To send my sandwich back to be cut up?

[missknows]

Just phoned my husband from the bedroom (struggling with 4 month sleep regression baby) and asked him to make me a sandwich. Tomato puree with ham. Yum yum. Brings it up. . . Whole!!

I made him go back and cut it in half. AIBU or should I have been grateful to get it in the first place?

[wafflyversatile]

Yes. It all becomes clear now. This whole farce could have been neatly avoided had the OP not been a butter refuser.


A lesson for us all.

[Bettercallsaul1]

As I mentioned earlier, OP, I'm more than willing to declare support for your sandwich as long as it doesn't actually have to cross my lips.

As regards the great "to butter or not to butter" debate (a subsection of the main issue), I am a strong adherent of the former and venture to suggest that this is the reason for your controversial spreading of tomato puree ie you have to have some kind of spread and, if you would just use butter instead, you would be able to avoid the former abomination.

I think I've got to the crux of the matter.

[missknows]

I'm glad to have provided you with such a healthy sandwich debate. For what it's worth I'm another butter hater. Toast is the only time butter should touch bread.

Anyone manage to make themselves a sandwich with tomato puree and ham (hopefully cheese and onion crisps too) and able to clarify it is delicious and I am not crazy?

[Bettercallsaul1]

I concur heartily - much food for thought here.

[wafflyversatile]

I think, apart from the butter refuseniks, we can declare this thread a success.

[Bettercallsaul1]

Thank you for that clarification, wafflyversatile, and especially for the helpful "diagram".

I feel we can't go wrong now.

[wafflyversatile]

For a samwidge I normally go for medium and thorough coverage right up to the crusts - not always achievable with hard butter and soft bread.

However since a visit to the north of England I have been converted to thinly spread on both slices of bread for hamwidges. Although I mix it up a bit sometimes I usually prefer plain hamwidges. Very little improves a simple

bread
butter
ham
butter
bread

hamwidge.

[Bettercallsaul1]

wafflyversatile - should the butter be spreaded thickly or thinly ,in your opinion?

[Bettercallsaul1]

So much controversy here! Good to see sandwich sectioning - and all related issues - examined with the rigour it merits. Well done, OP!

[Purplefrogshoes]

YANBU

My DH puts tomato purée in everything, sandwiches, pasta, potato scones, ritz crackers, baked potatoes! Bleugh the list could go on and on

[livelablove]

But was it naice ham?

[PrincessBabyCat]

No wafflyversatile butter in sandwiches is wrong. It should be banned and made illegal.

This.

The only place butter has on a piece of bread is if it's melted on toast.

[wafflyversatile]

You are now officially cutted out of my will.

[Moln]

No wafflyversatile butter in sandwiches is wrong. It should be banned and made illegal.

[SueDoku]

Well both DH and DS insist that cutting a sandwich in ANY way "Lets the taste escape"
DD and I just gaze at them like this

[diddl]

"The cheese thought that was fairly obvious"

Why would it be obvious?

Wasn't sure if the cheese flavour of the crisps was relevant or if it was a substitute for a crunchy topping.

[wafflyversatile]

No butter on the hamwidge?

Now that is wrong.

[iklboo]

There was a pizza in Morrisons yesterday with Doritos style tortilla chips on it.

[Bettercallsaul1]

There are people on this thread who are quite slow on the uptake, OP.

[missknows]

The cheese thought that was fairly obvious

[Bettercallsaul1]

Is it all right to declare yourself converted without actually trying it? If so, I'm in.

[diddl]

I can see the theory behind it, but which part of a pizza do the crisps constitute??

[missknows]

For anyone who is now planning to try this- you use tomato puree as you would butter and spread it on both slices of bread. Add ham (2 slices preferable) and if you want the full experience a few walkers cheese and onion crisps. White or brown bread perfectly acceptable :)

I will have you all converted by the end of the day.

[TestingTestingWonTooFree]

Cutting - YANBU
Purée - YABU
Noodles - YANBU
2 out of 3 ain't bad?

[Coughle]

I have a tube of tomato puree in the fridge. I'll give the sandwich a try and report back.