When you're eating a sandwich, do you really notice the ingredients? Sure you might pick out the mustard from the mayonnaise, and if you have a nice tomato, you should be able to notice its distinct taste. But could you pick out turkey or ham from the other ingredients?
We love meat so much, but in a complicated sandwich, would you notice if the meat was missing?
In trying to eat better, we try to find ways to make sacrifices on items that we otherwise wouldn't miss. Pretzels instead of potato chips or using whole wheat pasta instead of white flour pasta.
But in piling on a sandwich, and not even to the point of a Dagwood, would you really miss the meat?
Sure meat fills you up, but you mushrooms could work as a substitute. Is the element of meat in a sandwich that easily replaceable with an alternative or nothing at all?
If you made a turkey sandwich with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles, would it really matter if the sandwich contained everything but the turkey?
For years, we would joke about the meatless Whopper at Burger King, which was everything on a Whopper except the beef.
But a sandwich filled with vegetables is still a sandwich. And it is more in vogue to do so. Veggie wraps or veggie subs are more prevalent in restaurants.
Some sandwiches really need the meat. Hamburgers need the meat more than a turkey sandwich since the meat is a more prominent element to the sandwich. Ironically, turkey is healthier for you than the hamburger.
The primary point is that sometimes you can leave the meat out and still have a good meal. Sometimes, every little bit helps.
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