Do Americans not cut their sliced bread sandwiches?

[BurntBroccoli]

I've often noticed that Americans on TV never seem to cut their sandwiches in half ) or quarters like British people.
Is this a thing? Does it depend on the filling?
Do some of you not cut your sandwiches?

Thinking sliced bread type of sarnies here, not baguettes or paninis etc.

Sandwich’s do get cut in half just line in UK. My Dad was always perplexed as to why American shopping bags don’t have handles as on TV American’s always have their groceries in brown paper bags and struggle to carry them. When he came to visit he saw that supermarket bags are exactly the same as in the UK

They do cut them in my experience, don't tend to butter them though!

Not sure about slicing sandwiches, but they are bonkers about butter. Loads of them seem to think buttering bread is really weird. Mayo is fine, but butter? Nope.

I had the same experience! Why do TV shows pretend Americans haven’t invented handles?

On TV Chinese takeaway comes in those square cardboard containers, is this another lie?

You'll be telling us that Americans don't all live in massive houses or city centre apartments either next. Is all US TV and film a lie?

I was born and raised in the States but left at 18. Growing up, we definitely ‘cut’ our sandwiches. That said, my mum’s from Kilkenny, Ireland so sandwiches were cut into halves and in my case, buttered, which I hated as a kid. It sort of embarrassed me because my classmates thought it was so weird. I LOVE butter and mayo and have always used them on sandwiches throughout my adulthood.

Yes, sandwiches are typically cut in half in the US, at home and at restaurants. Seldom in quarters though unless it's a club sandwich.

In my region of the US, we don't butter bread for sandwiches.

The Chinese restaurants near where I live do have those square take-out boxes.

“On TV Chinese takeaway comes in those square cardboard containers, is this another lie?”

This is absolutely true! I love and miss them! I’ve always disliked the plastic containers used over here. No need for all that excess waste. And leftovers taste amazing straight out of the cardboard containers.

Americans don't butter their sandwiches?! My mind is blown, I had no idea.

I like threads like this. It was on here that I learned that most Americans don’t use kettles.

Oh that would be fab for me re butter as I can’t eat sandwiches in shops and cafes as I hate butter/ marg. I have to buy a wrap if buying g a packaged sandwich.

We never used to have plastic Chinese food containers. They used to be foil with a cardboard lid.

@Totoe the French don’t used kettles either or toasters .Coffee machines and I guess croissants!

Not cutting sandwiches on film and TV might be continuity thing so they don’t have to worry about the slices looking the same for multiple takes.

I can’t remember which tv show podcast I heard it on, but apparently that’s the reason presents are always in boxes instead of in wrapping paper.

What do they use?

They don’t really drink tea so have coffee machines.

Wait, what? How do they make a cup of tea or fill a hot water bottle?

We use stove top tea kettles.

Dont get me started on how tea is made around where I live (East Coast US). Its generally hot ish water with a tea bag on the side for you to dunk yourself. One of my good friends microwaves the water to warm it for tea <<shudder>>

Very few bought sandwiches round here are made from sliced bread, when you order one you can chose “white,wheat,wrap,bulkie,ciabatta,sub” for your bread options and virtually no one chooses the sliced bread options.
the translation is “sliced white bread, sliced brown bread, a big square tortilla wrap, a big round bread roll, a ciabatta chunk, a long rectangular bread roll”

butter is never an option, its mayo and / or mustard and then you get into cheeses, meats, tuna, salad veggies, pickle slices, jalapeno slices, the list goes on and on.

What a sad, butteriess existence. What's the beef with butter in the states!? I don't understand...

Apparently they boil water on the hob or in the microwave.

We like butter. We just don't put it on sandwiches. We put it on other things, like toast and biscuits (American biscuits that is).

We also don't eat much lamb. Lamb consumption in the US per capita is very low.

I've never felt the appeal to visit the US and after reading this thread i shan't be changing my mind in a hurry.

No butter? All that jargon for 12 different types of bread?

Good grief.

The fact nobody owns a kettle is just too much to bear.

I have a kettle that sits on the top of the stove, but I seldom have the need to boil water for a drink.