What makes a sandwich a… sandwich?
By Rob Jones | April 26, 2010
Can a sandwich be made of a single slice of bread?!
I had a most interesting discussion with my colleagues at lunch today. We were debating about sandwiches and when one had the right to be called a sandwich. Yes, you’ve read that correctly! I’m not quite sure how we came to this topic, but at one point one colleague was arguing that a sandwich was made of two slices of bread and others that a sandwich could be a single slice of bread as well.
Personally, I was on the side with the single slice. I mean, what else could it be called if I take a slice of bread, put some cheese on it and fold it up? Only half a sandwich? One of the colleagues of the opponent side nodded vehemently at this, exclaiming how he and his wife always argued about it. As an example he added that whenever his wife asks him for a sandwich he gives her two slices of bread and she will complain she wanted only one. I’m not one to mix into someone else’s marital disputes, but secretly I thought his wife has every reason to complain!
I don’t think our lunch came to a close with a satisfying answer. The topic is still open to debate for me and I’d love to hear someone provide the correct answer, including their reasoning, to this dilemma! Can a sandwich be made of a single slice of bread, or not?!
