To ask if those of us who enjoy a sandwich for lunch are a dying breed

Certain bread doesn’t agree with me , but I often crave white Tiger bread that’s fresh with a nice filling
I used to eat a lot of sandwiches, but not so much lately.

I no longer work 😁but for the later few years I switched to mainly salads and soups. Before then I mostly had sandwiches, however I frequently found that by home time I was a bit shaky and "duthery". It felt like low blood sugar or something. I used to have a mile and a bit to walk home so often ended up buying a Twix or something to give me a boost.

Then I started taking the salads, primarily as a way to lose a bit of weight. I was surprised to find that after a salad lunch I never got the shakiness later on. If for any reason I had not taken a salad and bought a sandwich again then the sensation often returned.

I think I read an explanation once which I have half forgotten, something to do with the bread causing an energy crash or something?

Anyway it worked better for me.

Stainless steel! Wow!

some form of seasoned chicken and salad mostly (fun I know)
however, a great one is a little like a cottage pie. Minced beef onion and gravy cooked normally and then placed in a Pyrex dish. Mash cauliflower and broccoli on top in place of mash and a thin layer of cheese on top. Place in oven for 15/20 mins. We’ve done the same with curried chicken but you have to use a lot of chicken.

I make myself a sandwich most mornings. Just feels the easiest, most obvious lunchy thing. I am 56 years old.

I make myself a sandwich most mornings. Just feels the easiest, most obvious lunchy thing. I am 56 years old.

Peanut butter and jam sandwiches here (made with defrosted bread).
My lunches are depressing to match my job!

Dc have bagels or wraps in their packed lunch - there isn't much else they can take that doesn't involve lots of effort for me. I either take leftovers or make a sandwich for myself. Said is not filling enough and often takes more time to prepare.

I suspect sandwiches are more “on the go” thing. If people can heat up in a microwave, sit in the office for their lunch then they do leftovers. It’s quicker to put some of your yesterday stew in a Tupperware box rather than to do a sandwich.

We do sandwiches still but we bake our own bread so maybe that’s why - feels a bit healthier.

I love a sandwich. Unfortunately, I don't work a job where I can eat them regularly any more, my arse is large and gets bigger very quickly where bread is involved. When I had a job on my feet all day, I'd happily eat them most days.

My Christmas treat to myself is a loaf of Jackson's bread, a tub of lurpak, and sandwiches or toast whenever I fancy until it's gone.

Oh, I absolutely love a sandwich. A well made sandwich is one of life’s greatest culinary pleasures. Not a rubbish limp bland one but a proper nice fat freshly made one.

Yes. If I do a bolognese for 2 of us, I'll use 500g of mince and get 2 large portions and 2 lunch portions. I'll cook a full head of broccoli most evening meals, the rest goes with lunches the next day.

(Missing the point but....) what do you make at home that creates all these leftovers? I never have leftovers of anything? Do you deliberately make extra so e.g cook extra veg so it can be relegated to the leftovers tub?

I have developed a gluten intolerance but am now craving some salt and pepper tiger bread 🥴🤦‍♀️ However that can't happen so will have some greek yoghurt, berries and honey. My teenage son however inhales regular bacon sandwiches followed by nutella ones 🤣

Nope not me I love a sandwich 😋😋

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I so pleased I’m not the only one!

OP, maybe they are all MNers, as bread is generally frowned upon on here.

I love a wrap or sandwich and have them most working days. I don’t like mayo amongst other things so most shop bought ones are ruled out but my home made are lovely.

I love a nice big sandwich but they make me very fat and having lost 5 stone I'll be sitting there with my salad and a fork.

I love sandwiches but I do regard them now as an indulgent treat! I am what one might called a porker (or former porker thanks to
Mounjaro)

We are a dying breed! My ex SIL declaring she loves sandwiches made my heart sing!

Cheese and pickle or ploughmanS

i do not care for a wrap- too dense and chewy. I need soft pillowy bloomer bread

nothing makes me happier than making a platter of sandwiches for an event. Always using mary
berry’s advice!

I always have a smoked cheese bagel! But sometimes it's easier to grab a box of left overs from the fridge! I currently have lasania and pasta in mine!

I like a sandwich. Dd is early 20s likes a sandwich too.
If I had a straightforward salad for lunch I would be starving by 3pm.

I love a sandwich.

Honestly, they are basically what's sustained me since my marriage ended last summer.

Thank you ham sandwich.

ive got right off Sarnies and I used to love them. But it’s nothing to do with health, carb avoidance and all that.

It’s because the bread has gone bad, pre-packaged sandwich bread is awful! Thick and chewy and tasteless, always one or a combination of those. The butter is……something? I looked at it once, it’s a a sort of almost clear colour lard like paste 😳
And anything with a particle of moisture makes it soggy - tomatoes anyone?

whether it was always the case, and I’ve been spoilt with high quality bread and decent fillings, I’ll still make a sandwich at home, with decent ingredients.

But you’d have to pay me to eat a shop bought one (same for Cornish pasties or pies in plastics wrappers)