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Breadless sandwiches

I am at work. It's lunchtime so I have gone to our deli bar 3 floors down to get myself a new years resolution type salad. Fair due to our deli bar, they do try and put a bit of variety into the food and there is a good range and lately I have been having a very good couscous and chicken salad at lunch. Today when I arrived breathless (66 stairs... some with my blood on) at the counter no couscous salad so I had to choose something else. I picked a salad that has tuna, red onion, boiled egg and lettuce - it looks a very healthy and appetising salad.

However there is a big label on the cover of the packaging declaring that it is called an "Egg and Tuna Breadless Sandwich". How silly is that! I grew up near Sandwich and so I fairly proud of the fact that the popular form of nourishment of two slices of the bakers finest with some extremley lovely comestible wedged in between was named after the local Earl who invented it.

How can a Sandwich be breadless? The very essence of a Sandwich is its breadyness, it is the life and soul of the snack. To take the bread away is like stealing small things from babies. Can you imagine liquidness soup, batter less fish and chips, roll less hot dogs or pastry less apple pie?

Anyway I have finished it now and it was a jolly tasty salad.

And while I am on the subject - why do we have vending machines on our floor with unhealthy chocolate bars and snacks. Surely it would make more sense to sell those 3 floors below so that I have to do some exercise to get to them. The vending machines should be full of good nutritious health food.

Posted by Simon at January 27, 2005 12:17 PM

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1 January 31, 2005 8:55 PM Shirley

Such a good laugh! Well, look at the bright side, you are working for a very innovative organisation.:)When I first learned the word "Sandwich",I thought anything with a "2+1" structure will be called "Sandwich".Does the "2 "have to be bread??
How about decaffeinated coffee??I can't figure out why people drink it. Surely, drinking coffee is to keep us awake.Any explanations?? Best,Shirley

2 April 24, 2007 10:07 PM hovis

If i wanted a salad, i'd go and buy a salad, or make a salad, but i wouldn't call it a breadless sandwich. Call a spade a spade. Ffs! We are clearly in the realms of designer yuppie puppy fodder. Ridiculous. Most excellent words out of you. Sounds like what you eventually purchased, masquerading as a non-sandwich salad , was tasty enough, if inappropriately labelled. I'll have a canadian club with double bacon, cheese and mayo please.