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No such thing as a bad sandwich. People are pretending not to like things.

I remember a notable triangular sandwich packed in a cardboard box and sold on the motorway in France. I ate it while my jet lagged toddler cried and cried and we tried to get to Provence before nightfall.

There is such a thing as a bad sandwich.

There is something truly rotten about service station sandwiches in France. I once had a croque monsieur that was so execrable it made the paper bag appetising by comparison.

I don't know, Sandwiches of History has some real stinkers every now and then, such as the Cheese and Banana Sandwich, the Clam and Cheese Sandwich, or the Peanut-Butter Sandwich.

Cheese and Banana Sandwich: https://youtu.be/uUzO19tgwZc

Clam and Cheese Sandwich: https://youtu.be/31bZ-ReB51U

Peanut-Butter Sandwich: https://youtu.be/1Bmw1JpNY90

Sounds delicious. Banana on pizza is a very beloved dish in the Nordics.

So many tasty things people miss out on due to peer pressure and being afraid to give "strange" food a try.

> So many tasty things people miss out on due to peer pressure and being afraid to give "strange" food a try.

I agree with the sentiment, but there's probably also a cultural thing. I love root beer, for instance, but from what I understand, many (most?) Europeans who've tried it think it's disgusting and tastes like medicine.

The thing I find fascinating about the root beer thing is that I don't recall root beer being an acquired taste. Like, I remember cola being a acquired taste, and Dr. Pepper being an acquired taste, but root beer, best I can recall, I enjoyed right off the bat. Same with most North Americans I know. And yeah, my overseas cousins find the stuff foul.

With curry powder. So weird and delicious

Yes there is. There are a lot people have no idea what makes a good sandwich. They will happily put turkey, Miracle Whip, and two Kraft singles on 11-grain honey wheat Wonderbread and go about their day fully convinced that they made something delicious and healthy.

The fact that >50% of Italian sub shops default to not putting onions on their torpedoes is a testament to how far we've fallen as a culture.

This comes across as projecting personal preferences as universally superior.

These aren't preferences so much as they are facts. I am very much not messing around. You can tell how serious I am by how I equated the decline of western civilization to a lack of sandwich vegetables.

There’s definitely a scale, though. Some sandwiches are okay, some are magical.

Your tastebuds must not be too sensitive.

I can't even put things like mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, ect, in my mouth without gagging.

Needless to say, for me, any sandwich with those in it is the most vile thing I can put in my mouth.

Not being able to enjoy tasty things must be horrible.

There's plenty of tasty things that don't involve condiments.

It's generally American food that has a lot of mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, ect. Surprisingly, when I travel I don't need to be as careful. Most other cultures avoid strong flavors / textures like that.

What cultures are you referring to? Mayonnaise and mustard are staples in for example French cuisine, which many consider to be the best food in the world.

It may be a terrible sandwich if I'm the center ingredient (for me).

It’s a metaphor bud. There are certainly bad sandwiches.

Woosh.

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