I am in the middle of a heated debate about this and need your help to prove my point. I reckon that you still only have one sandwich in total and that the halves are referred to as halves not sandwiches in their own right i.e. by cutting a sandwich in half you're not left with 2 sandwiches. What do you all think?
2007-05-26 02:56:03 · 47 answers · asked by Christine155 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The answer I believe is very simple. It goes like this...... if you have 1 orange and cut it in half it wouldn't be considered having 2 oranges. It be considered as having to halves of an orange or two slices, but one orange.
2007-05-26 03:06:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 halves of 1 sandwich
2007-05-26 03:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Magic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 sandwich - 2 halves
2007-05-26 02:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I would reckon that you have two sandwiches as there are two pieces of bread with filling. You could say that it a a sandwich divided into 2 but it is still 2 sandwiches
2007-05-26 06:26:25 · answer #4 · answered by traceylill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aaagh, you got me with this one.
If you asked someone if they wanted a sandwich, you would make it, cut it, and then give it to them as a whole (2 halves, 1 sandwich).
No problem there, but...
If you made yourself a sandwich, and then offered your friend a sandwich from the plate that you are eating from, would they take both halves and leave you with none?
Buffet sandwiches are little triangle quarters. If your friend asked you to get them a plate of food and chuck on a couple of sandwiches, would you pile eight quarters on top of the sausage rolls, pizza slices, dips etc?
I'm sure your debate will rage on...
2007-05-26 03:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by Innocuous pen... 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can make a single sandwich that is so big 3 people wouldn't be able to eat it!
is that one sandwich?
and I can make a sandwich so tiny, you could eat it in one bite, and not even have something to chew. Is that a sandwich?
define a sandwich, and then we can talk.
one cut in 2 makes 2 halves, that's true, but ... if you have 2 weeks holiday, and you take one week in June, and go to a mountain, and the other one in September, and go to seaside, did you have 1 or 2 holidays?
2007-05-26 03:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by tricky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I agree you still have one sandwich that is cut in halves. There is an exception and that would be when they are cut into strips and become what is known as finger sandwiches.
2007-05-26 03:06:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cut a pie in half, would you have two pies?
If you cut an apple in half, is it two apples?
If a store sold half a pound of spaghetti but adverised it as one pound of spaghetti, would the FDA enforce labelling laws?
Now, it's true that there is some food that doesn't get quantified like that. Cut a serving of whipped cream in half and you have two smaller servings ('serving', of course, is not defined absolutely--FDA standards are only that it be reasonable and comparable to similar products). And if you cut the bread into four quarters and assemble two sandwiches separately, then you'd have two sandwiches.
But here you're starting with one and cutting it. That's two halves.
2007-05-26 03:06:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're having a debate and cutting a sandwich ... you end up with one sandwich ... because as a polite and thoughtful person you have given the other sandwich to your friend ... Kay
2007-05-26 05:35:48 · answer #9 · answered by BooksToBrowse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you on this one.......you have 1 sandwich cut in half. Not 2 sandwiches.
2007-05-26 03:03:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jacki 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋