# In your opinion: What's a sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762 "2010-12-29T23:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/21 "2010-12-30T01:37:54Z")
Two slices of bread with stuff in the middle. It doesn’t count if the bread “cups” the stuff, like a taco or a hot dog\*. It has to be two separate, distinct pieces of bread. \*anyone get an erection from that sentence? Just me? … Hello? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/22 "2010-12-30T01:46:38Z")
So a sub whose loaf wasn’t cut all the way through isn’t a sandwich? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/23 "2010-12-30T01:51:45Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > A sandwich is anything that “sandwiches” something together between bread. Temperature and content of the filling doesn’t matter. What about soup in a bread bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/24 "2010-12-30T01:52:19Z")
A burrito is not a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/25 "2010-12-30T01:53:30Z")
I consider all the choices sandwiches. I also consider wraps (in a tortilla) a sandwich. And also [John Montagu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/26 "2010-12-30T02:52:34Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > What about soup in a bread bowl? I wouldn’t call it a sandwich, any more than I would call a square a rectangle. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t. I’d call it a breadbowl of soup. It can be a sandwich if you want it to be, but I’m not fussed either way. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/27 "2010-12-30T03:13:54Z")
Burritos and wraps are subsets of tacos and are clearly not sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/28 "2010-12-30T03:22:01Z")
Burgers cannot be a sandwiches because they come with fries. Sandwiches come with _chips_. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/29 "2010-12-30T03:35:57Z")
Moving from IMHO\>CS. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/30 "2010-12-30T03:43:59Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > A sub is a sub. > [@kapri](#): > > A sub/hoagie/grinder, though, is…not a “sandwich.” Excuse me, but “sub” is a shortened form of “submarine sandwich.” Don’t they teach you kids anything these days? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/31 "2010-12-30T03:53:52Z")
Burgers are sandwiches, but hot dogs are not because the bread is on the sides, not the top and bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/32 "2010-12-30T04:06:29Z")
I have the opposite problem in China. KFC calls their chicken sandwiches “hamburgers” which causes all kinds of confusion when I’m talking about western food to Chinese people. All hamburgers are sandwiches. Sandwiches (unless they compose of buns and ground beef patty) are not hamburgers. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/33 "2010-12-30T04:10:46Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@Gary\_T](#): > > > > Excuse me, but “sub” is a shortened form of “submarine sandwich.” Don’t they teach you kids anything these days? Yes, when they were young, they were submarine sandwiches, but then they grew up and matured into adult identities of their own. When is the last time anyone ever walked up to a counter and ordered a submarine sandwich, or a hoagie sandwich, or a grinder sandwich. You would be laughed out of the place.:eek: A sub is a sub. A grinder is a grinder. A hoagie is a hoagie. A burger is a burger. A hot dog is a hot dog. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/34 "2010-12-30T04:33:44Z")
I give you: [Earl of Sandwich](http://www.earlofsandwichusa.com/). ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/35 "2010-12-30T04:54:06Z")
I never call a burger or a sloppy joe a “sandwich” but I won’t argue with you if you want to ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/36 "2010-12-30T05:03:55Z")
A sandwich is something “sandwiched” between two pieces of bread-like substance. Online dictionary(ies) definition: > [@](#): > > a. Two or more slices of bread with a filling such as meat or cheese placed between them. > b. A partly split long or round roll containing a filling. > c. One slice of bread covered with a filling. This means that fucking hotdogs and fucking hamburgers and fucking hoagies are _sandwiches_, goddamnit. I don’t agree with (c). (c) is shit on a shingle, or SOS. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/37 "2010-12-30T05:11:25Z")
Layer of carbs +stuff +another layer of carbs is a sandwich. So they’re all sandwiches except I guess for the open faced sandwiches but honestly I generally manage to fold those over somehow as well. This also means that tacos are a sandwich, burritos are a sandwich, pitas are a sandwich and wraps are a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/38 "2010-12-30T05:23:16Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Layer of carbs +stuff +another layer of carbs is a sandwich. Prymaat: Organically-enacted meat or vegetable matter between two starch plains. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/39 "2010-12-30T05:23:42Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Burgers are sandwiches, but hot dogs are not because the bread is on the sides, not the top and bottom. [Frankfurter sandwiches](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HB-w_7xRM#t=1m29s). ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762/40 "2010-12-30T05:27:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Prymaat: Organically-enacted meat or vegetable matter between two starch plains. I have never seen coneheads so your post was causing me no end of confusion. Is it a rebuttal? A confirmation? A nonsequitur? I don’t understand! I think I have it figured out now. Yes, I think I agree with Prymaat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762.md?page=3)