TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I thought the US was the capital of disgusting pre-packaged foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm thinking we're neck-and-neck in that regard. Â Certain breads will be buttered in the US, but typically the only sandwiches that's been true are for burgers. There's condiments like ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, and a few others that make a sandwich far from dry or rough. Otherwise you're having to rely on drinking something to wash it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) I thought the US was the capital of disgusting pre-packaged foods. Â Looks like the UK beats out the US for sandwiches. I am disgusted by what I saw on the last page. Edited January 3, 2014 by Faiblesse Des Sens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 The idea of a spread or butter is as Dean said, to moisten it up a bit; especially since it depends on a family or person's budget and what bread they're buying (longer-lasting stuff is really dry). And it does 'glue' it a bit compared to just mustard or mayo since you don't tend to slather those on all over the bread. It would depend on what you're filling it with, though. If you want something like cheese and pickle, that pickle sure as hell ain't gonna hold everything together, and adding the least offensive condiment you can find, so mayonnaise, just wouldn't be the same. Â As for the packets of stuff, they're sort of the 'ready meal' equivalent filling for sandwiches. And they're not bad, actually. More for people who just want to make a quick sandwich, or when it's a bit more time-consuming to prepare and mix all the ingredients (egg mayonnaise, prawn cocktail, coronation chicken). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) Talking of UK food, I do love me some faggots! Edited January 3, 2014 by Chronixal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc4life Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Â do you not have like bits of chicken/chips/crisps/tomato/lettuce/fish fingers/etc falling out the other side while you're eating? Â Crisps, yeah occasionally, on the rare event I have them on a sandwich (I find they're great along with ham or corned beef), but that's gonna happen anyway, butter or not. Anything else, the only debris left over is your typical crumbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 the least offensive condiment you can find, so mayonnaise Mayonnaise is the one common condiment I flat will not eat.  It's disgusting.  I don't especially love mustard, but I can live with it, but mayonnaise?  I'm sending that shit back if it's a restaurant, otherwise I'm looking for something else to eat.  As far as quick sandwiches go, I'll just do something simple like turkey and cheese or peanut butter and jelly if I'm in a hurry.  Though I have seen pre-mixed PB&J jars at the store, which is just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Apart from being grossly expensive on making it yourself there's nothing much different between pre-made sandwich filler and the stuff you'd make at home. Though I guess cultural differences in immigration/empire building would mean I guess America likely doesn't have coronation chicken and chicken tikka sandwich fillings at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Â the least offensive condiment you can find, so mayonnaise Mayonnaise is the one common condiment I flat will not eat. Â It's disgusting. Â Â By 'least offensive' I meant 'most lacking in discernable flavour', but you see my point. You don't want to be adding other stuff into that mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Apart from being grossly expensive on making it yourself there's nothing much different between pre-made sandwich filler and the stuff you'd make at home. Though I guess cultural differences in immigration/empire building would mean I guess America likely doesn't have coronation chicken and chicken tikka sandwich fillings at all. Â Yeah, I've heard of coronation chicken, but not chicken tikka, and I don't know what either one is. Â Also, how is it cheaper to get it pre-made? Â That's almost never the case over here, you're nearly always better off getting the ingredients and making it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronixal Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 A tub of sandwich filler is usually a quid. Hell of a lot cheaper than getting the respective chicken bits and sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Well, a whole chicken and sauce would work out cheaper if you're making loads but you have to cook it, and you're weighing up shelf-life, storage and just how often you want to eat the damn stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Yeah, that's what I meant, cheaper per ounce or whatever. Â I'm also perfectly willing to accept that the increased cost of the premade stuff is worth avoiding the hassle of making it yourself (I love me some frozen pizza), I was just surprised at the idea of it being cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I said it was grossly expensive. Â Also I will add anyone who goes out to buy and cook a whole chicken for the reason of making sandwiches is a nut. You use the leftover chicken from eating the whole chicken as part of a proper meal. Â Also on the third one: Tuna and Maize. I'm not a fan but that's mainly cos I dislike the taste of sweetcorn tinned, but am fine with corn on the cob. Just tuna sandwiches on it's own are fine though. I quite like fish food sandwiches, prawn mayo, mackerel*, tuna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Ah, you said "grossly expensive on making it yourself" which I understood to mean "making it yourself is grossly expensive", implying the pre-packaged spreads are cheaper. Â Your way makes a lot more sense. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Buzzfeed's Great English Dialect Quiz  and  NYT's Dialect Quiz Map for the US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That UK one decided I was from the south east. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Yeah going off my result and a lot of pissed off Northerners in the comments I'd guess the poll is a bit fucked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That UK one decided I was from the south east. Â HEY I UNDERSTOOD THIS. Â HI ETHAN HOW ARE YOU. WE ARE COMMUNICATING. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That UK one decided I was from the south east.  Same here. People in the South-East must be the strong, dominant persons of the UK, who are remarkably handsome and curiously intelligent.  The US one nailed me down to Fresno, CA area as the first selection, which is eerie. Because it's right. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) I'm "spectacularly south east" Not sure about the adjective, but I suppose it makes sense in that I don't live too near anywhere with a strong regional dialect and south east would probably be seen as the default. Luckily I escaped having much of an accent too as the one in my local town has strong scouse influences and sounds quite harsh. Â But to be honest I don't think anyone speaks with most of those phrases outside of comic impressions. When was the last time "all right my lover?" was said in earnest? Most of them probably died out pre first world war as actual everyday language. Â The bread one was stupid as well because most of the different phrases mean different types of bread. All in all I can see why it would have annoyed a lot of people. Edited January 10, 2014 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 People in the South-East must be the strong, dominant persons of the UK, who are remarkably handsome and curiously intelligent. Â Â Yep, that's me alright.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 The whole branded drugs thing. Like Vecha talking about "Motrin" in the other thread. Turns out it's ibuprofen. Other day someone was talking about something (not on here) and turns out it was paracetamol. Â I'm to understand you guys have drugs advertised on TV too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Pretty much, yes, all over the TV. The commercials are crappy ones to sit through, and they have to list out each symptom and possible situation in which the drug may affect you. Very boring ads. I hope to not see any during the Super Bowl  Also, paracetamol. I had to look that one up. Turns out it's not good for kids nor unborn children. And it's normally called acetaminophen in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Okay there's another one: Paracetamol is seemingly so uncommon in the US that Revan's only just learnt some of the bad stuff about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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