Cutting Sandwiches in Half

[RedAngie]

On standard white or wheat bread.

Diagonally into triangles or across into rectangles?

My mother cut across into rectangles. I wanted triangles. It’s a well established fact that sandwiches cut into triangles taste better, especially if the bread is toasted.

 

[Disneylover99]

White bread, very fresh, not toasted.
Triangles only.
Rectangles are wrong.

 

[slo]

Corner to corner - 2 triangles
It’s the bombdiggity that way

 

[Meriweather]

rectangles......triangles when I was a kid
Grand kids have sandwich cutters.......cars and dinosaurs.

I actually only eat half a sandwich now, so just fold it in half, rectangle way

 

[DΐຮŇey☂]

I prefer the "Z" method. Start the cut near the top of the slice, angling down, you work towards a "Z" shape. Should be three cuts through the bread. Each piece is unique.

 

[Kennywood]

 

[BrianL]

I don't cut most sandwiches at all, but a grilled cheese must be cut diagonally.

 

[kdonnel]

When the kids were small we used giant cookie cutters.

A star, heart, flower, etc.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

All of the above? Love all the different sandwiches. squares and triangles and rectangles. Toasted or not. White, wheat, rye, pumpernickel.... Turkey, ham, pb&j, roast beef, tomato, cheese, whatever....

Except liverwurst. So gross, talking to you mom.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

On the rare occasion I eat a sandwich it’s toasted except peanut butter and jelly which I just fold the slice over. If I feel like cutting it then I usually do corner to corner especially if it’s grilled cheese.

 

[DVC-Don]

For company, diagonal. For just family, rectangle.

 

[Kitty 34]

I don't cut the sandwich in half anymore. Just wolf it down whole.

 

[mylilnikita]

I am a triangle gal.

 

[NotUrsula]

Triangles, of course! I also used to argue with my mother about this. I thought they looked more appetizing, but Mom said there was no practical difference, and I was just putting on airs.

When I grew up I was vindicated, because working in a restaurant kitchen taught me that triangles are preferred because triangles leave more room for other foods on the plate, and if flipped on their edges to show off the contents (or served in bulk), they also hold their shape better, whilst square or rectangle-cut sandwiches tend to flop open if plated edge-up. Also, for crispy-grilled sandwiches, having a narrow point to start eating from makes it less likely you'll cut your gums on the crispy crust.

 

[TippyThomas]

I don't cut them I just eat them.

 

[Dan Murphy]

When I was a kid so many years ago and I was suck, my mom would cut the toast, white, very lightly buttered, into 4 bite-sized triangles. If not sick, regular sandwich would be in half, two rectangles. So we knew we were special when we were sick.

And now, usually never cut at all.

 

[John VN]

Using a Chef's knife begin with tip of knife at the upper left corner of bread, place palm of left hand in spine of knife and press down on handle with right hand rocking the knife downward until heel contacts hard surface then rotate bread 90 degrees and repeat resulting in 4 equally sized right triangle pieces of sandwich. One can then eat individual pieces OR stack and scarf down.

NOTE -- I am right handed, one can reverse cutting direction if left handed achieving similar results.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

It seemed like all the other kids at school had the fancy triangle-cut sandwiches, yet my mother insisted on cutting my sandwiches into rectangles thereby confirming my suspicions that we were, in fact, a low class family.

 

[starvenger]

I cut diagonally, but to be different, I cut just slightly off the corner, so I get trapezoids, not triangles. Does it make sense to cut like that? Probably not.

Also, X-cut is good for when you're serving kids, or have a particularly large club sandwich.

 

[ronandannette]

On standard white or wheat bread.

Diagonally into triangles or across into rectangles?

My mother cut across into rectangles. I wanted triangles. It’s a well established fact that sandwiches cut into triangles taste better, especially if the bread is toasted.

Corner-to-corner into halves (like all normal people), but if you were coming over then it would be into 4 perfect triangles with the crusts precisely trimmed. Unless of course your advance-team instructed me to do something different.