Comments on: Open Letter To People Who Make Sandwiches In Restaurants http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: deja pseu http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-258 deja pseu Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-258 Oh.My.God. You've just hit on my biggest food peeve, the Puck (or as I refer to it, the Lump-O-Meat or Badly Engineered Sandwich). Nothing in the food universe pisses me off more royally than a sandwich that is constructed so that it either falls apart when you pick it up, or has to be "reorganized" to maintain structural integrity. If I wanted to eat with a knife and fork, I would have ordered something else, dammit! Also loved your turkey sandwich post. I swear, we grew up in the same family!!!! Oh.My.God. You’ve just hit on my biggest food peeve, the Puck (or as I refer to it, the Lump-O-Meat or Badly Engineered Sandwich). Nothing in the food universe pisses me off more royally than a sandwich that is constructed so that it either falls apart when you pick it up, or has to be “reorganized” to maintain structural integrity. If I wanted to eat with a knife and fork, I would have ordered something else, dammit!

Also loved your turkey sandwich post. I swear, we grew up in the same family!!!!

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-259 Twisty Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-259 Ah, so that was <em>you</em>! My sister and I often wondered who that mysterious other kid was, hiding in the shadows, despairing of the ceaseless turkey sandwiches. Ah, so that was you! My sister and I often wondered who that mysterious other kid was, hiding in the shadows, despairing of the ceaseless turkey sandwiches.

]]> By: alphabitch http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-260 alphabitch Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-260 Yesterday I went down to the deli and got a pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich, with hot mustard, on a whole wheat sub-like thingy. I got back to my desk and disassembled it, placing all the fillings on half the bread, which was actually the most lame-ass excuse for whole wheat bread ever. But it got me thinking about why in the bloody fucking hell do they <em>do</em> that, anyway? I didn't come up with an answer, but the sandwich was OK, and the pickle was pretty good. Oh, and the chocolate milk was great. Yesterday I went down to the deli and got a pastrami and swiss cheese sandwich, with hot mustard, on a whole wheat sub-like thingy. I got back to my desk and disassembled it, placing all the fillings on half the bread, which was actually the most lame-ass excuse for whole wheat bread ever. But it got me thinking about why in the bloody fucking hell do they do that, anyway?

I didn’t come up with an answer, but the sandwich was OK, and the pickle was pretty good. Oh, and the chocolate milk was great.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-261 Twisty Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-261 It is a great tragedy when people entrusted with the solemn duty of lunch engage in such wanton dereliction. It is a great tragedy when people entrusted with the solemn duty of lunch engage in such wanton dereliction.

]]> By: Lil http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-262 Lil Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-262 Why are you eating meat? I don't condemn all instances of meat-eating, but you're a sophisticated feminist - how about some animal and food politics concsiousness. Why are you eating meat? I don’t condemn all instances of meat-eating, but you’re a sophisticated feminist - how about some animal and food politics concsiousness.

]]> By: Twisty http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-263 Twisty Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-263 Lil, As a former vegetarian, I can certainly appreciate your question. Unfortunately, experience has shown that whatever effort I may make to explain my nutritional habits to vegetarians rarely meets with satisfaction on either side; I adhere to what is possibly an overly complex set of philosophies when it comes to important things like The Meaning of Life and Dinner, but the upshot is this: I was a vegetarian for years. It didn’t suit me. However, I am not, I like to think, entirely without street cred on the critter/fodder front. Hopefully this excerpt from my environmental consciousness resume will ease your mind a bit. I • strongly support local organic farming and buy local produce whenever possible • buy free-range, “humane” meats or none at all • support the boycott of the overfished Chilean “sea bass” and other long-line species • employ snails, wasps, and geckos to control the insect population at the Twisty Compound • decline to contribute personally to human overpopulation • have several friends who are cows • administer a government-approved wildlife preserve in the Texas hill country where I currently manage for white tailed deer, assorted small mammals, and over 100 species of kick-ass birds, including (she said self-righteously) the celebrated and endangered golden-cheeked warbler. Next year I hope to add bats. I recycle, too! Lil,

As a former vegetarian, I can certainly appreciate your question. Unfortunately, experience has shown that whatever effort I may make to explain my nutritional habits to vegetarians rarely meets with satisfaction on either side; I adhere to what is possibly an overly complex set of philosophies when it comes to important things like The Meaning of Life and Dinner, but the upshot is this: I was a vegetarian for years. It didn’t suit me.

However, I am not, I like to think, entirely without street cred on the critter/fodder front. Hopefully this excerpt from my environmental consciousness resume will ease your mind a bit. I

• strongly support local organic farming and buy local produce whenever possible
• buy free-range, “humane” meats or none at all
• support the boycott of the overfished Chilean “sea bass” and other long-line species
• employ snails, wasps, and geckos to control the insect population at the Twisty Compound
• decline to contribute personally to human overpopulation
• have several friends who are cows
• administer a government-approved wildlife preserve in the Texas hill country where I currently manage for white tailed deer, assorted small mammals, and over 100 species of kick-ass birds, including (she said self-righteously) the celebrated and endangered golden-cheeked warbler. Next year I hope to add bats.

I recycle, too!

]]> By: Neil the Ethical Werewolf http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-264 Neil the Ethical Werewolf Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-264 As an Ethical Werewolf, I approve of your food choices. I accept a <a href="http://ethicalwerewolf.blogspot.com/2004/07/enter-meatrix.html" rel="nofollow">threefold division of Meats</a> much like yours. I also share your anti-puck view. As an Ethical Werewolf, I approve of your food choices. I accept a threefold division of Meats much like yours.

I also share your anti-puck view.

]]> By: res publica http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-265 res publica Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-265 They do the puck thing to make the sandwich taller and fuller-looking. It's just one more greedy capitalist rip-off, so I think it's safe to say that we can blame the patriarchy for meat-pucks. They do the puck thing to make the sandwich taller and fuller-looking. It’s just one more greedy capitalist rip-off, so I think it’s safe to say that we can blame the patriarchy for meat-pucks.

]]> By: Joe's Dartblog http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-266 Joe's Dartblog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2005/06/13/open-letter-to-people-who-make-sandwiches-in-restaurants/#comment-266 <strong>Badly Engineered Sandwiches</strong> They annoy me, and probably you, too. Uneven sauce distribution, inadequate bread girth, mismatching the top and bottom of a bun, over-localized pickle application, condiments precariously close to the fringes, interior build structure such that grippi... Badly Engineered Sandwiches

They annoy me, and probably you, too. Uneven sauce distribution, inadequate bread girth, mismatching the top and bottom of a bun, over-localized pickle application, condiments precariously close to the fringes, interior build structure such that grippi…

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