butzopower
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This looks like a wonderful lunch to me. Only thing different in the US is that we'd put the sandwich on a plate instead of the table. Dat some homemade soup? Yum yum yum.
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Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
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This looks like a wonderful lunch to me. Only thing different in the US is that we'd put the sandwich on a plate instead of the table. Dat some homemade soup? Yum yum yum.
So today we had some classic Swedish hot sandwiches. Cheese and ham on white sea salt bread. Served with delicious broccoli soup. It always feels weird to have sandwiches as an actual meal as opposed to a tiny snack, but it's nice for some variety.
I'm pretty sure there are way more Americans being incredulous at the concept of breakfast sandwiches than Europeans insulting American cuisine.
Yes, love to see crunchy bread.
This is a Paseo Cuban sandwich. It is your new master.
What kind of cheese is that?
Google gives me calorie bombs with egg, bacon etc that I assume no one would eat every day... Those aren't the kinds of breakfast sandwiches I'm talking about.
That's not really a cultural difference, just a laziness one in is case
and yes, homemade soup. Soup is so underrated.psynergylover
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LMAO!!! I have my dog barking up a storm because I laughed too loud!!!
This thread keeps delivering!!!
butzopower
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That's not really a cultural difference, just a laziness one in is case
A lot of places you can get a sandwich in the US will have a sandwich and soup combo. I either like doing that, or going half and half with someone else to have two different types of sandwiches.
Butts-a-plenty
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I can confirm that Europe has these.
These. (I don't know which "American Style" they were after.)
GAF, I have a story to tell.
I own an electric kettle. I even occasionally use it to make tea. In a fit of uniquely American guilt, I felt I had to compensate for this aberrant behavior. So I went for the most American solution and purchased another counter-top appliance to help restore balance.
This device does one thing, and one thing only: make a hot egg sandwich. It has top and bottom hot plates and a double ring thing in the middle. It makes the process of making a breakfast sandwich quick and simple and requires minimal clean up. You put in meat, cheese, and an egg and in just a few minutes you get a sandwich. And by sandwich, I actually mean a sandwich. ~450 calories of bacon, sausage, egg and American cheese. The only flaw is that I have to use an English muffin :/
I think some of you just call those muffins, which must make the phrase "muffin-top" very confusing. Hell, I know you're confused. I've seen people look at pictures of biscuits and say "oh we have that, that's a scone". No. Stop. The closest analogue you have is that they are a very short, very flaky muffin.
Anyway, I think that covers just about everything. I'm happy with my breakfast sandwich appliance, it saves me from having to tip the guy at the Jack-in-the-Box drive thru. He doesn't seem very appreciative anyway, he's even started sliding the window shut before I can throw my handful of coins at him.
The one thing I can't explain to non-American readers is why Americans who read this post are now clapping furiously. You just don't have the cultural background to understand it.
I own an electric kettle. I even occasionally use it to make tea. In a fit of uniquely American guilt, I felt I had to compensate for this aberrant behavior. So I went for the most American solution and purchased another counter-top appliance to help restore balance.
This device does one thing, and one thing only: make a hot egg sandwich. It has top and bottom hot plates and a double ring thing in the middle. It makes the process of making a breakfast sandwich quick and simple and requires minimal clean up. You put in meat, cheese, and an egg and in just a few minutes you get a sandwich. And by sandwich, I actually mean a sandwich. ~450 calories of bacon, sausage, egg and American cheese. The only flaw is that I have to use an English muffin :/
I think some of you just call those muffins, which must make the phrase "muffin-top" very confusing. Hell, I know you're confused. I've seen people look at pictures of biscuits and say "oh we have that, that's a scone". No. Stop. The closest analogue you have is that they are a very short, very flaky muffin.
Anyway, I think that covers just about everything. I'm happy with my breakfast sandwich appliance, it saves me from having to tip the guy at the Jack-in-the-Box drive thru. He doesn't seem very appreciative anyway, he's even started sliding the window shut before I can throw my handful of coins at him.
The one thing I can't explain to non-American readers is why Americans who read this post are now clapping furiously. You just don't have the cultural background to understand it.
SpoonyBard
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I think there's a review on Techmoan channel on Youtube. Either there are multiple different manufacturers making those things (kind of scary thought) or someone got lucky/unlucky.
I can confirm that Europe has these.
These. (I don't know which "American Style" they were after.)
Hm, those aren't even openly called 'cheese' here in Germany
No cheese. Grilled onions, slow roasted pork, jalapeños and a secret sauce.
Hm, those aren't even openly called 'cheese' here in Germany
They can't be called cheese in the US either, they are always labeled as "Cheese Product".
Heh, he forgot to hit the top portion with cooking spray. So much for following the instructions.
Video also reveals that America has the better English muffin and that you can't find pre-cooked sausage in the U.K.
Shadax the wizard
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So this was my evening snack. Some bread and cheese. I put one green leaf on each to reach 2 topping tier to please ya'll. I'm washing it down with my Brecken the Habit Smoothie - For healthier life choices
ZackieChan
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You know that lettuce has about zero nutritional value, right?
So this was my evening snack. Some bread and cheese. I put one green leaf on each to reach 2 topping tier to please ya'll. I'm washing it down with my Brecken the Habit Smoothie - For healthier life choices
You're a few strips of bacon away from something special here.
I just had some yogurt and a small meat sandwich, composed of a hawaiian roll, with Hawaii being America. And a small bit of Honey cured, spiral sliced Virginia ham. With Virginia being about as powerful as any single European country on its own.
the yogurt was from Greece but they are one of the cradles of modern civilization so I'll allow it.
don't give away our culinary genius. he could toast that and put the lettuce on last, but they don't even have real bacon where he's from. it's just slices of smoked ham.
the yogurt was from Greece but they are one of the cradles of modern civilization so I'll allow it.
don't give away our culinary genius. he could toast that and put the lettuce on last, but they don't even have real bacon where he's from. it's just slices of smoked ham.
Shadax the wizard
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I'm talking about the smoothie. Kale, spinach, avocado, almonds etc.
So this was my evening snack. Some bread and cheese. I put one green leaf on each to reach 2 topping tier to please ya'll. I'm washing it down with my Brecken the Habit Smoothie - For healthier life choices
It looks delicious but are you really going to drink that glass of olive oil with no chaser?
So this was my evening snack. Some bread and cheese. I put one green leaf on each to reach 2 topping tier to please ya'll. I'm washing it down with my Brecken the Habit Smoothie - For healthier life choices
The banana is killing me.
Shadax the wizard
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There's no olive oil in it, there's a little coconut oil though.
It didn't fit in the mixer
Just teasing of course. The thumbnail of the pic makes it look like a glass of olive oil. The whole plate looks delectable honestly. Please invite me over.
You know that there are many different varieties of lettuce with incredibly varying degrees of nutritional value, right? And that even at the low end of the spectrum, iceberg lettuce, while not nutritionally dense, is anything but unhealthy?
Pristine_Condition
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Madnesslink5
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Holy shit I didn't even notice it at first pass. Doubled back and laughed.
That was my first instinct, but I never had that type of sandwich. As a foodie, I must though now.
butzopower
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Spaghetti on top of spaghetti-os? Ultimate struggle food.
Jeff Albertson
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I was just thinking American sandwiches lack baked beans - and you know this.
This is a beauty I treat myself to now and then, bacon, sausage, poached eggs, beans and the coup de grace - potato smiles!
This is a beauty I treat myself to now and then, bacon, sausage, poached eggs, beans and the coup de grace - potato smiles!
Hmmm, after thinking about it I'd take that over the euro strugglewich.
So this was my evening snack. Some bread and cheese. I put one green leaf on each to reach 2 topping tier to please ya'll. I'm washing it down with my Brecken the Habit Smoothie - For healthier life choices
What are you, some billionaire's child?
Shouldn't be surprised from the home of the Cheatriots but this abomination is something Europe and America should unite to destroy. Arguably before Isis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_mein_sandwich
butzopower
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Shouldn't be surprised from the home of the Cheatriots but this abomination is something Europe and America should unite to destroy. Arguably before Isis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_mein_sandwich
This reminds me of the weird Chinese food I've been finding in Ireland.
We don't think that's gross, we just don't think it's a sandwich. Though butter and cheese together is a bit weird when you don't understand that bread in Europe tends to be a bit less moist than it is in the US.
God Dayumm
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Just put the froot loops away in a cup of milk and you have 2 nice meals
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Chinese food and Asian food in general is pretty dire in Ireland I'm sad to say.
BobTheFork
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I've put spaghetti-o's on hotdogs and burgers before. Hell I used to hollow out a baguette and fill the center with a can of the stuff...but I'm a fucking monster. It is NOT a topping.
I think gross is an exaggeration on their part. But to most Americans, it would be unappetizing. Me? I'd just grab some meat and add another slide of bread and be golden.
Those potato smiles have the "please send help" look to them 😕
Shouldn't be surprised from the home of the Cheatriots but this abomination is something Europe and America should unite to destroy. Arguably before Isis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_mein_sandwich
SLANDER
It's delicious. Why can't you understand?
ZackieChan
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But that lettuce is basically nothing.
I misunderstood their comment anyway. I thought they were implying it was somehow healthier, not just that they added a topping.
SLANDER
It's delicious. Why can't you understand?
I'm sorry,
but vomiting into a bowl then placing a bun on top does not count as a sandwich
Nah. Nobody usually eats it with or gets it with the bun. It's a throwback to a cheap lunch in an old mill town.
butzopower
proud of his butz
So it's literally just chow mien with a novelty bun?