When you make a sandwich

Jazzy1 said:
When you make a sandwich which involves spreading (peanut butter, cream cheese etc) do you spread on both pieces of bread or just one? If it's two condiments (pb+j) do you spread both on both slices or one on each?
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Not that I would ever in this lifetime eat peanut butter... but if I was spreading 2 slices of bread with cream cheese or jam .. it would just be on one slice....
 

Normally, I spread multiple topping on the same slice of bread or meat and cheese.

Yes, I lick the knife when I’m done. 😉🤭😂

The thing that I don’t do is butter the bread, both slices, when making a sandwich. Both of my grandmothers did that. Some say it helps to create a moisture barrier to prevent the sandwich fillings from making the bread soggy. I’ve always thought that it was a throwback to the days when people baked bread once a week and were dealing with less than fresh bread.

Finally, sometimes I leave the sandwich whole, sometimes cut diagonally and sometimes crosscut.
 
My answer would depend on the type of sandwich.

A plain jelly sandwich gets jelly applied to both slices of bread.

Peanut butter and jelly I prefer toasted, both pieces of toast gets buttered, then PB on one slice and jelly on the other.

BLT is going to get mayo on both slices of toast.

Turkey sandwich gets mayo between the turkey and lettuce, no condiment on the bread.

I like sandwiches but haven't made one in probably 15 years.
 
Depends on the sandwich. For a PBJ, I spread the PB then the jelly on top of that. Cut diagonally and always eaten with a glass of ice cold milk.

For a deli sandwich, very thin spread of mayo on both sides, mustard on top of the mayo just one side, then the filling (meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, piled on that same side, topped with the other bread slice. Cut diagonally and spread apart on the plate so that the potato chips fit nicely between the slices.
 
Peanut butter on just one slice of bread and then topped with some jam, not jelly. Eaten open-faced, almost every morning. Served with skim milk.

A lunch sandwich. Butter on one slice, mayo or whatever on the other. For him, no butter and very little mayo. Mine is cut in 3 or maybe 4 pieces. His is whole.

I’m tired of reimagining luncheon sandwiches.
 
Chunky peanut butter on one half, creamery butter on the other half then fold it over.

Sub roll sandwich. Cut down the length hollow out the gummy dough. spread mayo, add lettuce, tomato, raw onion slices, sprinkle some hot pepper flakes then comes the ham off the bone , hard salami & provolone cheese.
 
I sometimes make PBJs, usually with 3 regular loaf sized white bread slices. As a school kid that was usually a part of my brown bag lunches washed down with milk and NOT meat sandwiches with sodas, 95% of others always ate. Should add the one meat sandwich I will occasionally make is with tuna fish and mayo.

Peanut butter and jam are spread on different slices. I dislike those PBJs some make that obviously don't eat what they make, spreading thick layers because such inevitably has jam squeezing out the sides making a mess.
 
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The sandwich got its name from John Montagu, the 4th earl of Sandwich, an 18th century English nobleman. He was a compulsive gambler and reportedly ate meat between slices of bread so he could continue playing cards without getting his hands, or the cards, greasy. This practice became popular, and the name "sandwich" was adopted after him.
Sandwich is an historic town known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and it's status as one of the original Cinque Ports.
 
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