Help settle a sandwich disagreement

[Crispy]

With you there marius

The correct axis to slice along is that which bisects the 'base of the tin' side and the 'exposed to the oven' side, thus distributing both types of crust evenly to both halves of the sandwich.

 

[sojourner]

A sandwich requires two slices of bread.

quite

and that's why you refer to one slice folded over bacon as half-a-bacon-butty

 

[Gromit]

Have you never been to a party where little crustless triangle sandwhiches are served, they are actually made from a sandwhich of two slices of bread, cut into four.

Thats a mini sandwich not a sandwich.

You be saying next that if I pay for a mars bar and I'm given a fun sized mars bar he was techically correct and i have no recourse to demand a refund. A fun size mars bar is not a mars bar, its a fun sized mars bar.

Same applies with sandwiches and mini sandwiches.

 

[sojourner]

Now the next question is why do people cut diagonally across a sandwich. A triangle is the least effective shape for keeping the filling in whilst eating. It also forces you to have crust with practically every bite but one. It really fucks me off.

They do it to be posh

Cos they're so busy paying the huge mortgage off that crusts with every mouthful makes you feel fuller, quicker

 

[Orang Utan]

What have people got against crusts anyway?

 

[sojourner]

What have people got against crusts anyway?

They make your hair curly



Like bollocks they do

 

[Crispy]

Of course, the reason shops cut them diagonally is because it makes them look bigger on the shelf.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

If the top two diagonals of bread were flipped over and the filling was allocated between all four diagonals, you would have four open sandwiches.

 

[felixthecat]

15?

 

[Edie]

A sandwich is any amount of bread around filling as far as I'm concerned.
One round of sanwiches was spot on.

But... why is it seen as important that kids eat their crusts, other than from an economical POV. There can't be any more goodness in them can there.

What's you favourite sandwich. Gotta be parma ham, cheese and gherkin for me. Mmmmmm gherkin. Truely an under-rated food.

 

[sojourner]

15?

too much gin

 

[sojourner]

But... why is it seen as important that kids eat their crusts, other than from an economical POV. There can't be any more goodness in them can there.

As I've already said, they make your hair curly, and all kids want curly hair, don't they?

 

[trashpony]

Of course, the reason shops cut them diagonally is because it makes them look bigger on the shelf.

And because you can see more area of filling, thus making them look more appetising.

If you cut a sandwich into four, is it four sandwiches then mr steev?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

What's you favourite sandwich

4 fish fingers, topped with a cheese slice and ketchup

 

[Herbsman.]

Thats a mini sandwich not a sandwich.

You be saying next that if I pay for a mars bar and I'm given a fun sized mars bar he was techically correct and i have no recourse to demand a refund. A fun size mars bar is not a mars bar, its a fun sized mars bar.

Same applies with sandwiches and mini sandwiches.

complete and utter bollocks. and also a shite comparison. its like comparing apples to a 3-course meal.

anyway, you pay for mars bars by weight, and a 'standard' mars bar must be a certain weight. therefore if you paid for a 'standard' mars bar and were given a fun sized mars bar you would have recourse to demand a refund.

a fun sized mars bar is not half a mars bar, it is a (small) mars bar... a mars bar is a mars bar no matter what the size and a sandwich is a sandwich no matter what the size.

 

[Herbsman.]

But... why is it seen as important that kids eat their crusts, other than from an economical POV. There can't be any more goodness in them can there.

In theory there could be more badness in them than in the rest of the bread.

The crust would contain acrylamide, which is formed when food is heated at high temperatures (such as in an oven), and the outside of the food turns brown due to a reaction between sugar and protein if I remember correctly.

Acrylamide is (or was) suspected to be a potential carcinogen.

links:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2213.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2860.html

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/cancer/dn2476

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

76. There's loads hidden in the main sandwich. It's one of those trick questions

 

[Orang Utan]

A sandwich is any amount of bread around filling as far as I'm concerned.
One round of sanwiches was spot on.

But... why is it seen as important that kids eat their crusts, other than from an economical POV. There can't be any more goodness in them can there.

Only babies refuse to eat the crust - it tastes good

 

[felixthecat]

76. There's loads hidden in the main sandwich. It's one of those trick questions

well, thats the kind of theory I was working on too.

Minnie - we're just too smart for our own good.

 

[Herbsman.]

76. There's loads hidden in the main sandwich. It's one of those trick questions

heh

 

[bluestreak]

Clearly 2 sandwiches.

 

[mrs quoad]

*

 

[Herbsman.]

Clearly 2 sandwiches.

finally, someone speaketh sense

 

[Tank Girl]

I see one round of sandwiches.

correct answer

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

If I got a slice of bread, buttered it covered half in cheese, folded the bread over... would that be a sandwich?

Yes, as that was the intended full sandwich creation. A sandwich that was created and cut is a full sandwich that has been cut into two halves.

It's a bit like the glass is half full/empty argument. If the glass was previously full and drained by half it is half empty, if the glass has been filled half way then it is half full.

 

[mr steev]

If you cut a sandwich into four, is it four sandwiches then mr steev?

Yes, but I'd probably refer to them as tiny sandwiches. Likewise, if I had a sandwich that was made with 2 big slices of bread, I'd call it a big sandwich

 

[mr steev]

Clearly 2 sandwiches.

Innit

 

[subversplat]

What happens if you make a triple-decker sandwich (4 bits of bread) and then cut it in half?

 

[Disaster]

It's 2 sandwiches, isn't it? Technically.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

well, thats the kind of theory I was working on too.

Minnie - we're just too smart for our own good.

Exactly, and I even know the ingredients of all the sarnies