# Am I weird for having no problem with eating a "dry" sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 25, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557 "2026-04-25T23:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/81 "2026-04-28T13:35:39Z")
> [@sb1953](#): > > Aioli sauce Nàutri, li bon Prouvençau, Au sufrage universau Voutaren pèr l’òli E faren l’aiòli. [according to Wikipedia, he was dissing mayonnaise] ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/82 "2026-04-28T13:44:16Z")
Who is he? (Who was dissing mayonnaise?) ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/83 "2026-04-28T14:57:14Z")
you forgot the beer or wine to go with them 😄 ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/84 "2026-04-28T15:10:15Z")
Sorry; it was Nobel-Prize winner [Frederi Mistral](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mistral), champion of all things Provençal (including, evidently, aioli). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/85 "2026-04-28T15:36:40Z")
One thing I’ve learned from this thread is that people put sauces on sandwiches not just because they like the flavor, but because they want their sandwich to be all nasty and gloopy. Huh. I guess it takes all kinds. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/86 "2026-04-28T15:41:02Z")
Whoa! You may put sauce on it, but, in my opinion, if it is nasty and gloopy, it is not a proper sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/87 "2026-04-28T16:03:21Z")
Errr, the amount of sauce i find “nasty and gloopy” may be an outlier. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/88 "2026-04-28T17:22:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > One thing I’ve learned from this thread is that people put sauces on sandwiches not just because they like the flavor, but because they want their sandwich to be all nasty and gloopy. Huh. I guess it takes all kinds. Which is exactly what I _don’t_ want. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/89 "2026-04-28T19:37:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I love the sauce on an In N Out Double-Double. Yep- their own version of 1000 Island dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/90 "2026-04-29T17:43:57Z")
Yeah, different individuals calibrate the gloopiness scale VERY differently, and one person’s threshold of _“nasty”_ may be another person’s _“still way too dry”_. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/91 "2026-04-29T17:47:21Z")
Yes, until reading this thread, it never occurred to me that a sandwich could be “too dry”. ---
**Author:** ![Larsedik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larsedik/32/19832_2.png) [@Larsedik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larsedik)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/92 "2026-05-02T21:47:09Z")
If I heat a sandwich and it has cheese, then I use no condiments, unless it is sauerkraut. On cold sandwiches, I also like mustard, and I make my own mustard, which is rather potent. I almost never eat burgers, although I do make shrimp burgers from time to time and have them with lettuce and tartar sauce. I make the tartar sauce with dill pickles - never anything sweet. If I did have a hamburger, I would add mustard to it, but I would want it on a sourdough bun - I hate the squishy buns sold in the grocery stores. I do also like mayo on a BLT, but I associate Madeleines with Proust instead of BLT. Maybe I missed something. I have a silicon Madeleine pan, and I use it to make chocolate turtles. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/93 "2026-05-03T03:16:48Z")
> [@Larsedik](#): > > I do also like mayo on a BLT, but I associate Madeleines with Proust instead of BLT. Maybe I missed something I was talking about a Proustian memory, something from your childhood that you like because it made you happy back then. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/94 "2026-05-03T03:23:50Z")
I’m in 100% agreement with the OP. There really aren’t any condiments I can stand, other than bbq sauce or something spicy like sriracha. It’s not as much of a drag these days to get a plain sandwich as it was for most of my life, but I still don’t have anything to eat if, for instance, we have a catered lunch at work with a sandwich tray. Heaven forbid they put the mayo and mustard and whatever in separate packages. Doesn’t matter anyway, because everything always has to have cheese 🤮 That’s why I don’t eat fast food burgers, despite really liking hamburgers in general. Once you eliminate the condiments you’re left with a paper thin patty. Same with sandwich shops. > [@aceplace57](#): > > wanted meat and bread only as a kid. > > I grew out of that phase by high school. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/95 "2026-05-03T08:35:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I was talking about a Proustian memory, something from your childhood that you like because it made you happy back then. Oh, so that’s what your expression means. Learned something today. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > That’s why I don’t eat fast food burgers, despite really liking hamburgers in general. Once you eliminate the condiments you’re left with a paper thin patty. Same with sandwich shops For me, the ideal burger patty is of the “industrial” kind, but the kind you get at diners, better greasy spoons (so not at McD) or that people will typically buy in the supermarket to barbecue themselves. Packed tight, and neither too thin (as in a typical fast food restaurant like McD) nor too thick (as in a “gourmet burger”). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/96 "2026-05-03T09:00:10Z")
Today was opening day of live racing at my local track, and as usual, there was a beer garden with an outdoor grill. The grill sells hot dogs, big smoky sausages, and burgers. If you order a burger (or really, anything), it is given to you plain. Unless you order a cheeseburger, of course, in which case you get cheese. Anything else, you put it on yourself. Mustard, relish, and ketchup are available, but no onions, pickles, tomatoes, sauerkraut, or mayo. In other words, you can have a plain burger if you want one. I had one of those Big Smokies when I was at the track today. Yes, I put mustard and relish on it. And it was so goooood! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557/97 "2026-05-03T18:49:21Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > Oh, so that’s what your expression means. Learned something today. > **[The Proustian Moment — Claudia Merrill](https://www.claudiamerrill.com/blog/madeleine-effect)** > > Marcel Proust, the famous 20th-century novelist and thinker, coined the term "involuntary memory" to summarize the sudden flood of memories according to an outer stimulus like scent or taste. This became known as a "Proustian memory" in honor of his... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-having-no-problem-with-eating-a-dry-sandwich/1029557.md?page=4)