To think the correct way to cut a sandwich is diagonally?

Right you - outside!

Rectangular. I dislike in the shop bought triangular cut sandwiches that you get bigger dry boring corners, at either end, with no filling in them.

Squares for packed lunch and triangles on a plate. 2 triangles sticking up, with 2 lying down abutted, holding them up.

Edit: to say NEVER cut into 2.

FIL cuts into long narrow ‘railway sleepers’
Ive no idea why.

The point of the thread is a light hearted discussion about those different opinions (on whatever it may be). Is that truly hard for you to deduce?

I agree, it's really irritating when people respond to these threads in this way.

People are clearly being light-hearted and enjoying themselves and yet they had to come on here and "expend mental energy" with their miserable comment.

But for what it's worth.... 😁

Scone or Scone
To rhyme with gone. Because if it doesn't, you can't do the brilliant joke "What's the fastest cake in the world... S'GONE!"

Jam or cream first
Sigh, jam OF COURSE. Not only is it heavier, but cream has always been a topping. The "But cream is a fat, it replaces the butter" it's SUCH a weak argument. Butter is butter, cream is cream and, as previously mentioned, cream is a topping.

Tea or milk in the cup first
Milk if the tea is made with a teapot, tea if it's made in the cup. This is the law.

Does mayonnaise have any place in a cheese sandwich (certainly not)
A cheese sandwich does not have any place without mayonnaise! and a lot of cafes need to understand this. They use mainly grated cheese (understandable for catering establishments) and all the cheese falls out without something like mayonnaise to hold it together. Plus a cheese sandwich is just to dry without it.

Brown or red sauce on a bacon sandwich?
I'm vegetarian so I don't care, have what you like. I don't like either on anything though, so I imagine if I was a meat eater (never have been) I'd have neither.

So consider yourself educated 😄

I'm embarrassed to ask this but how do you cut a sandwich vertically?

Triangular sandwiches are too... pointy.

I prefer triangles now but have strong memories of being deeply suspicious or triangle sandwiches as a child and requesting rectangles from my Mum.

I wonder why you expended any energy, mental or otherwise, in bothering to comment then.

I was brought up to regard triangular-cut sandwiches as fancy-schmancy!

I'd do it like that for a party but not for my lunch.

Don't complicate matters! This conundrum is difficult enough as it is...

Scone or Scone
Jam or cream first
Tea or milk in the cup first
Does mayonnaise have any place in a cheese sandwich (certainly not)
Brown or red sauce on a bacon sandwich?

And then the fighting started 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yet again, another thread lost on people

Do you never have debates and discussion about small minor things just in a lighthearted way? Its onerous to have to explain things like this

See also:

Scone or Scone
Jam or cream first
Tea or milk in the cup first
Does mayonnaise have any place in a cheese sandwich (certainly not)
Brown or red sauce on a bacon sandwich?

Lots of other hardcore contentious subjects.

Triangles are best but for some reason I always cut my children's sandwiches into rectangles. I don't know, triangles just feel too grown up 😄

I cut the crusts off.

Why does there have to be a correct way? You do you and others can do their way. Makes no difference and not worth expending mental energy over.

...but diagonally you get:

• top crust, side crust
• bottom crust, side crust

🤔

I cut them on the wonk, so rhomboid I guess.

For afternoon tea i cut the crust off and cut into three fingers. Definitely taste better that way.

Now I’m aware I can do so, it will be vertical for me from now on.

Everyday - triangles. If I’m going fancy then a standard two slices of bread sandwich will be cut into three fingers.

I like 2 rectangles 😊 or 4 triangles 🥪

Subtly different*

I personally find something undignified about triangle eating. Posting the corner into your mouth is off-puttingly prissy to me. Plus I prefer the two distinct edges of crust and the subtly textures of crumb at the bottom and top. From the top and underside of the loaf.

In WhassatNow land, this depends on who you're cutting them for:

• for triangle fanciers: cut into triangles if you like the person and indulge their foibles, otherwise rectangles
• all other situations: rectangles - less risk of filling escape. If posh rectangles are required, cut smaller and/or remove crusts and carefully consider the pairing of loaf to filling.

The above only applies for sandwiches made from a rectangular cross-section bread, which is what I'd consider a sandwich to be. Never cut a roll (unless it's the only bread you have in and it's for someone who's going to eat less than a full roll, in which case practical considerations win out). Half panini off perpendicular. Filled baton are for a massive appetite, leave them in one piece. Toasties are for social occasions and are cut into quarters according to the conditions above, and shared between whoever is present, so that no one person is left waiting for multiple rounds of toasties to have been made before they can eat.

You see the long line of the diagonal and your brain gets confused
same as tall jars look more than short squat ones

anyway YABU because it’s personal preference and people shouldn’t be expected to be the same

i orefer rectangle because filling is less likely to fall out the thin ends