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[nefansince75]

A sandwich is usually designated as meats, cheeses and condiments between two pieces of bread. A hotdog roll is one solid piece of bread with meat in the middle not two separate piecessandwich definition - Yahoo Search Results.

How do you get a hot dog into a solid piece of bread?

I went with this definition - which includes a split roll as a bread option.

Definition of SANDWICH

 

[YankeeRebel]

How do you get a hot dog into a solid piece of bread?

I went with this definition - which includes a split roll as a bread option.

Definition of SANDWICH

So this may come down to a matter of personal taste? :GULP:

I think we are Old Testament / Testament here!

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

What about an open-faced sandwich? I mean it’s got sandwich in the name, but it’s just one piece of bread and is meant to be eaten with utensils, which flies right in the face of the original intent of a sandwich being a finger food.

 

[YankeeRebel]

What about an open-faced sandwich? I mean it’s got sandwich in the name, but it’s just one piece of bread and is meant to be eaten with utensils, which flies right in the face of the original intent of a sandwich being a finger food.

And the plot thickens. Open face sandwich is damn sure a contradiction in terms.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

True if one used two pieced of Boston Lettuce, Tomato, Onion and Bologna wouldn't the two pieces of lettuce serve as the bread? And would it still at that point be a sandwich

No, that's a wrap.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

The sandwich spectrum is quite broad at this point. Even though I never would’ve considered a hot dog a sandwich, I feel like it does fall on that spectrum somewhere. If subs and wraps are sandwiches, then a hot dog must be, too, I guess.

A sub (grinder or hoagie) is a sub, not a sandwich.
A wrap is....a chefs salad to be eaten without utensils?

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

No, that's a wrap.

Even if it’s not rolled?

And are wraps not a subset of sandwiches?

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I doubt there is universal acceptance on this but my misunderstanding is a sandwich is either on bread or a split roll, of which hamburgers and hot dogs would apply.

I would agree your co-worker is making a hot dog sandwich since without the roll it's no longer in the "hot dog" category of sandwich despite the presence of the hot dog.

FIFY.

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

A sub (grinder or hoagie) is a sub, not a sandwich.
A wrap is....a chefs salad to be eaten without utensils?

Sub = short for submarine sandwich

Your description of a wrap also sounds suspiciously like the original definition of ...wait for it...sandwich

 

[Yankee Traveler]

How do you get a hot dog into a solid piece of bread?

I went with this definition - which includes a split roll as a bread option.

Definition of SANDWICH

No. They are wrong too.
Second definition obviously contradicts the first where they inserted the roll to fit their own agenda.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

What about an open-faced sandwich? I mean it’s got sandwich in the name, but it’s just one piece of bread and is meant to be eaten with utensils, which flies right in the face of the original intent of a sandwich being a finger food.

You answered you own question.
It is called a sandwich, but is not.
Turkey bacon is referred to as bacon, but it's not.
Impossible meat is referred to as meat, but it is not.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Even if it’s not rolled?

And are wraps not a subset of sandwiches?

A substitute maybe, but not a subset.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Sub = short for submarine sandwich

Your description of a wrap also sounds suspiciously like the original definition of ...wait for it...sandwich

The definition of sandwich is chefs salad?

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

The definition of sandwich is chefs salad?

No, the original definition (intent probably would’ve been a better choice of word on my part) was the use of bread as a means of conveyance to convert non-finger foods to finger food. Substituting lettuce for bread and rolling it up instead of leaving it flat still sounds like the same damn idea to me.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

No, the original definition (intent probably would’ve been a better choice of word on my part) was the use of bread as a means of conveyance to convert non-finger foods to finger food. Substituting lettuce for bread and rolling it up instead of leaving it flat still sounds like the same damn idea to me.

1) "use of bread"
2) "Substituting"

Pizza, ham and cheese , folded in half, becomes a sandwich?
No, it becomes a calzone.
Fold a tostada in half...sandwich? No. Taco.
Two tortillas filled with meat and cheese then fried, sandwich? Tortillas are mexican bread, are they not? No. Quesadilla.
Two pieces of bread filled with ham and cheese then deep fried, sandwich? Yes. A Monte Cristo.
Two layer cakes with frosting in between them, sandwich? No. It's a fucking cake. Or a whoopie pie.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Two pancakes with butter and syrup between them, sandwich?
I'm just substituting round flat bready things for actual bread, and I'm substituting a fork for my fingers.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

If I hollow out a loaf of bread and fill it with soup, is that a sandwich too?

 

[Shoeshine Boy]

But if you put soup between two slices of white bread then it is a sandwich, right?

See, I can be stupidly obtuse, too.

 

[nefansince75]

What about an open-faced sandwich? I mean it’s got sandwich in the name, but it’s just one piece of bread and is meant to be eaten with utensils, which flies right in the face of the original intent of a sandwich being a finger food.

This is covered in the definition I found from Miriam-Webster and is a valid alternate presentation for a sandwich.

 

[nefansince75]

Two pancakes with butter and syrup between them, sandwich?
I'm just substituting round flat bready things for actual bread, and I'm substituting a fork for my fingers.

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