tmagann:
Alton Brown has said both are sandwiches, and he's the science chef.
For what that's worth.
Exactly!
phoenix9lives:
However, apparently, a bratwurst wrapped by a single piece of bread, a taco, a pig-in-a-blanket, a burrito, a calzone, or a flatbread wrapped around a filling is NOT defined as a sandwhich. However, I posit, that many people who eat an open-faced sandwich (the second definition of Sandwich being: one slice of bread covered with food) would fold said sandwich in half to better contain the food atop the bread while eating it. This would, in fact, make the taco, the bratwurst on a single slice of bread, the calzone, the pig-in-a-blanket, and the flatbread also as sandwiches, with the burrito being a more secure version of the same.
Also true. I prefer to refer to this chart:
https://i.imgur.com/QJjpg5x.jpg
I'm "Neutral Evil", ingredient neutral/structural rebel. So I except wraps as sandwiches, but not "ice cream tacos".
My dividing line on Structure is: Can it be eaten by hand without making my hands messy? If yes, it's a sandwich. If no (Sloppy Joes I'm looking at you), then it's no longer a sandwich.
My dividing line on Ingredients is: Is it a dessert food? Then it cannot be a sandwich.
Technically by the above I do accept Pop-Tarts as sandwiches, as long as they are not frosted. Frosted Pop-Tarts are desserts.
(I also accept some filled donuts as sandwiches. Frex a local shop had PBJ filled donuts that I quite liked when I was younger. Sandwich.)
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The Earl and I think along very similar lines...
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