Sandwiches

As a PP asked, what would you call one of the halves of the sandwich you made? Would you call that a sandwich or half a sandwich?
Also even if the people say they’ll have ‘the sandwiches’ (which sounds really odd and I’ve never heard anyone do it) that still doesn’t help - they don’t say ‘I’ll have 2 cheese sandwiches’ do they?

This exactly .

You make a sandwich then cut it in half and call it two sandwiches? Or do you cut the bread in half then make the sandwiches?

2 slices of bread is one sandwich. Unless it's for little kids, but then I just fold a slice in half, keeps it together more.

Do you usually have just one (of your) sandwich for lunch?

What if he asked for just one sandwich?

A round of toast is always one slice of bread toasted. Two rounds is two slices, and so on. Why would it be more? ‘Round’ is just another way of saying ‘slice’ in this instance.

How? It’s not a sandwich at all until both are put together. You butter each piece and put the filling in, this making a sandwich. Then you cut it in half or quarters to make it easier to eat. That doesn’t make it two or four sandwiches though.

A ciabatta is a ciabatta, not a sandwich. A sandwich is made from slices of bread. This doesn’t mean ‘sliced bread’ in the sense of bread from a packaged, sliced loaf, but you have to slice the bread to make a sandwich…

I'm still confused by your reasoning. When someone asks 'can I have a cheese toastie please' don't they receive a sandwich made up of two slices of toasted bread and cheese, usually cut in half to make it easier to eat? You see the cheese toastie as 1 sandwich, is that right?

So if you see the toasted cheese as 1 sandwich (which it is), then why do you think a sandwich made up of cheese and two slices of non toasted bread is actually 2 sandwiches? It's the same thing only it hasn't been toasted!

I don’t understand your sandwich/toasted sandwich analogy/reasoning at all! 🤷‍♀️
Can you explain what you mean OP?

I'm not surprised he asked for 2. Unless it was stuffed with a tonne of salad and other things, surely a cheese sandwich is a bit measly- hence he asked for 'a couple'.
The term 'a couple' refers to 2, whole things- not 2 halves of one thing!

What were some of the counter arguments? I genuinely thought this was something that wasn't really up for debate. It's like arguing a pair of shoes isn't one shoe for each foot.

Pmsl as we actually had a ‘debate’ about this in our family group chat recently 🤣
It got quite heated but 2 slices of bread = 1 sandwich won in the end!

How can it be 2 sandwiches?

To make a sandwich you get 2 slices of bread, place fillings on one slice and put the other slice on top, that is 1 sandwich. Even if you cut it in half or quarter it, it's still 1 sandwich.

When you order a sandwich in a cafe or shop they give you a sandwich, made up of 2 slices of bread, and charge you for this 1 sandwich. They don't charge you for 2 sandwiches just because they've sliced your sandwich in half so that it's easier to eat.

Yeah.
In my head i've started to pronounce it saMwich as well for some reason 🧐 Probably for a change 🤣

Im chuckling at 2 slices = 2 sandwiches. How?

I was surprised when I heard someone at work mention their sandwiches and it was one sandwich cut in half. I guess that does make it sandwiches, but to my mind a meal portion would be one sandwich, cut or not.

The word sandwich is starting to look wrong and weird now.

This thread is wild

So when you make one sandwich do you only use one piece of bread?

This thread is eye opening. I would have thought it would be commonly agreed that two slices of bread makes a sandwich.

I never use sliced bread to make sandwiches, usually ciabattas or bread cakes. I wouldn't be impressed if a cafe used sliced bread for a sandwich.

If someone wanted two sandwiches they'd get two of those or sent to the shop if they insisted on sliced bread.

I'm with u OP. 2 sandwiches is 2 slices of bread.

Me too.

You gave your partner one sandwich cut in half, not a “couple of sandwiches”. One whole sandwich involves two slices of bread. This is the same for a normal sandwich or a toasted sandwich.

When you buy a meal deal in a shop or order a sandwich in a cafe, you get two slices of bread with filling in between (regardless of how it’s cut and presented).

I must admit, I don’t understand your sandwich/toasted sandwich analogy/reasoning at all!

Being facetious really - but you could cut the round of sandwiches into three or four- and if I were a buffet and selected three different small sandwiches - I would still say I’d had three sandwiches!
OP’s husband is lucky she didn’t cut the sandwich into four and give him just two of the quarters - which could still have been ‘a couple of sandwiches’!😉
Just adding this in the spirit of amusement!!

I think if you are at the kind of buffet where there are platters of pre-cut sandwiches, then ‘one cheese sandwich’ might be the equivalent of one slice of bread, or even half a slice. But when you are making them, sandwiches have two slices of bread each.