weird sandwich making rituals
I have this thing about mushy bread/breading. To avoind this on sandwiches, I dry off the pickles on a papertowel before putting them on the sandwich. Does anyone else have a little sandwich ritual?
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19 Comments:
hmmm I don't dry off pickles before I put them in the sandwich but I do dry them off before putting them on the plate beside the sandwich.
NanaJoie at 4:32PM on 08/18/08
I do that too! I take it a step further and lay tomato slices on a paper towel and then press on them to death. I also don't like the idea of using the same knife to spread the mustard that I did with the mayo- so that's double dishwashing duty.
PumpkinBear at 4:59PM on 08/18/08
Well, I dry off pickles both before using them on a sandwich or putting them on a plate if there is other food on it:-). Also, as I've mentioned on numerous occasions, if I use any kind of a spread/butter/mayo/whatever on a slice of bread/roll/etc., the entire surface has to be covered, evenly, edge to edge. My Other Half still can't master the Art of Spreading. Just a few minutes ago I asked him for a buttered roll...had to go and re-butter it myself, ugh!
brooke29 at 5:01PM on 08/18/08
I also can't use the same utensil for more than one condiment. I also go through several spoons or knives when i make anything.
The mayo on the sandwich HAS to be between the lettuce and the tomato.
Ketchup (if it's a veggie burger or something) can't touch the lettuce or tomato or cheese. But it can touch the burger, bun, pickles or onions. So a veggie burger from bottom to top is: bun, onions, ketchup, pickles, burger, cheese, tomato, mayo, lettuce, bun.
nalega at 5:15PM on 08/18/08
people are shocked when I butter my bread for sandwiches - always - even if it has mayo I butter it. I didn't think this was weird, but apparently it is.
Lilartist at 5:40PM on 08/18/08
The lettuce has to be on the top and bottom, the mayo and or mustard must also be spread absolutely evenly covering every centimeter of the bread (also top and bottom), the chiles, peppers, pickles or tomatoes also MUST be drained on paper towels. I'm so glad I'm not the only sandwich manic out there.
bessfour at 5:44PM on 08/18/08
I have to put the mayo on the bread then put the ham, chicken, turkey, etc. The cheese goes on the other side by the mustard, with the rest in the middle
mommyme at 6:02PM on 08/18/08
I do nut butter bread unless it's going to be toast. Can't think of a sandwich I like with butter on it. However, my mother has always buttered English Muffins before toasting. Then she adds cream cheese on top of the butter. As a child, I had no frame of reference as far as muffin condiments go. Now that I am older, I find it a little hard to eat the muffins when visiting home.
MaxCaviar at 6:22PM on 08/18/08
Everyone thinks I'm weird for this, but I can't abide condiments. At all. If mustard, relish, mayo- especially the dreaded mayo!- touch any of my food, I won't eat it. You can't just "scrape it off". I pretty much can't ever buy pre-made sandwiches, as they always have some type of condiment.
(obviously this is for when someone else is making it/I go to subway, etc)
StripeyChef at 7:07PM on 08/18/08
I don't think I'm peculiar. My typical sandwich ritual:
- cut the edges off bread if it's square (Japanese bakery bread or standard store bread) - I'll just eat around it if it's a round loaf
- spread mayo thinly across the slices of bread
- If I use mustard, I wash the knife and dry it out, then put a dab of mustard (no more) - if it's out of a squeeze bottle, I don't care much if the knife is devoid of mayo
- place thinly sliced cucumbers on one side, then lettuce, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, and finally meat/whatever.
Cassaendra at 7:13PM on 08/18/08
I suppose my biggest quirk would be that I have to eat a sandwich cut into pieces--at least quarters, sometimes eigths, depending on the size of the bread. I can't fathom how people bite into uncut sandwiches, it seems to taste better when its cut.
I'm actually the opposite of Brooke29--I like different levels of spread and filling, I find the different spread to bread ratio makes the sandwich taste more interesting. Usually thickest in the middle, almost nothing at the sides. Sometimes I'll even eat parts separately, bread, lettuce, filing, and so forth.
Although I had butter on jacket potatoes with cheese in the UK and quite liked them, I can't think of any filled sandwich I like with butter, although I have heard of people putting butter on cheese sandwiches
HeartofGlass at 7:24PM on 08/18/08
Nothing that I can think of except I cut the crust off the bread.
pjracz10 at 7:41PM on 08/18/08
It's all about layering. My mom swears that turning a sandwich upside down can totally change the complexity of the sandwich...and I think she was right.
Nonny at 9:53PM on 08/18/08
I'm not a big condiment fan either. The only sandwich I will eat with any condiment is a burger. Even then, I don't want it to drip.
beth1 at 10:40PM on 08/18/08
I also have to spread the mayo or mustard evenly over the entire sandwich touching all sides, but one or the other, never mustard and mayo together, that's just wrong. Also, and I guess this is pretty weird, I love tomatoes but detest the seeds, they're slimy and gross, so I have to completely deseed a tomato before it goes on my sandwich.
stephie at 11:26PM on 08/18/08
I too dry off both pickles and tomatos before putting them on the sandwich. I always cut my sandwich in quarters. Sometimes I will but different combinations on the different quarters.
lakeloverhh at 3:43PM on 08/19/08
I eat my burgers with a knife and fork!
juliebugsmama at 10:42AM on 08/20/08
Mayo on the meat, mustard on the bread!
dmurphy118 at 2:37PM on 08/25/08
Mayo on the meat, mustard on the bread!
dmurphy118 at 2:39PM on 08/25/08