Cutting Sandwiches in Half

[Carol_]

Triangles. 4 if you love me. 2 if you’re lazy.
Anything else and it’s war.

 

[ronandannette]

Triangles. 4 if you love me. 2 if you’re lazy.
Anything else and it’s war.

I remember my DS once saying to me when he was little "just cut it in two please, I can't eat 4".

 

[disykat]

Cut in half vertically so each half has an equal amount of the rounded part of the crust. My mother used to cut in half horizontally and it caused great arguments between me and my siblings about who got the "up toast" and who got the "down toast."

I feel like stuff falls out of the sandwich easier if it is cut diagonally. I do cut sandwiches like grilled cheese that don't have stuff that will fall out that way though, because I agree it is aesthetically pleasing.

 

[RedAngie]

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.

Exactly!!! Most other kids had moms who were suave and sophisticated and cut their sandwiches into triangles. I was so jealous and thought we were poor because my mom cut into rectangles.

 

[RedAngie]

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.

My advance team would advise you to serve me the heels of the loaf. Cut into just two isosceles triangles.

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AND THAT’S ANOTHER THING!!!!

So many won’t eat the end slices of the loaf. Yet for hamburgers and hot dogs they’re eating the heels of mini loaves. And they’ll gag even worse if one dares to suggest they put the burger between two middle slices of white bread.

How is it “That’s different”?

 

[JoanneAZ]

AND THAT’S ANOTHER THING!!!!

So many won’t eat the end slices of the loaf. Yet for hamburgers and hot dogs they’re eating the heels of mini loaves. And they’ll gag even worse if one dares to suggest they put the burger between two middle slices of white bread.

How is it “That’s different”?

The only difference I can think of is that the heel has crust al over one side which makes it sturdier to use as a bun. Regular bread is softer and tends to get soggy quickly.

My mother used to use english muffins as hamburger buns. When we were out of hotdog buns we would cut the hotdogs almost in half vertically (butterfly cut) and lay them flat on the bread to make a sandwich.

As for cutting a sandwich, a diagonal cut for triangles is pretty but a vertical cut for rectangles keeps the filling in place better. I cut into 2 rectangles.

 

[starvenger]

So many won’t eat the end slices of the loaf. Yet for hamburgers and hot dogs they’re eating the heels of mini loaves. And they’ll gag even worse if one dares to suggest they put the burger between two middle slices of white bread.

How is it “That’s different”?

The crust-to-innards ratio is much better in a bun than in the heel of a standard-sliced loaf. So I get why one works and the other does not.

With that said, there's nothing wrong with the heel of the bread. I like it toasted with garlicky butter.

 

[DopeyDame]

For company, diagonal. For just family, rectangle.

This cracks me up. As if it's more effort to cut diagonally.

 

[Carol_]

The only difference I can think of is that the heel has crust al over one side which makes it sturdier to use as a bun. Regular bread is softer and tends to get soggy quickly.

My mother used to use english muffins as hamburger buns. When we were out of hotdog buns we would cut the hotdogs almost in half vertically (butterfly cut) and lay them flat on the bread to make a sandwich.

As for cutting a sandwich, a diagonal cut for triangles is pretty but a vertical cut for rectangles keeps the filling in place better. I cut into 2 rectangles.

Flagged.

*shakes fist in air, shouting, “Rectangles!!!??”*

 

[JoanneAZ]

Flagged.

*shakes fist in air, shouting, “Rectangles!!!??”*

I like my filling in my sandwich, not my lap.

 

[Elle23]

I don’t care how it’s cut. I do care that my mom made me believe that the crust was this special hyper nutritious magical part of the bread that had to be eaten or I was going to die of malnutrition.

Imagine my shock the day I realized the crust was just the same as the bread, just darker! No special crust powers at all!

 

[tvguy]

Rectangles. But wife finds it off that any adult cuts a sandwich at all.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I don't cut my sandwiches. I eat all the crust parts and then I attack the middle.

As to sandwiches made with the nose (or the heel or whatever other people call it), when my sister's kids were little and I watched them, if I had a nose piece of bread, I would just lay it on the sandwich crusty side down. The kid who got that piece never knew the difference.

 

[boop0524]

Wheat bread, never white. Diagonally hands down

 

[Carol_]

Rectangles. But wife finds it off that any adult cuts a sandwich at all.

You were meant for each other, ya weirdos.

 

[ronandannette]

My advance team would advise you to serve me the heels of the loaf. Cut into just two isosceles triangles.

————————————————————

AND THAT’S ANOTHER THING!!!!

So many won’t eat the end slices of the loaf. Yet for hamburgers and hot dogs they’re eating the heels of mini loaves. And they’ll gag even worse if one dares to suggest they put the burger between two middle slices of white bread.

How is it “That’s different”?

Of course Red - anything you want, anything at all. Your humble "person of the people" attitude is very endearing. Off now to brush up on my Grade 8 geometry...

 

[RedAngie]

Except liverwurst. So gross, talking to you mom.

I was somewhere recently where pre-made sandwiches were sold in a refrigerated take-out case. Included with the ham, turkey, tuna salad, etc. were liverwurst and onion sandwiches.

Apparently enough people there like it.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I don't usually cut sandwiches, but if I do, I cut them diagonally into triangles.

 

[Dead2009]

What kind of savage cuts a sandwich in half?!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

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.

I like triangles, then those cut in half so I have four triangles.