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.

@TiroirSousLeMiroir I've tried Koolaod and apart from adding water it tastes nothing like. Squash. It is a granule/ powder and the one I had was bright orange.

I love the usa but aside from some lovely farmers' markets, there needs to be a generic overhaul of the cheese business. I have seen cheese with corn syrup listed as a main ingredient. And yet it's all named "cheddar". My heart hurts for dear old Cheddar Gorge in Somerset which didn't manage to protect its name in the way Champagne did.

A lovely slab of extra mature Somerset cheddar is wonderful.

I didn't promise it was good! It also contains corn syrup. See also my post about cheese.

(Disclaimer I do like the USA and am in love with clam chowder served in a bread bowl!)

We love Wegmans. We vacation every summer in Western New York state. Our first stop after we get settled in our cottage rental is Wegmans.

I'm amazed that someone can think that in a country as huge as America all the chocolate is awful.

I remember when a work colleague brought us back some chocolate from their US holiday about 20 years ago and we were all aghast because it tasted like vomit which exactly as you say, will have been the milk.

I read that the milk in hersheys is lipolysed, which makes it taste a bit sicky.
Edit to say oops a pp beat me to that comment, sorry

Corn syrup?? Legally that can't be labelled cheese. Even Velveeta and Kraft slices aren't, there are specific FDA definitions for things like "processed cheese product" and such. FDA even warned Kraft once for using the wrong term! You can sell things that look like cheese (there's some really awful imitation products) but it can't be labelled as cheese.

Cheddar has been turned into a generic name all through the English speaking world I'm afraid.

But Herseys is not the only available chocolate. (btw I quite like it, not that I've had any for years).

So now we’re fucking weirdos because we don’t butter our sandwiches.

when I’m on American focused forums and posters from the UK post about their cultures no one ever bashes them for their differences.

why should everyone do everything the same way? Mainly why only hate against the US no one bashes other countries cultures.

And I use a kettle for my tea and I don’t like butter, plus I see it as wasted calories so never butter my bread or toast.

I've never met anyone that actually likes Hershey's. People eat it because it's usually free like a bowl of Kisses somewhere.

Ghirardelli chocolate is overrated too. I stick to clam chowder and sourdough when in San Fran, skip the chocolate.

Thank God @mathanxiety is already on the thread.

Cut sandwiches - yes
Butter on sandwiches - generally no
Toast - yes
Kettles - yes, but the kind that you heat on a gas or electric stove, not the electric kind. The standard 110 volt 15 amp circuit would heat the water too slowly.
Premade sandwiches - in larger supermarkets yes. Whole Foods has excellent premade sandwiches.
Large apartments and houses- in most suburbs, yes

No, true, and I think we can agree we all like m&ms.

I think you might be misinterpreting the British sense of humour here. Nobody actually thinks you are weirdos, it’s just a turn of phrase.

We're not all bashing our cousins in the USA. We have differences, as you say. You only have to read the comments on facebook videos about laundry appliances to see that one.

Yes, I don't think this thread is American bashing at all, and having been on MN for 15 years, believe me I know it when I see it. We are just exploring differences in culture in a light-hearted way.

I have lived in the UK. I still remember the first time someone tried to serve me beans for breakfast. Now that was weird.

We don't think you're fucking weirdos, I promise. It's just typical dry, sarcastic British sense of humour. The thread's intended to be light-hearted.

😂😱But did you like them??

It's the Christmas and baby shower threads that get nasty about Americans really.

That would be a resounding no. But later they gave me a bacon roll, so all was forgiven.😀

Aww. You should have added a bit of HP sauce into those beans. Or put them on a nice bit of bread. Buttered, obviously.

I'm bringing my American grandsons to Scotland in September and they are desperate to try beans on toast, black pudding and haggis. They also love all the chocolate and biscuits from the Uk, and even they know it's far superior to what is commonly sold here.

Canadian bacon is fried for breakfast. It is not a cold cut.

These threads where people spread weird misconceptions about North Americans crack me up.

oooh moving here, now THOSE get heated!