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.

So a built in window that only looks into another room rather than outside is considered legally acceptable?! That's nuts.

I am currently in the US and always cut our sandwiches. However, my so sons frequently told me Z they were growing up that many of their friends families did not cut.

Another southerner here who can second that. BBQ is a way of cooking meat. A cookout is cooking outside on a grill. So if you're throwing hamburgers on the grill that is grilling or cooking out. Cooking low and slow over a smoky fire is BBQ and it is freakin' spectacular.

Don't they have awful chocolate as well? That put paid to me ever thinking of moving to the US, no Cadburys...😭

No, the window has to open to the outside or by definition it isn't a window.

I can't speak for the whole US but where I live and in any state I have lived in, which number is about 10, it has to be an exterior window. An interior window that looks into another room would not count.

Well, it's not nuts because it's not the case. They look onto what's called an airshaft or ventilation shaft, a necessity in a city of skyscrapers. Somewhat similar to Parisian courtyards that can be small and labyrinthine.

https://www.google.com/search?q=air%20shaft%20in%20buildings&udm=2&sa=X&ved=0CBsQtI8BahcKEwiQpur9kKqHAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQJQ&biw=412&bih=786&dpr=2.63

@LifeExperience Thanks both for clarifying. I've always been confused when I see the real estate videos that show windows in an internal room (I'm probably not describing this well). They are basically long, rectangular high-up windows that don't seem to serve any purpose, other than perhaps allowing a bit more light into the room. They seem to be quite common.

We have Cadbury's in most every grocery store. I just checked the one I usually use and they carry several types.

I always wondered about the paper bags! What if you had several, how the hell do you carry them 🤣

Cadbury’s has been owned by Kraft / Mondelez for 14 years, and I’m with Rich Hall on that one.

Those might be basement rooms where most of the room is below grade except for the windows.

That is exactly what they're for. Building codes have light requirements. The last house I owned had a large two-story greatroom. It had windows and a sliding glass door to the deck on the first story, and several feet above those there was another large window for additional light.

A lot of houses have 2 story foyers and will have a window above the front door for the same reason.

Americans drink a lot of Tea. Everyone I know has tea kettle or tea pot. We use hot water bottles, but not on a regular basis.. Some may just boil water in a saucepan. We cut sandwiches too. My mother used to put butter on sandwiches, but mayonnaise is the chosen condiment on a sandwich. Also the US is very large. You'll find that things will vary from the Northeast, South, Midwest, Southwest and West regions also. Many influences in different areas are from those that settled there.

@Firefly1987 I can buy twirls and crunchies at my local bodega. You can also get kinder chocolate basically everywhere.

As several posters have commented, I think the paper bag thing with no handles is a movie trope. What you see much more now are reusable cloth bags. That's what we use. They have handles.

See “Barbecue Showdown” currently on Netflix!

There used to be a sandwich shop in Glasgow called “Roland butter”.

In my part of the US paper bags without handles are pretty common, some people have electric kettles or they may have a dedicated tap for boiling water. Yup mayo is the most common thing in sandwiches

Home Alone?

No idea, but perhaps it's the same reason why steam irons in TV shows in the UK were almost always used without water. As in, there was no steam coming from the iron.

Never mind the butter and windows and god-awful chocolate-wtf is going on with aluminium? A-loo-min-um ffs. And pecan nuts. P'kahns?!?! Pea-cuns. I have great fun talking about these things with my lovely American godfather. Two nations divided by a common language indeed.

I'm not a fan of Hershey's, but there is a lot of great chocolate too

Where I am we have paper bags with handles. But since you have to pay for bags, most people do reusable.