Sandwiches

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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?

What? Your family doesn’t know that a sandwich is made up of 2 slices of bread?It’s like wanting a pair of trousers and being asked how many legs.

I can’t believe this thread, it’s got to be a wind up.

2 slices of bread cut in half is one sandwich. Would you break a biscuit in half and say you have 2 biscuits?

You've given him 1 sandwich, he asked for a couple of sandwiches. 1 sandwich is 2 slices of bread used so a couple of sandwiches is 4 slices . You gave him 1 sandwich cut in half

I would call what you made one sandwich. Two sandwiches would be four slices of breads.

Of course there is, if you have a sandwich and cut it into 4 , you've got 4 quarters of a sandwich. Eat 2 and you still have half a sandwich. You don't buy a loaf of bread cut down the middle...so every sandwich you make is a sandwich....you wouldn't cut each slice into four and butter individually....you start with a whole, then subdivide

Op your DH is right. You've been hoodwinked by meal deal sandwich(es) which should be illegal as you aren't getting a plural of sandwich but one sandwich cut in two

My god I don't think I've ever used the word sandwich so much🤣🤣

Four rounds of bread = two sandwiches in this house anyway!

You made one sandwich.

Same here. You made your DH a sandwich not a couple of sandwiches 🤷‍♀️

Just out of interest OP. If he'd asked for "a cheese sandwich" what would you have given him?

Although I agree with most of your post, I disagree on your first point - I often make myself a sandwich with just one slice of bread, we call it an "Arthur", for 'alf a sandwich!

Sorry, but yeah, that's weird...

I think if you are at the kind of buffet where there are platters of pre-cut sandwiches, then ‘one cheese sandwich’ might be the equivalent of one slice of bread, or even half a slice. But when you are making them, sandwiches have two slices of bread each.

Being facetious really - but you could cut the round of sandwiches into three or four- and if I were a buffet and selected three different small sandwiches - I would still say I’d had three sandwiches!
OP’s husband is lucky she didn’t cut the sandwich into four and give him just two of the quarters - which could still have been ‘a couple of sandwiches’!😉
Just adding this in the spirit of amusement!!

You gave your partner one sandwich cut in half, not a “couple of sandwiches”. One whole sandwich involves two slices of bread. This is the same for a normal sandwich or a toasted sandwich.

When you buy a meal deal in a shop or order a sandwich in a cafe, you get two slices of bread with filling in between (regardless of how it’s cut and presented).

I must admit, I don’t understand your sandwich/toasted sandwich analogy/reasoning at all!

Me too.

I'm with u OP. 2 sandwiches is 2 slices of bread.

I never use sliced bread to make sandwiches, usually ciabattas or bread cakes. I wouldn't be impressed if a cafe used sliced bread for a sandwich.

If someone wanted two sandwiches they'd get two of those or sent to the shop if they insisted on sliced bread.

So when you make one sandwich do you only use one piece of bread?

This thread is eye opening. I would have thought it would be commonly agreed that two slices of bread makes a sandwich.

This thread is wild

The word sandwich is starting to look wrong and weird now.

I was surprised when I heard someone at work mention their sandwiches and it was one sandwich cut in half. I guess that does make it sandwiches, but to my mind a meal portion would be one sandwich, cut or not.

Yeah.
In my head i've started to pronounce it saMwich as well for some reason 🧐 Probably for a change 🤣

Im chuckling at 2 slices = 2 sandwiches. How?

How can it be 2 sandwiches?

To make a sandwich you get 2 slices of bread, place fillings on one slice and put the other slice on top, that is 1 sandwich. Even if you cut it in half or quarter it, it's still 1 sandwich.

When you order a sandwich in a cafe or shop they give you a sandwich, made up of 2 slices of bread, and charge you for this 1 sandwich. They don't charge you for 2 sandwiches just because they've sliced your sandwich in half so that it's easier to eat.

Pmsl as we actually had a ‘debate’ about this in our family group chat recently 🤣
It got quite heated but 2 slices of bread = 1 sandwich won in the end!

What were some of the counter arguments? I genuinely thought this was something that wasn't really up for debate. It's like arguing a pair of shoes isn't one shoe for each foot.