• JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    Is a hotdog a sandwich?

    I thought about this a lot recently after someone said it, ::: spoiler my opinion is that No, a hotdog is not a sandwich because it is meat inside of a single piece of bread. If you accidentally broke the bun into two pieces you could argue that you’ve made a hotdog sandwich because the meat is still called a hotdog and you’ve got two pieces of bread. That some sub sandwiches are a single nearly split piece of bread I view as an implementation detail moreso than a defining characteristic and not enough to say that sandwiches can be a single piece of bread. :::

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          Bread is a requirement for something to be a sandwich, so you’ll have to convince me that a tortilla is bread. You might be able to make a case for the soft flour tortilla, but I just don’t see how hard corn tortillas can possibly fit under the umbrella of “bread”.

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            4 months ago

            If naan is bread and corn bread is bread then naan corn bread is bread

            If we assume toast is still bread then your hard corn tortillas are still bread

          • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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            4 months ago

            Are waffles bread? Doughnuts? Deepfry batter? Ricecakes? Mushrooms? Potatoes? Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, apples? Cabbage? Egg? Cheese?

            I’ve seen all of these used to make what can only be called sandwiches. Bread is certainly popular for it’s dry and durable structure, but it’s not a requirement.

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      4 months ago

      Sometimes if I only want a small sandwich I just use one slice of bread folded over itself. Is that not a sandwich then?

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      4 months ago

      Their seems to be no end to the sandwich debate but I want to point out that their are many sandwich, hot dog included where the bread is not separated. I would said a sandwich is made of two parts. That includes separated sandwich like club sandwich, and non-separated sandwich like baguette sandwich or hot-dog.

      • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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        4 months ago

        I’m calling a slice something that makes the bread into two pieces and a split something that opens it up while still being one piece.