# Would you eat a three-day-old ham sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215 "2005-09-30T16:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/21 "2005-09-30T18:46:07Z")
If I were hungry and had nothing better, I’d eat it. If there was something more appetizing, I would keep the sandwich in the fridge and then the question woukld eventually surface, “Would you eat a four-day-old sandwich?”. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/22 "2005-09-30T18:50:19Z")
If not eventually “Would you eat a four-year-old sandwich?” ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/23 "2005-09-30T18:52:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’d eat it. Nothing like a Ham Sandwich. [nitpick] sammich [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/24 "2005-09-30T18:58:25Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > [nitpick] > sammich > [/nitpick] Actually I agree with you. It truly is a Ham Sammich, and it is divine… ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/25 "2005-09-30T20:58:38Z")
Only ham and cheese only ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/26 "2005-09-30T21:27:49Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > If not eventually “Would you eat a four-year-old sandwich?” It is a slippery slope. I often think about eating something. “Well, I woulda eaten it yesterday. What happened since then?”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/27 "2005-10-01T00:07:01Z")
I dunno. A four-year-old would be hard to fit on the bread. What? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/28 "2005-10-01T00:21:52Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I dunno. A four-year-old would be hard to fit on the bread. Thats why you need big bread. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/29 "2005-10-01T02:58:55Z")
Sure, as long as it was mustard and not mayo. I HATE MAYO! Mustard, however, is sauce of the Gods. Dammit, Jesus ate mustard, it says so in the Bible! So there! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/30 "2005-10-01T03:23:12Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I dunno. A four-year-old would be hard to fit on the bread. That’s why you have to put it in a blender first, so it’s spreadable. Honestlly, didn’t you read the offensive joke thread??? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/31 "2005-10-01T03:47:18Z")
Nah. But I’m a vegetarian Jew. So YMMV. Okay, I’m going away now. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/32 "2005-10-01T03:59:19Z")
Sure, I’d eat it. Three days in the fridge is _nothing._ I draw the line at eating a sammich [from the toilet](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=190370), however. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/33 "2005-10-01T15:05:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Sure, as long as it was mustard and not mayo. I HATE MAYO! > > Mustard, however, is sauce of the Gods. Dammit, Jesus ate mustard, it says so in the Bible! So there! “And thus he spake, ‘Mayo, for it is the jelly of Satan, shalt not defile thine sammich.’” ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/34 "2005-10-01T16:16:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Sure, as long as it was mustard and not mayo. I HATE MAYO! > > Mustard, however, is sauce of the Gods. Dammit, Jesus ate mustard, it says so in the Bible! So there! A bit of clarification required for those not familiar with the appropriate biblical verse. "And Jesus did whip out a nice ham sandwich in the temple to show that the old ways were no more. Horrified were the assembled Rabbis and Jesus spake unto them “Fear not for I do not plan to eat this ham sandwich. And least not plain.” and thereupon Jesus spread thick the stone ground spicy brown mustard and took a big bite. And he preached to the crowd “For while eating swine is no more taboo for those who follow me, eating yellow mustard still brings the wrath of the Lord for it is an abomination.” ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/35 "2005-10-01T16:59:19Z")
I am one of the least picky eaters in the world. However, I will not eat any sandwich that wasn’t made before me less than 5 minutes before. Wilted lettuce, limp oozing tomatoes, and soggy bread have a barf score of inifinity in my world. I would gladly eat two day old sushi served on a used toilet seat before I eat a sandwhich more than 3 hours old. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/36 "2005-10-01T23:49:43Z")
I’ve eaten a sandwich that was in the back of my truck for three days. When I was out of town a few years ago I kept 2 pizzas in the trunk of my car. Anytime I was hungry, I’d pull out a slice. That lasted at least three days. So yes, I’d eat it. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215/37 "2005-10-02T00:22:30Z")
**Sleeepy2** , that is hilarious! As to the sandwich, I would have to pass if it was stored with the veggies on it. The mushiness factor would be too great after the bread had soaked up tomato ooze and mayo. Should the delicious sandwich have been stored dry (ie: bread, ham, cheese), I would have not hesitated to add condiments to it and enjoy. Stored dry, I probably would give it a shelf life\* of about 5 days. - My own personal shelf life, not an official FDA shelf life [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-three-day-old-ham-sandwich/324215.md?page=1)