So what is the hive minds consensus on the best way to wrap your sandwiches if no tupperware is available?

Cling film or foil?

My understanding is that the official word is to avoid using clingfilm where it’ll be in direct contact with the food.

So, foil.

– sandwich bags/ cling film

Foil always feels like an extravagance, but I’m not sure which is the worst use of resources. Can you recycle foil?

My understanding is that the official word is to avoid using clingfilm where it’ll be in direct contact with the food.

back in the day maybe – pretty sure modern clingfilm is fine

Paper

Foil does seem like an extravagance (which lead me to the question), but I don’t know if it really is or not.

Do sandwich bags really work, my sandwiches disintegrate if not held together…

brown paper bag, a la Walt White?

Newspaper, lad. Proper way. 😉

Old crisp bag from under me pillow, forward thinking !

Parma Ham?

sandwich bags are fine, just make sarnies that stick together.

and you get a free resealable rubbish bag after you’ve eaten them.

Parma ham? Is that then like a middle class pasty?

I went and looked it up…

Guidance on using cling film safely
The FSA’s advice is that not every type of cling film is suitable for all uses. To protect the quality and taste of food and make sure cling film is used correctly, it is important not to:

use cling film where it could melt into the food – eg in conventional ovens or with pots and pans on cooker hobs
allow cling film to touch the food when re-heating or cooking it in a microwave oven
use cling film in contact with high fat foods unless the manufacturer’s advice says it is suitable for this
High fat foods include:

some types of cheese
raw meats with a layer of fat
fried meats
pastry products
cakes with butter icing or chocolate coatings
How plastic food contact materials are regulated
European Commission Regulation 10/2011 controls the substances used in plastic food contact materials and sets out conditions for using them. The directive applies throughout Europe and its rules are included in UK food law. Independent expert committees have examined the plasticisers used in cling film. Where necessary, restrictions have been introduced to protect public health.

The Food Contact Materials Team can provide more information about the safety of cling film used in the food industry. You can contact them by email at FoodContactMaterial@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can call the Food Standards Agency Food Contact Materials Team Helpline on Tel 020 7276 8555.

So you’re probably fine with cold sandwiches assuming they’re not high fat…

Plastic sandwich bag which I wash/re-use.

^^^there’s a man who should know!

from my extensive* research, it seems foil is best, if it gets recycled.

*extensively brief

Foil. I buy a cheap roll of it that comes with no packaging. It’s recyclable where I live so I just take it home.

I usually use the loaf bag that the bread came in (reduce > re-use > recycle). Funnily enough, it’s just about the right size to fit the bread…

Foil, due the improved structural integrity it provides; ie, you’re less likely to wind up with an Airfix “build your own sandwich” kit by lunchtime.

Cling film, but stored in a plastic box, so they don’t get crushed.
More important in my book, is the where the ‘sauce or condiment’ is placed within the sandwich makeup. No sauce near the bread (except mustard), as butter will not stop it going soggy (if you can leave sauce off till you eat.. even better)

More important in my book, is the where the ‘sauce or condiment’ is placed within the sandwich makeup. No sauce near the bread (except mustard), as butter will not stop it going soggy (if you can leave sauce off till you eat.. even better)

That’s just so wrong I don’t know where to start! Cheese and tomato sandwich – simple yet so good – is even better a couple of hours after making (suitable sealed in foil) when the tomato juice has soaked into the bread. Same goes for sauces – mayo, for example.

<shudders> man that just plain nasty, damp bread, baaaaaarrrrrrffffffff

Grease proof paper and string.

<shudders> man that just plain nasty, damp bread, baaaaaarrrrrrffffffff

Wrong wrong wrong!

Presumably you’re the kind of weirdo that would leave the last bit of soup in the bowl, despite having a bread roll to hand to clean it up?

😡 😀

Paper and string?! Isn’t that just too much trouble?

And a, not too, soggy sandwich is good – hence my trouble keeping the thing whole…

Where on earth are you if there is no tuppaware available. It is not possible to be more the 800 yards from a pound shop in the UK.

Presumably you’re the kind of weirdo that would leave the last bit of soup in the bowl, despite having a bread roll to hand to clean it up?

Nope, That’s the only exception I have to getting bread ‘wet’ (can’t waste good soup)… never on a sandwich though 😛

We’re never short of tupperware-like boxes. Out Indian take-away supplies them.

If not, then foil which we recycle afterwards.

which I wash/re-use.

😯

Anyhoo, in the absence of a box I’d go with cling film for freshness followed by foil for protection.

sharkbait – Member

which I wash/re-use.

The heavy duty ones (e.g. resealable jobbies from Ikea) are perfectly washable.

Ah OK……. not so Mr Bean then! 🙂