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How do you properly eat a sandwich?

Asked by minolta (328points) September 8th, 2009

can you describe me the perfect physical actions taken to eat a good sandwich, (how many hands, fingers, bite, size etc? and um, whats your fav. sandwich?

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ragingloli's avatar

….uh…
well, first you reach out with your hand, and grab it, then you move it to your mouth, put it partially inside your mouth, then you move your jaw muscles to close your mouth, exert pressure on the sandwich with your teeth to sever a piece from it. You continue to move your jaw in a grinding motion to turn the piece into mash, then you swallow it.

whatthefluther's avatar

Perfect? Proper? That will have to come from someone else, but I’ll share my preferred method. This is for a sandwich with regular sliced sandwich bread ,and not a roll, pita or a crouissant. I like it cut in half on diagonal. Use two hands for the initial lift off (to make certain nothing slides out) with transfer to one hand once level and stabilized. Start eating from one of the cut diagonal corners with second bite being the opposite cut corner proceeding through the center section and completing with the full corner which had just functioned as your final finger hold. Number of fingers and bites depends on how tall the sandwich is and the likelihood of its contents trying to escape. Please make mine a BLT+Avocado on a fresh whole grain wheat bread. Thank you. See ya…Gary/wtf

Saturated_Brain's avatar

There’s no “proper” way to eat a sandwich, except that most people prefer to use their hands. I guess I could tell you to wash your hands first, but that applies to all foods anyway.

And I don’t have a favourite sandwich. Just make it good, make it well and I’ll eat it all up!

mattbrowne's avatar

Some sandwiches require three hands and a napkin.

poofandmook's avatar

I like ham, turkey, provolone, and mayo on seedless soft rye (Beefsteak brand, blue bag). I like to cut it in half, and then eat the crusts first by peeling as much of the crust off as possible before it breaks. LOL I have no idea why. If it’s unusually thick or slippery, index, middle, and ring finger on top… thumb and pinky on the bottom side.

I find it disturbing that I don’t find this question weird.

Syger's avatar

1. Get sammich
2. put to face
3. nom nom nom
4. LEVEL UP!~

barumonkey's avatar

1. Eat sandwich.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Beta_Orionis's avatar

I take grilled cheese sandwiches apart, because really, it’s the melted cheese I desire.
So I make a little stack of the grilled breads and place the removed cheese at the bottom for insulation. Then I work my way through the breads, eating the crusts first, then the middle bits, and finally I get my delicious, warm, melty cheese!

Perfect!

gailcalled's avatar

Buy sandwich, preferably with mustard and ripe tomatoes;
Get into car, put on seat belt, turn on ignition, drive.
Take bite of sandwich, watch mustard and tomato parts drip onto lap.
Save sandwich for later.
Put aside money for dry-cleaners.

Never learn.

Strauss's avatar

Take a bite and chew!

Darwin's avatar

Use your mouth.

Piper_Brianmind's avatar

Put it in the blender for a half hour then drink it.

Strauss's avatar

I was taught that “restaurant manners” say you should cut the sandwich in half (if it is not already cut when presented), and eat one half at a time.

This actually makes “doggie bag” time easier as well!

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