What is a sandwich? The answer seems obvious, until you actually start to think about it, and the lines start blurring. There are foods you pick up with your hands to eat, myriad types of bread and bread-like encasings, and endless other kinks in a sandwich’s definition. It’s a cruel world out there for sandwich purists.
February 3 marked the commencement of an important debate among some editors at The Huffington Post over what defines a sandwich. It all began when Associate Special Projects Editor Amanda Gutterman told Tech Editor Alexis Kleinman that she had a revelation: sushi is just another kind of sandwich. Needless to say, a heated discussion ensued in the arena best-suited for these kinds of deep, philosophical questions: Twitter.
@alexiskleinman if you use a carb as a container for a meat filling, it’s a sandwich ama
— Amanda Gutterman (@amandagutterman) February 3, 2015
Indeed, as Kleinman rightly asked, “What is NOT a sandwich?”
@amandagutterman @AlexCKaufman @LauralizHibbard PUT 2 PIECES OF PIZZA TOGETHER. SANDWICH.
— Alexis Kleinman (@alexiskleinman) February 3, 2015
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