Everyone knows sandwich crusts should match

[SwissCheeseIsHolyCheesus]

Just had this argument discussion with dp when he caught me rearranging his sandwiches, he says it dosent matter.

I say it does.

The bottom crust should match the bottom crust, and the top crust should match the top crust, it looks better, is tidier and holds the filling in better.

When was the last time anybody saw a shop bought butty with unmatched crusts hey ??

So tell me, am I being unreasonable to sneak behind dp and match his crusts for him ??!!

TLE - are you me??

Blimey - I thought I was the only nut job out there .

Slight disclaimer - I don't like anyone using my mug, but I don't replace it if someone does. However, I do have a long list of other 'fussy' habits!! [I think it's probable I have OCD but can't see the value in getting a 'diagnosis' as I don't plan on changing anytime soon!!].

Bread - like a book - goes without saying really!!

~June OMG i do that with bread as well!!!

Matching crusts here too, although we don't have triangular sandwiches as they don't fit so conveniently into lunch boxes.

Howewver if my H were to be making his own sandwiches I wouldn't go as far as to rearrange them for him. But I would always make them matching myself.

First of all, whoever said on the second page that you eat the slice made with the bottom first is wrong. You eat the most crusty bit first so that you can get it over with and then have the nice uber-filled bit. I would also like to point out that this whole "eat crusts and get curly hair" malarky is a LIE. I have faithfully been eating crusts for eyars, and my hair is only vaguely wavy

I am very controversial when it comes to sandwiches - I never use butter or margarine and haven't done so since I was about 10.

I cut the sandwiches differently depending on the filling

Bacon- cut into two rectangle halves.

Egg mayo- cut into four triangles and put on the plate to they face upwards in a row iyswim?

Tuna- cut into two triangles.

etc

I think the sandwiches taste better this way, but then i also realise i need help

The proper hotel way of presenting sandwiches, is cut into four triangles, with the two middles ones pointy end up, and the two outer ones laid flat with the pointy ends out.

My OH also eats sandwiches made with the crusts if bread, which I only either give to the ducks, or I sometimes eat with soup if they are still fresh, as proper bread goes too soggy when you dip it in soup.

Me - matching crust tendencies.

Dh - puts filling on bottom half of slice of bread, then folds bread over so that top and bottom crusts meet.

Just wrong imo.

Abs, you evil, evil person. Say 10 hail marys and kiss my toes

TheConstantIroner, divorce the man, it's the only solution.

Never SwissCheese! I maintain that no butter/margarine is the way forward. Having that vile stuff on your sandwich makes it taste like an oil slick.

Toast, however, is a totally different ball game. The Law on Toast is that you must have butter (not margarine, yuck) and you can have as much as you like.

in my family we used to fight over the end crusts of a loaf, in our house they were a delicacy - toasted with lots of butter and jam, mmm....i thought that was normal till i got married and family in law disdain crusts and feed them to birds!

at least i get all the ends to myself at home...they dont count as a slice of bread, so you can eat one without gaining any weight!

YANBU

They should not only meet on all four sides but be placed back together in the correct booklet style. So that the 2 pieces of bread are laying together in exactly the same position as they were in the bag - IYKWIM. This is for optimum filling preservation - not OCD tendancies.

Also they must be cut into 4 triangles so that you can eat centre without having to negotiate crust. Unless you are v hungry (possibly doing weightwatchers) then you can get crusts out later and eat without using any more points

OP, you are absolutely right.

Unless, that is, you are preparing a lunchbox for a fussy, crust-leaving brat child. In which case you cut sandwich in four and rotate all top pieces 180degrees, so that none of the crusts match. Mind always fall for that

TLE, I also agree about clothes all facing the same way when you hang them in the wardrobe. And clothes have to be hung on the washing line in a certain order - i.e. like with like, and socks must be put in pairs and all facing the same way. I don't do the peg matching thing because I have wooden pegs which are all the same colour, but probably would do it if I have coloured pegs. And ds has coloured coathangers in his wardrobe - I always try to match the colour of the hanger to the item being hung up .

And although I don't have "my" mug, I do have my favourite ones, and get quite agitated if dh makes tea and uses one of my favourite ones for himself and gives me one of the less favoured ones. In fact I was in tears this morning because ds had accidentally chipped my favourite mug (the one with beach huts on). Fortunately I think I may be able to buy a replacement, but I will be fretting until I do.

Interesting - curlimum, do you have curly hair? Does your family? Did the crusts deliver on their hair promises to you?

would like to state for the record that think you are all loonie tunes...

imagine making your DH a sandwich!!!!!

I mean to say....

abs - yes i have very curly hair, so do my dad and brother...but my hair was straight till i was 12, obviously you need to eat a LOT of crusts before hair starts to curl

Nettie

Er, did anyone else click through to this thread thinking it was a debate about having matching collars and cuffs, but using mn-friendly sandwich euphemisms?
Or just me?

I try to get sandwich bread to match, Usually manage it. But I still have a pile of crusts to deal with once my son has eaten.
Of course adding milk with tea bag before the water is totally nasty. USE A TEAPOT. Then the tea can be poured over the milk as it should. MIF & TIF really are physically different things and MIF tastes so much better, less bitter. Plus you can have 2 cups without boiling the kettle again & messing with the wet tea bags. You get more out of the tea bags.
I am not a fan of teabags much either really.

WE call Sainsbury's Tiger bread, Giraffe bread & in USA it is called Dutch Crunch.

I like triangles, big ones for me, little ones for the kids. Especially for the toast, avoids that marmite mouth, where they resemble The Joker!