ddhr.org - Sandwich orientation

I firmly believe that sandwiches have a top and a bottom. I'm amazed when people don't agree with me. The correct way to stack ingredients in a sandwich is as follows:

Bottom piece of bread
Primary meat
Secondary meat
Vegetables
Condiments
Top piece of bread

I had a sandwich the other day that had the primary and secondary meats switched -- the bacon was underneath the turkey, and there was lettuce and tomato on top of the turkey. After each bite, I would flip the sandwich upside down, hoping it would taste right the other way around. No matter how I held it, it felt wrong. What a disgraceful sandwich.

I think there's a reason behind all this, besides my obsessive compulsive anal retentiveness. I don't think the human palette was meant to experience ketchup and mustard as the first ingredient. I don't think lettuce and tomatoes deserve to be the first thing to touch my tongue after a bite of a sandwich. And although I like bacon, it's a secondary meat when it's on a sandwich, except when it's in a BLT. I think the reason sandwiches are made the way they are is because the tongue was meant to experience the sandwich in a certain order. It's called a turkey sandwich for a reason. It's not a "lettuce and tomato sandwich with turkey". #food

Comments

Shara

Aug 30, 2007

You would hate the way I make sandwiches. I cannot stand when the tomato touches the bread because then the bread gets soggy, so usually have to shove the tomato somewhere in the middle if I'm not using any lettuce. I've never really thought about it before, but now I will think of you whenever I make a sandwich. I didn't realize someone would be so particular about the order in which a sandwich was put together. :)

Dave

Tomatoes corrupt everything they touch. But I've learned to deal with them and all their sogginess. You just have to eat fast, which most people know is an issue for me.

If something is stupid and unimportant, I have a strong opinion about it.