Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 21:02 |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 01:06:53PM -0400, Paul Bennett wrote:
> A roll, prenamed for whatever is in it. If you cut a roll in half and
> put turkey and stuffing between the halves, for example, you have a
> turkey and stuffing roll.
Okay. Seems needlessly restrictive, though. In AmE, "sandwich"
extends even to completely non-bread-related items, such as Oreo
brand sandwich cookies, ice cream sandwiches, and, of course,
"Weird Al" Yankovic's infamous "Twinkie-wiener sandwich"
in the movie "UHF": take a Hostess Twinkie, slit it lengthwise,
insert a hot dog, and spray with Cheez Whiz(R). I was once
young enough and stupid enough to actually try this alleged
delicacy, and I don't think my stomach has ever fully recovered.
In any case, if you have three food items arranged in layers such
that the outer two layers are the same and do not meet on both
sides, that's a sandwich. :)
-Mark
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