Good question. I believe everything can be made into a sandwich if you’re brave enough. So, a New York pizza is not a sandwich, but it can be easily made into a sandwich.
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Now that’s just asking for a knuckle sandwich.
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If I want a sandwich, I will be happy with any of the items in the first two columns. If I want a dessert, I’ll be relatively content with anything in the last column, although the Choco-taco is by far the best option there. Or perhaps anywhere
Pittsburgh does have it’s own argot, but Primanti’s was not one of the things I loved during my sojourn there. I believe slaw and fries on a sandwich are vandalism. The Original Hot Dog Shop, on the other hand, was a shrine to junk food. Decades later I still slaver at the thought of their chili cheese dogs.
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Serve this between two pieces of bread, and dip in the juices 
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Therefore, lasagna is a sandwich.
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Just had a knock-down drag-out with a Philosophy prof about this over some scotch the other night, as with most scotch related arguments, we eventually agreed.
The alignment chart is a half-measure, structure and ingredients are one thing, design and usage is another. Best to throw out the notion of open-faced sandwiches early, because down that road lies pizza.
A sandwich is created by two separable pieces of bread or bread analogue e.g. bun/tortilla/cracker/cookie, between which are ingredients, designed in a way so that when held in the hand, the digits do not come into contact with the central ingredients.
Furthermore, an ingredient is different from a flavoring, in that the ingredient is designed to stand on its own, whereas a flavoring imparts a taste on the primary food item, so, a grain of salt between two pieces of bread does not a sandwich make.
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Problems with this definition:
- Excludes a club sandwich (more than two separable layers of bread)
- Excludes hot roast beef sandwiches with gravy (not designed to be held in the hand)
- Excludes sloppy joes (because your digits are always going to end up in contact with the central ingredients)
Plus, what kind of definition of “sandwich” includes Oreos but doesn’t include subs?
ETA: So, if I’m eating a hard taco, that’s not a sandwich, but if the taco breaks in half and the bread-analogue is now separable, it becomes a sandwich?
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I think the non-contiguous bread thing is a blind alley. Subs with attached halved are CLEARLY sandwiches, as are Gyros with a folded pita, so this argument should be buried already.
I’m willing to state that a non handholdable meal is not a sandwich. If you can pick up your sloppy joe, even if you take a bath in it, it’s a sandwich. An open face roast beef on bread is not, no more than a deep dish meat pie with a flaky topping is. But what of Jamaica patties and other hand pies? Is an apple turnover a sandwich?
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The Double Down is a sandwich offered by Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). The Double Down contains “bacon, two different kinds of melted cheese, the Colonel’s secret sauce… pinched in between two pieces of Original Recipe chicken fillets.” – Wikipedia
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Taxonomy is always controversial.
It’s rare that I get a better opportunity to use that.
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This whole thing is a pretty good example of that The Oatmeal comic about the Backfire Effect that’s going around.
That said, this chart enrages me to the point of possibly never eating a sandwich or pseudo-sammie again.
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I’d be willing to go for “2 or more” to combat the club issue, if there’s a way to make it so that a lasagna doesn’t count.
The gravy aspect is tricky, but then you ask what is more important to sandwichness, structure or utility? I think portability is a prime concern.
As for the taco v. sandwich debate: if you crunch up a taco shell and put it in a bowl with the filling, it could just as easily be called a taco salad. It wasn’t a salad to start with, just like it wouldn’t be a sandwich to start with.
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a pop tart is not nor ever a sandwich. a pop tart is a pastry.
now…if it were a slab of meat between two pop tarts…THAT is a sandwich.
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and its tastier than it should be…and I will not be shamed for knowing this.
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What is this then?
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Just like when you stand up you lose your lap.
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Slightly softer than a club sandwich, I guess.
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That’s a bit of nausea for me.
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