# Do American people make sandwiches at home? Or is it more of a specialty thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-people-make-sandwiches-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019414 "2025-06-10T07:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
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I started a thread a couple years ago called “‘Simple’ things that are surprisingly difficult”, and I used sandwich making as the prime example: > [@‘Simple’ things that are surprisingly difficult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-surprisingly-difficult/986404): > > I grocery shop on Saturdays. Today I’m about to run out but I feel a bit peckish, and you’re not supposed to grocery shop hungry, right? So I think, there’s some leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge— I’ll make a quick chicken sandwich. But making one sandwich, especially the way I have to make it, I always forget is a surprising amount of work. And I routinely make fairly complicated meals for my family… Collect all ingredients Toast 2 slices of bread Slice up a vine-ripened tomato about… Doesn’t _stop_ me from making sandwiches at home. I bravely soldier on and push through the pain and heartache of home sandwich assembly. I’m a hero-making hero! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-people-make-sandwiches-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019414)._