Just what the world has been waiting for: the Common Household’s responses to this year’s Thanksgiving survey. Thirteen responses. This is the first time participants sent in images.
Question 1 - What is a sandwich for which you are thankful, and why?
A. I am thankful for the Subway tuna and cheddar cheese sandwich, with lettuce and honey mustard – it has allowed me to actually have lunch when otherwise I would have gone without.
B. Large american cold cut sub with everything.
...and why? Mmm.
C. The sandwiches made of peanut butter and jelly on saltine crackers that my mother magically extracted from the little suitcase. I am thankful for them because there was no other food for miles around and I was hungry.
D. Noah Verrier's sandwich paintings. The uncrustable sold for $5000.
E. This turkey sandwich
because it tastes good.
F. S'mores, for providing desert on camping trips
G. Cheeseburgers, they're delicious and the large number of toppings available can make for great diversity.
H. A BLT on toast with crisp bacon, a flavorful tomato, and some mustard, because it is bursting with flavor. It was also a special treat my dad would sometimes make us (without the mustard) when we were growing up.
I. I am thankful for the brisket press at the 649, for feeding me during weekly trivia.
J. Liverwurst with mustard on raisin bread.
K. The falafel sandwich on pita w tahini sauce. I am thank full for this sandwich because it has falafel in it and tahini sauce, which other sandwiches do not. It also uses flat bread which I prefer over “American” ultra processed white bread.
L. I am thankful for the banh mi sandwich, because it is delicious and cheap, and can be eaten for any meal.
M. Spam sandwich with lots of pickled onions.
2. Bonus: Provide the lyrics for your favorite song or poem featuring a sandwich.
A. There are songs about sandwiches?
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B. [no answer]
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C. The only song I can think of that features a sandwich is the Oscar Meyer wiener song: “I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner…”
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D. Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said
[Chorus] "I come from a land down under…”
Those are only lyrics I can think of that include a sandwich.
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E. Do you like peanut butter and jelly on your matzah?
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F. Do you like Peanut Butter and Jelly on your Matzah?
It's not about a sandwich per say, but the implication is one could make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with Matzah bread
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G. “Hey panini, don’t you be a meanie
Thought you wanted me to go up
Why you tryna keep me teeny?”
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H "I like bread and butter! I like peanut butter and jelly! I like Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread, its my favorite brand!"
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Heaven on earth with an onion slice
Not too particular, not too precise
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise
-Jimmy Buffett
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J. Recipe For A Hippopotamus Sandwich by Shel Silverstein:
A hippo sandwich is easy to make.
All you do is simply take
One slice of bread,
One slice of cake,
Some mayonnaise,
One onion ring,
One hippopotamus,
One piece of string,
A dash of pepper--
That ought to do it.
And now comes the problem...
Biting into it!
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K. In Baltimore where I was born
Lived a man who sailed the sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
We all love baloney submarine
'loney submarine, 'loney submarine
We all love baloney submarine
'loney submarine, 'loney submarine
And we live a life of cheese
Every one of us
Has mayonnaise
Sky of green
And sea of blue
In our yellow
Kangaroo
(perhaps to this tune)
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L.
[Verse 1] Tried to amend my carnivorous habits
Made it nearly seventy days
Losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds
Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays
[Verse 2] But at night I'd have these wonderful dreams
Some kind of sensuous treat
Not zucchini, fettuccini, or bulgur wheat
But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat
[Chorus 1] Cheeseburger in paradise
Heaven on earth with an onion slice
Not too particular, not too precise
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise
[Verse 3] Heard about the old-time sailor men
They eat the same thing again and again
Warm beer and bread, they say, could raise the dead
Well, it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn
[Verse 4] But times have changed for sailors these days
When I'm in port, I get what I need
Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris
But that American creation on which I feed
[Chorus 2] Cheeseburger in paradise
Medium rare with Muenster'd be nice
Heaven on earth with an onion slice
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise
[Bridge] I like mine with lettuce and tomato
Heinz 57 and french-fried potatoes
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
Well, good god Almighty, which way do I steer?
[Chorus 3] For my cheeseburger in paradise
Makin' the best of every virtue and vice
Worth every damn bit of sacrifice
To get a cheeseburger in paradise
[Refrain] To be a cheeseburger in paradise
I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise
[Bridge] I like mine with lettuce and tomato
Heinz 57 and french-fried potatoes
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
Well, good god Almighty, which way do I steer?
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M. (no reply)
3. Additional commentary:
In the US, a court in Boston ruled in 2006 that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread...
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich
If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble..., "the law is a ass -- a idiot."
-- Charles Dickens
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