality of the USA and real beer culture and tradition.
They shouldn't make fun of us. They should send us care packages.
ZackieChan
Member
Not sure if the Queen's Message or the new Christmas struggwich would make me cry more.
butzopower
proud of his butz
From my experience living in both US and European cities, buying beer is pretty much the same. The big difference is in EU Mikkeller is a lot cheaper and Lagunitas is a lot pricer, for obvious reasons. Interestingly, there's a number of US East Coast beers in Europe that we can't get on the West Coast.
PdotMichael
Banned
The argument is just silly to claim that being capable of buying beer from all the world is somehow better than an own regional beer or even acting like that one can do that only in the USA.
It's part of a general European tradition that there are a bunch of national wide beer brands but at the same time every city or region has its own beer.
butzopower
proud of his butz
He's claiming that most Europeans are ignorant about the American craft beers while himself being ignorant that most Europeans are not ignorant of the American craft beers. He also claimed this like 2 months ago.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
there's good beer everywhere, lets just be happy about that.
The sandwich situation in europe seems dire, however. Would not clap for any of this bullshit.
The sandwich situation in europe seems dire, however. Would not clap for any of this bullshit.
TheExecutive
Member
It's hilarious how much the strugglewich has been passed around
Yes it is. Happy to see it again.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
People do this in the US. They also will eat it with and dip it in tomato soup instead of putting sliced tomatoes in it.
But people don't usually just eat the sandwich as a meal. It usually comes with something else. The cheese is usually more melted than that too.
Shadax the wizard
Member
Today I will be buying sea salt butter, strong flavored priest cheese and beetroot bread for my evening snack. Maybe I'll throw on a slice of cucumber or two to please ya'll.
Bedameister
Member
Don't let them fool you. We all know that eating euro struggle sandwich just makes us stronger. It strengthens the body and mind.
We all know what happened to all those americans eating only multi-topping sandwiches. They've become weak (or mostly fat)
PdotMichael
Banned
Is like Pizza. Less is more.
WorriedCitizen
Member
While i think the sandwich from OP is very very barebones i could never enjoy an American style sandwich either. The bread/meat ratio looks completely off on some of the examples posted. Like 10 slices of cheese and 20 slices of cold cuts between two thin layers of bread wtf. That's barbaric. If the cheese and cold cut is of good quality then more then a couple slices would be completely overwhelming calory and taste wise.
I think the biggest difference and the main reason why people from the US can't believe people in Europe would just eat one slice of bread with a single topping is because we have a way bigger variant of bread and the only thing available in the US, whitebread the most unhealthy and mass-produced of them all (EDIT for clarity:
I should probably have phrased it differently as "the bread isn't available" is obviously bullshit: Of course I know more types of bread are available in a first world county. But it seems they aren't really part of the diet or your everyday meals like they are here in Europe or, more specifally, Germany. Again, all I can go from is my own anecdotal evidence and the utter disbelief of one-topping-bread-meals in this thread
)
I never lived in the US myself, I only know a few people from the US, but they were always surprised and almost shocked at the amount of bread we (germany) eat and how completely different it was from US-style white bread.
This is what I and pretty much everyone else I knew back in school during ate at breakfast - bread with cheese...
bread with ham...
whole grain bread without the crust...
That's a typical breakfast or dinner in germany. Because the bread itself tastes great and has quite a bit of nutrition - that depends on the type of bread however. Even the bread itself, without any topping, can be a pretty tasty meal. Bread is awesome.
Sandwichs are definetely not as common here as they are in the US. And that's where the misunderstanding comes from: I would never call the stuff you see here sandwiches. It's bread with cheese. But because you only ever use bread for sandwiches in the US, I guess it's hard to convey the difference? Let's try it!
All sandwich meals use bread. Not all bread meals are sandwiches.
If all I got was white bread I would probably go crazy. Just look at these beauties laughing at that piece of white bread!
I should probably have phrased it differently as "the bread isn't available" is obviously bullshit: Of course I know more types of bread are available in a first world county. But it seems they aren't really part of the diet or your everyday meals like they are here in Europe or, more specifally, Germany. Again, all I can go from is my own anecdotal evidence and the utter disbelief of one-topping-bread-meals in this thread
)I never lived in the US myself, I only know a few people from the US, but they were always surprised and almost shocked at the amount of bread we (germany) eat and how completely different it was from US-style white bread.
This is what I and pretty much everyone else I knew back in school during ate at breakfast - bread with cheese...
bread with ham...
whole grain bread without the crust...
That's a typical breakfast or dinner in germany. Because the bread itself tastes great and has quite a bit of nutrition - that depends on the type of bread however. Even the bread itself, without any topping, can be a pretty tasty meal. Bread is awesome.
Sandwichs are definetely not as common here as they are in the US. And that's where the misunderstanding comes from: I would never call the stuff you see here sandwiches. It's bread with cheese. But because you only ever use bread for sandwiches in the US, I guess it's hard to convey the difference? Let's try it!
All sandwich meals use bread. Not all bread meals are sandwiches.
If all I got was white bread I would probably go crazy. Just look at these beauties laughing at that piece of white bread!
GreatestHits
Member
Even the newer upgraded version you posted looks sad. Wheat and dairy. Two ingredients that should be used sparingly, yet you make them the entire contents of your meal. Smh...
ZackieChan
Member
Yes, we only have Wonder Bread white bread in the US.
Truly a bread wasteland.
Truly a bread wasteland.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Those pizzas where you put three slices of cheese that don't even cover the whole pizza suck too.
It looks like the person making it ran out, just said "Fuck it.", and threw it in the oven.
Hahahahaaha. No. Just absolutely no.