Are hamburgers sandwiches?

It's two pieces of bread with stuff in the middle. That makes it a sandwich man! This is a meat-cake;

I would say they are an evolved form of sandwiches. One day, a sandwich with raw beef on it, ascended to the heavens, and came back as as a new being, with toasted bread, and cooked beef, a long with pickles, lettuce, tomato, and onions.

So my excuse is, a sandwich went to the sun, got burnt, and caught a few flying vegetables(and one fruit) while flying back to earth.

Yes.

@jasonr86 said:

@blu3v3nom07 said:

@mariachimacabre said:

@jasonr86 said:

YES THEY ARE!

I just wanted to bring this thread back.

You're doing God's work, son. And yes, they are sandwiches.

They're padded meatcakes. ~ Duh!

Not sandwich.

It's two pieces of bread with stuff in the middle. That makes it a sandwich man! This is a meat-cake;

Yeah. If I showed you two pictures with identical buns and a black bar obstructing the contents, you'd say they were both burgers. But one of them....was a breakfast SANDWICH with egg and sausage.

BOOM. I just impregnated your mind.

Ah, THE classic thread.

Had this picture on my computer for a while. Dunno if anyone else posted something like this, but this is McDonald's position on the matter.
Hope it helps :)

Someone needs to bring this topic back from the dead. I guess I will.

You're a sandwich.

As Jeff said nearly 6 years ago.. the discussion rages on

Really? Who the $%#* cares anymore?

THey are different, when I say I want a sandwich it does not mean burger and vice versa

Are pizzas pies?

All hamburgers are sandwiches, but not all sandwiches are hamburgers. The typical imagined sandwich is not a hamburger, but it certainly fits the criteria for being a sandwich.

Burgers are a subsection of sandwiches that have become so diverse and varied i believe it should not longer fall under that umbrella. If you say "hey lets get some sandwiches" and you bring me a god damn burger, i'll slap you in the face and then eat the burger. Because burgers are great.

But no Pizzas are not pies. Pies have a pastry crust, pizzas have a bread crust. They are not in the same catagory. Sorry newyork, you're all bunch of assholes for pushing this term.

Burger = food.

Sandwich = food.

Therefore, burger = sandwich.

Both hot dogs and burgers are sandwiches and I will knife fight everyone in here

It may be a sandwich, but a burger will never be a "sammich".

@megametaturtle said:

Had this picture on my computer for a while. Dunno if anyone else posted something like this, but this is McDonald's position on the matter.

Hope it helps :)

Since this thread got necro'ed and no one mentioned it...

The fine folks at McDonalds have also classified chicken nuggets and chicken strips as sandwiches. And they want to make $15 an hour. Pfft.

But when I say I want a sandwich, it DOES mean I want a burger.

If you put pieces of bread over the bun, then yes. It would be a hamburger sandwich.

Do you believe in evolution?

Well burgers are a species that evolved out of sandwiches, yet they are no longer sandwiches, they evolved past that.

SCIENCE!

It's like calling zebra horses. You just look like an asshole.

Yes.

The purpose of this thread is to have a never ending debate until the end of time. Or until Giant Bomb ends up getting shuttered because Jeff went nuts and ended up chewing on the network cables. 0_o

Yes

All burgers are sandwiches, but not all sandwiches are burgers.

....this thread makes me miss Ryan. If there is an afterlife, I can picture him arguing this point with God for days.

You're a sandwich.

I would say no because they should have their own category due to the vast variety. Case in point (these burgers look a little moldy, but the image does showcase the diverse range):

@helvetica: OK, I'll have to draw the line there. Fuck that. Macarons are not hamburgers. Meringue cannot be hamburger buns. And before anyone says anything gummy burgers ain't no hamburgers either.

It is a sandwich cookie. Gawd, do most of you live in fucking whisky barrels? That's the only explanation for this topic coming up over and over again!

Well it only took me 6 years to find this thread but I can finally put it to rest once and for all: Are hamburgers sandwiches?

Nope!

Ketchup on a burger.

Mustard on a hotdog.

I agree

They are different in the same way that Aioli and Mayo are different. Ie. A hamburger and a Sandwich are the same fucking item (like mayo and American Aioli); it's just some American decided that a new name changes the item, and the rest of the world sits by and wonders what the fuck is up with those Yankees changing the names of things.

But wouldn't Pita cross the line between a taco and a wrap? It's just one piece of bread, folded over with all types of goodies in the middle - sounds like a taco. But the Pita bread texture and consistency is a far cry from both hard taco shells and tortillas. That is where I get a bit confused.

Glad to see we're asking the important questions around here

@frostyryan: You know this was one of the first topics on the site, right?

A hamburger without buns is still a hamburger. So a hamburger can't be a sandwich.

From Wikipedia: "A hamburger (or cheeseburger when served with a slice of cheese) is a sandwich". Being a student I trust Wikipedia for all my knowledge so this settles it.

A hamburger is absolutely a sandwich. It's bread with stuff in the middle.

Aren't we all just sandwiches, really?

I really want Felafel now.

@sparky_buzzsaw: Damn dude. Really makes you think.

I'll still be damned if I call a hamburger a sandwich.

PREACH IT!

@matthew: I think form matters. If you only fold the pita in half, it is a sandwich. If it's wrapped, it's a wrap. Same goes with any bread. I mean, a hamburger is not a sandwich either if you break the patty apart and roll them up in a bun.

yup

Holy fucking shit, Batman! Necro thread!

And to set the record straight, after all these years...

...a hot dog in a bun is totally a sandwich because that shit is delicious and I don't give a fuck anymore.

In which case, wouldn't what we typically call a hamburger (hamburger in a bun) be a hamburger sandwich?

And regarding hotdogs, and it not having two pieces of bread, thus disqualifying it: wouldn't that just make the hotdog an open faced sandwich?