[Closed] Sandwich cutting

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Flatmate of mine used to insist on a controversial 7-4 cut. She would eat the smaller lower section first knowing that the bigger and better slice was still to come. Is that an eating disorder??

I'm having a problem with your co-ordinate system

Possibly best you get someone else to cut your sarnies then 😉

IVe been known to stick a slice of thin pizza in a nicely buttered piece of bread!!!!

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That is the way to do it binners. Good lad. What kind of muppet would try to cut that in half?

10-2 cut, so that the 'half' of the sandwich with the square crust is bigger than the other

I've never done the pie on a muffin thing but it looks fattastic. Maybe one night as a beer-munchies solution.

I've never done the pie on a muffin thing but it looks fattastic. Maybe one night as a beer-munchies solution.

Anyway, that looks gross, it needs to be fried!

Muffin?? That's a cob?? Or bap at a push!

Single slice folded seems to be missing from the list.

For me, usually no cutting, just eat it.

If the daughter is around, both diagonals, she is only one and half a sandwich is hard for her to hold. It does actually seem rather nice having lots of teeny weeny sandwiches too.

Isnt that a 'Wigan kebab' rather than a sandwich Binners?

Horizontal for me, across the vertical sausages. Triangular for the laydeez.

I cant believe that i've read all the replies and no ones mentioned the bestest most fantastic sarnie cutting ever.......

The Sailboat!!!!

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Can also be done with regular 'square' bread but you have to cut the bottom off to make it square and use it as the flag

Oh smart! im doing all mine like that from now on.

Triangular for the laydeez.

Fact.

My mother (if i go for tea) still insits on cutting mine diagonal, i haven't the heart to tell her they taste rubbish like that.

I'm 42...

Personally I'd love to be able to go with the simplicity of the straight across 9-3 cut. However, to ignore the knowledge of the ancient egyptians risks a mouldy lunch, as they proved that the shape of a pyramid preserves whatever is onside (you will all be familiar of the story of French explorer Bovis finding the preserved cat in the Great Pyramid).

For that reason I'd argue that triangles in the exact proportion of the pyramids is the only way to go. An equilateral triangle with a base of 440 units and sides of 418 (see diagram below) is the usual proportion chosen by sandwich makers with an eye on the longevity of their filling, such that the vertical is therefore 356 units.

You'll be pleased to know that use of the Egyptian cubit as a measure is not required, as that would make for an unwieldy sandwich. It's just the ratio that matters.

You need to adjust the bread by trimming unless you make a custom tin for home made loaves.

I've attached a diagram below.

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[i]Chilli con carne on a butty? Dear God! Were you raised by wolves or something? [/i]

Show me any savoury food and I'll show you a valid sandwich filling (maybe not soup, though).

I hope we all understand the mechanics of adjusting for moist fillings through intelligent use of slice thickness, light toasting and appropriate butter application, yes?

Isnt that a 'Wigan kebab' rather than a sandwich Binners?

That's exactly what it is. Spud pie on't bap. (Of course, in more civilised areas it's a barm or tea cake. My preference would be a butter pie and an oven bottom).

OAP mentions the monoslicefold, or "sport sandwich". I associate these with a hasty peanut butter munch. There's just something not quite the same about 2 sport sarnies vs the equivalent chopped to your liking. Time enriches a sandwich, much like the sportf*ck (see fight club) the sport sandwich or sportwich lacks a certain...something. It does however have it's place when conditions are right.

The sailboat blew my mind. That's some next level sh*t.

Petrieboy, I had never fathomed purposefully choosing unequal sandwiches. The 7-4 is ground I feel unlikely to tread.

Bez:

Show me any savoury food and I'll show you a valid sandwich filling (maybe not soup, though).

Aha! You sir, should convey your noble posterior to the Americas, where you will discover an infernal contraption they call "[i]the bread bowl[/i]".

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(Don't think you can slice that one 9-3 OR 12-6 without consequences)

No cut, as its intended else would be half a sarnie.

Bread bowl is good for goulash - had it a few times in Switzerland. Sport sandwich good for leftovers - infact any form of american or european meat or veg in sauce food. Also banana or jam sandwiches. Anything except curry that requires some form of flow control on the filling.

Where are we on sandwiches without crusts. My view is, its just far to confusing to know which side you start on when eating with the posh people.

What the brian is a 'sport sandwich'? I can think of few things less sporty.

I'm not proud I'll use anyones terminology. Never heard of it called a sport sandwich before but it'll do. Its just a one slice fold and hold sandwich.

cutting sandwiches is for girls. end.

Cougar:

So you've just done a (insert physically demand act/event/procedure) and immediately need to eat a sandwich. The time taken to make a one slice wonder is barely anything; one hand gets the bread, the other a filling and knife, the two meld and are folded. Thus the sportwich is created. They also suit the late individual who has no time for anything before leaving the house.

These can't be made on plates, crockery has no place in athletic eating.

[i]Aha! You sir, should convey your noble posterior to the Americas, where you will discover an infernal contraption they call "the bread bowl".[/i]

Ah - I am aware of said item.

But it's no sandwich 🙂

Has to be one of the ultimate food fight weapons, though.