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Lettuce Be

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

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 07:06 PM

Mar 2023

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.

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Do you cut your sandwich diagonally, side to side, or not at all. [View all] debm55 Mar 2023 OP

I line the knife up horizontally, then turn it just over 90 degrees unblock Mar 2023 #1

Depends for me what it is. If it's thick, I do not cut it all all. RKP5637 Mar 2023 #2

I'm A Diagonal Cutter As Well.... global1 Mar 2023 #3

Both. Depends on how messy the results would be, that is, if I cut it diagonally, would the SWBTATTReg Mar 2023 #4

Brings up a sweet memory of my grandmother. QED Mar 2023 #5

Yes - and more importantly, cilla4progress Mar 2023 #6

Why what? Because it's interesting to know how DUers do things. debm55 Mar 2023 #10

Visually the diagonal cut looks better. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #24

What I meant was... cilla4progress Mar 2023 #51

As a kid my Mom cut all my sandwiches Xavier Breath Mar 2023 #52

Fabulous story, cilla4progress Mar 2023 #53

Xavier, that you so much for sharing your wonderful memories with us. debm55 Mar 2023 #54

Straight down the middle. Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #7

I don't usually cut my sandwich EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #8

Kinda depends on the bread......if the bread is square, it's cut right down the middle, if it's a kennedy Mar 2023 #9

Not at all. GreenWave Mar 2023 #11

Diagonal Tree-Hugger Mar 2023 #12

I just posted the same thing. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #25

Depends on the sandwich... MiHale Mar 2023 #13

Of god you sound like my daughter who aways deconstructs her food at the table. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #26

Our deconstructed BLT is a thought out plan... MiHale Mar 2023 #36

That is what I should do for my daughter. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #42

Goodness. Are the hired help so busy with their other chores that they can't do this for you? mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #14

I am the hired help debm55 Mar 2023 #18

I would call to sympathize, but there is no one here to place the call for me. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #19

I use one piece of bread and fold it over the other stuff. lark Mar 2023 #15

I know but then you have to bite into a mountain of bread at the fold? Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #21

I use thin bread, no moutain to climb. lol lark Mar 2023 #29

You still have to deal with the fold. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #30

To each their own. lark Mar 2023 #37

That's called eating. debm55 Mar 2023 #38

Yes sad to say. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #43

Not necessarily. It depends on the bite of sandwich to the size and shape of the person's mouth. debm55 Mar 2023 #45

Yep. That is why I cut things in small pieces. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #55

I just pounce on it and devour it, like a hungry leopard on an antelope. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #16

The filling falling out, the bread going all wobbly? Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #20

It doesn't matter. If you're a leopard you don't care Ocelot II Mar 2023 #22

My tummy is going all queasy now. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #23

Never had a raw antelope sandwich? Ocelot II Mar 2023 #27

Nope never. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #28

The nuns instructed the parents to cut their children's sandwiches diagonally. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #17

Do you know that for certain, as I went to a Catholic school and no nuns ever said that. Or are you debm55 Mar 2023 #39

Honest to god true story. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #44

okay. debm55 Mar 2023 #46

Depends on the sandwich... 2naSalit Mar 2023 #31

2naSalit,sometimes I cut in fours as it helps to eat. debm55 Mar 2023 #33

off center diagonal Kali Mar 2023 #32

Thank you, Kali. That must be hard to eat.But I'm sure you will find a creative way to handle it.--- debm55 Mar 2023 #34

I was so OCD about this as a young kid, no_hypocrisy Mar 2023 #35

Diagonal. sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #40

Yum. Sandwich. Eat any way. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #41

Grilled cheese is diagonal, PB&J is no-cut, everything else straight across petronius Mar 2023 #47

Definitely diagonal--We were taught this in home-ec class so people eat in from the corners. Nanuke Mar 2023 #48

Growing up it was straight across. Once grown, I realized, it's nicer diagonally (to me) Lettuce Be Mar 2023 #49

I am an angle guy. Chainfire Mar 2023 #50