Do you cut your sandwich diagonally, side to side, or not at all.

[debm55]

I cut my diagonally.

[unblock]

1. I line the knife up horizontally, then turn it just over 90 degrees

Not really, just trying to be obtuse.

[RKP5637]

2. Depends for me what it is. If it's thick, I do not cut it all all.

... diagonally or side to side, my other half makes that choice, I have no say. LOL

[global1]

3. I'm A Diagonal Cutter As Well....

I like that first bite out of the pointy cut of a diagonally cut sandwich. For some reason - it tastes better.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Both. Depends on how messy the results would be, that is, if I cut it diagonally, would the

sandwich contents spill out or vs. versa?

[QED]

5. Brings up a sweet memory of my grandmother.

She died when I was quite young so I don't have many. But this one...she cut my sandwich diagonally, smiled at me, and said "isn't that nice."

[cilla4progress]

6. Yes - and more importantly,

WHY...? 🥺

[debm55]

10. Why what? Because it's interesting to know how DUers do things.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Visually the diagonal cut looks better.

It looks fancy and special.

Horizontal is boring looking, utilitarian and doesn't taste as good as diagonal.

[cilla4progress]

51. What I meant was...

why does one choose straight across or diagonal!

(Fortunately, many included this critical info in their replies!)

[Xavier Breath]

52. As a kid my Mom cut all my sandwiches

of course, and she preferred to cut them from side to side. I thought that was just how life (and sandwiches) worked. Then I went to school and saw other kids eating sandwiches that were cut diagonally, and I wondered "What kind of sorcery is this? Where do those other moms get that special bread?" I soon figured out the discrepancy, and the next time she made me a sandwich, I pointed out to my Mom that she was 'doing it wrong.' I still cut diagonally to this day, while Mom still cuts across.

[cilla4progress]

53. Fabulous story,

well told!

[debm55]

54. Xavier, that you so much for sharing your wonderful memories with us.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Straight down the middle.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. I don't usually cut my sandwich

unless it’s an unwieldy, slip-and-slide mother, in which case I opt for side-to-side. It seems easier to maintain control that way.

[a kennedy]

9. Kinda depends on the bread......if the bread is square, it's cut right down the middle, if it's

top heavy, then it’s cut diagonally, and sandwiches are always cut.

[GreenWave]

11. Not at all.

My choppers move in for the kill.

[Tree-Hugger]

12. Diagonal

It tastes better that way. Scientific fact.

[Irish_Dem]

25. I just posted the same thing.

Diagonal looks and tastes better than horizontal.

But I cut my sandwiches into quarters which tastes best of all.

[MiHale]

13. Depends on the sandwich...

Grilled cheese? Double diagonal…more “points” to dip into the tomato soup. Peanut Butter & Fruit…open face no slice. Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato…maybe no slice, maybe diagonal depends on the thickness of the tomato slice.

Favorite BLT…no bread…deconstructed on plate. Half head grilled Romaine lettuce with Bacon, onion, tomato piled on top dressed with Poppy seed dressing.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Of god you sound like my daughter who aways deconstructs her food at the table.

She did this as a child and still does it.

Takes all the food apart on her plate. Puts the food into neat little stacks.
Some of the little stacks she refuses to eat.

OK I know I am a picky eater but my daughter is worse than I am.

[MiHale]

36. Our deconstructed BLT is a thought out plan...

Cook bacon on a half sheet, pour off most of the bacon love*, split a head of romaine lettuce in half, nestle the halves in the remaining bacon love and grill till a slight char is on the lettuce.

Chop up the bacon, onion, tomato. Plate lettuce cut side up and apply bacon and veggies on top of the sliced lettuce (like you would put stuff on a pizza) then dress with poppyseed dressing.

*I hate calling it grease or fat.

[Irish_Dem]

42. That is what I should do for my daughter.

Just keep food items deconstructed in the kitchen.

Ha on bacon love.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Goodness. Are the hired help so busy with their other chores that they can't do this for you?

At Villa Mahatma, this would necessitate a stern talking-to.

A stern talking-to.

[debm55]

18. I am the hired help

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. I would call to sympathize, but there is no one here to place the call for me. NT

[lark]

15. I use one piece of bread and fold it over the other stuff.

I call them flip overs, after my dad's eating like this all his life.

[Irish_Dem]

21. I know but then you have to bite into a mountain of bread at the fold?

And then you have this big glob of bread in your mouth.

[lark]

29. I use thin bread, no moutain to climb. lol

[Irish_Dem]

30. You still have to deal with the fold.

Yikes.

[lark]

37. To each their own.

[debm55]

38. That's called eating.

[Irish_Dem]

43. Yes sad to say.

[debm55]

45. Not necessarily. It depends on the bite of sandwich to the size and shape of the person's mouth.

[Irish_Dem]

55. Yep. That is why I cut things in small pieces.

I have a small mouth.
A loud one but small.

[Ocelot II]

16. I just pounce on it and devour it, like a hungry leopard on an antelope.

Cut my sandwich? Who does that?

[Irish_Dem]

20. The filling falling out, the bread going all wobbly?

Doesn't the sandwich fall apart this way?

[Ocelot II]

22. It doesn't matter. If you're a leopard you don't care

if some of the antelope guts fall on the ground.

[Irish_Dem]

23. My tummy is going all queasy now.

[Ocelot II]

27. Never had a raw antelope sandwich?

[Irish_Dem]

28. Nope never.

And will never eat one.

I am a picky eater.

[Irish_Dem]

17. The nuns instructed the parents to cut their children's sandwiches diagonally.

They felt the children would have an easier time eating the sandwich this way.

ETA I cut my sandwich now into quarters.

[debm55]

39. Do you know that for certain, as I went to a Catholic school and no nuns ever said that. Or are you

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posting that to get a laugh. If so here is one for you

[Irish_Dem]

44. Honest to god true story.

I remember clearly as I loved the new diagonal cut sandwiches.
Far superior in looks and taste than the bad horizontal cut.

I was in third grade, my teacher was a nun named Sister Rosalie.
She was very child focused, we loved her.

[debm55]

46. okay.

[2naSalit]

31. Depends on the sandwich...

And how I plan to devour it.

[debm55]

33. 2naSalit,sometimes I cut in fours as it helps to eat.

[Kali]

32. off center diagonal

I am an elitist.

[debm55]

34. Thank you, Kali. That must be hard to eat.But I'm sure you will find a creative way to handle it.---

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just like you did with your diagram. That must have taken you a lot of creative thought.

[no_hypocrisy]

35. I was so OCD about this as a young kid,

like the wrong cut ruined the sandwich.

I wasn’t an easy child.

[sinkingfeeling]

40. Diagonal.

[LakeArenal]

41. Yum. Sandwich. Eat any way.

And what about open faced?

[petronius]

47. Grilled cheese is diagonal, PB&J is no-cut, everything else straight across

Anyone who thinks different is a barbarian...

[Nanuke]

48. Definitely diagonal--We were taught this in home-ec class so people eat in from the corners.

[Lettuce Be]

49. Growing up it was straight across. Once grown, I realized, it's nicer diagonally (to me)

Also was able to break from mom's preferred brands of things like mayo, ketchup, and whatnot. It's amazing how those habits can be difficult to break.

[Chainfire]

50. I am an angle guy.

It helps keep the mustard out of my moustache.