Old Habits Die Hard.

When he was little, J–like so many other young kids–had a strong aversion to bread crust. Unfortunately for him, I had a strong aversion to making a sandwich and then cutting off the crusts for my kid. Call me mean if you want, but I just figured that if he didn’t like the bread crust that much, he could just eat around it. I did help him out a little bit, though, by cutting his sandwiches into quarters on the diagonal. This way, he could nibble what he considered “the good stuff” all the way down to the crust.

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That picture above, though? That was my sandwich, from yesterday’s lunch. You see, my mom used to cut my sandwiches into quarters on the diagonal, and I still cut them that way for myself, every single time. (I DO eat the crust, in case you’re wondering.)

9 Comments

  • Shannon

    You feel like you’re eating more when you cut a sandwich into fourths!

    Also, when I was a kid my mom used to tell us that there were more vitamins in the crust than in the rest of the bread, so we had to eat the crusts. I continued to believe this until a couple of years ago, when she admitted that it was a lie. Looking back, it of course makes no sense that the nutrients would all pool in the crust while the bread is baking.

  • Ally Bean

    My mother had the same idea about bread crust removal that you do. However, she always cut my sandwiches into non-triangular shapes: (1 cut, 2 rectangles) or (2 cuts, 4 squares). I thought that triangles were so cute, but she didn’t go for such nonsense. I have no idea why she was anti-triangle but she was. Weird, huh?

  • Grandma W

    It tickles me that you still do that for yourself. Thanks for keeping up that tradition. I have been eatting Nutella at least once a week. I haven’t had it I don’t think since your Dad and I were living in
    Germany. It is sooooo good.

    Love you
    Grandma W

  • Toni

    My mom always cut on the diagonal too. I remember going to school and having lunch…and wondering why they cut the sandwiches in half the rectangle way. I thought it was SO weird! I’ve always cut my son’s on the diagonal too 😀 Does it seem to you that the tinier the pieces, the faster you eat the sandwich? LOL