I think we can all agree that hamburgers and sandwiches are related, but would you consider "hamburger" to be a subset of "sandwich?
Hamburger
A hamburger is a hunk of ground beef served between two pieces of bun-configured bread. Hamburgers are often served with a variety of toppings and condiments. It is named for the region in which it was invented, not for the kind of meat (as is often mistakenly suggested).
Are hamburgers sandwiches?
If there are at least 2 slices of bread with stuff between them, it be a sandwich, yo.
Damnit, I forgot about open-faced....
boo me.
Hamburgers are the best kind of sandwich, and I have Webster's Dictionary to back me up. Not the part about it being the best kind of sandwich, but itself being a sandwich. ;)
"A Hamburger resides within the sandwhich family for sure, but is really it's own entity. Whilst a sandwhich usually entails sliced or cut meats, and a hamburger has its meat portion in burger-form, making it a different beast.Going to have to agree with Elliott on this one, I'd like to see someone go to SubWay and order a burger or conversely, go to mcDonald's and order a sandwich. Not going to happen.
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They are a certain kind of sandwich that should not be compared to your average sandwich.
if that helps. <.<
Well dictionary.com defines a sandwich as "1.two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair." So it would appear that hamburgers do fall under the sandwich category. But at the same time I don't think that's fair. Because let's be honest here, HAMBURGER > SANDWICH.
I think if there was a family tree of food items, the sandwich and the burger would be sibling nodes - rather than descendants. They'd probably have a parent node called something like 'Breadius Containius'.
Although literally speaking - a hamburger is not the actual bap which surrounds the meaty substance. The hamburger is the actual meaty substance. So no. Unless you make sandwiches out of flesh, they are not the same.
"have you guys even considered what happens when a sandwhich gets toasted? What the hell is it then!!!"That would be a toasted sandwich. Also, a Hamburger is not a sandwich.
I don't consider a Hamburger a sandwich when I think of a sandwich I think of a combination of meats coming together to make something awesome. A Hamburger is one lone meat going it for the entire strength of the dish, I think for that reason Hamburgers need their own classification.
Well Hotdogs are just pork between a bun. Are they sandwiches. Someone should make a Sandwich family tree.
I would consider a hamburger to be a sandwich.
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"It's like ground up pills...at the bottom of it."
"Well.. when I think of a sandwich I think of something that is cold. Hamburgers are supposed to be warm! Not cold darn it!
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What about toasted subs? Those are most definatly warm, but still sandwichs. I think the burger shoud have a classification of its own. Its not a sandwhich, its a burger.
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