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Sandwiches

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sweeneytoddsrazor · 04/04/2026 12:05

Making myself some lunch yesterday asked DH if he would like anything to which he replied yes please can I have a couple of cheese sandwiches. I made them, 2 slices of bread as per normal cut in half. When he had finished them said thank you he asked , in curious not arsey way, how come when you make a couple of sandwiches you use 2 slices of bread but when you make a couple of toasties you use 4?
I actually don't know the answer. I guess it's probably because in a cafe it is written as toasted sandwich on the menu, whereas a cold sandwich is usually listed under sandwiches. Or am I just strange. He isn't worried either way but I am now left wondering if I am doing it differently to everyone else?

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Mogbiscuit · 04/04/2026 12:21

tealandteal · 04/04/2026 12:08

To me, one sandwich is two pieces of bread. If you cut it in half it’s half a sandwich. So a couple of sandwiches would be 4 pieces of bread and a couple of toasted sandwiches would be the same.

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Me too.

InMySpareTime · 04/04/2026 12:20

A half sandwich is one slice cut into half with filling sandwiched between the two half pieces.
Half a sandwich is two slices filled then cut in half, and shared between two people.

Lemoncake13 · 04/04/2026 12:18

If he asked for a couple of cheese sandwich then I’d think he wanted four slices of bread.

You’ve made me fancy a cheese sandwich now.

DalmationalAnthem · 04/04/2026 12:15

He asked for a couple of sandwiches, you made one.

7238SM · 04/04/2026 12:13

He asked for 'a couple of cheese sandwiches' not 'one cheese sandwich'

I'd have used 4 slices of bread and made him 2 sandwiches. You just made one and cut it in half!

YerMotherWasAHamster · 04/04/2026 12:12

A sandwich is 2 whole slices of bread, how you cut them is irrelevant. You gave him 1 sandwich, cut in half.

Negroany · 04/04/2026 12:11

No such thing as "half a sandwich".

Two bits of bread with something between is a sandwich.

On the menu you refer to, they say "sandwiches" because they offer more than one type, not because cutting it in half makes it two sandwiches (though it does, obviously).

InMySpareTime · 04/04/2026 12:09

A round of sandwiches or is two slices together, cut into either half or quarters. A round of toast is one slice cut into either half or quarters. I’ve never heard of “a couple of sandwiches” meaning one round of sandwiches, to me it would be four slices and two rounds at least (same as with toasties).

AintNoPunshineWhenShesGone · 04/04/2026 12:09

If I asked for a couple of sandwiches I'd expect 4 slices of bread.

2 slices makes one sandwich no matter how you cut it up afterwards.

rubyslippers · 04/04/2026 12:08

A couple is two isn’t it?
if you sue two slices of bread then it’s one sandwich

so I would use four slices of bread for a couple of sandwiches or a couple of toasties

tealandteal · 04/04/2026 12:08

To me, one sandwich is two pieces of bread. If you cut it in half it’s half a sandwich. So a couple of sandwiches would be 4 pieces of bread and a couple of toasted sandwiches would be the same.