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When I make a sandwich for myself, (Original Post) Ptah Oct 2023 OP
lol, little things Shellback Squid Oct 2023 #1
All kinds of sandwiches or just specific kinds? RockRaven Oct 2023 #2
Sandwiches, not hamburgers or hot dogs or grinders. Ptah Oct 2023 #7
I grew up with lunches wrapped in wax paper. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #3
My mom... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #6
Orange marmalade and peanut butter BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #4
I have thought about doing that... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #5
My husband always wrapped his own sandwiches murielm99 Oct 2023 #8
My mother used wax paper too. revmclaren Oct 2023 #9
Agreed intrepidity Oct 2023 #10

2naSalit

(86,880 posts)
6. My mom...
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:32 AM
Oct 2023

While she lived with us, wrapped everything, from the sandwich to the carrot sticks. The sandwich had a certain flavor to it that was lost when baggies showed up.

BigmanPigman

(51,648 posts)
4. Orange marmalade and peanut butter
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:22 AM
Oct 2023

on white bread is what I forced to eat for 5 years and wax paper or not it was awful!!! Since my parents liked it I had no choice or voice in the matter. A sickly sweet, soggy blob ended up in the trash every day. No wonder I never weighed over 99 pounds until I was in 12th grade.

2naSalit

(86,880 posts)
5. I have thought about doing that...
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 12:29 AM
Oct 2023

But never have. It did taste better than a plastic bag.

I wonder which is worse though, the plasticizers in the baggies or the petroleum based paraffin used on the waxed paper.

I'm going to try wrapping my sandwiches in waxed paper for a while just because.



murielm99

(30,779 posts)
8. My husband always wrapped his own sandwiches
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 01:18 AM
Oct 2023

in wax paper. I wondered if it was a throwback to his childhood. Whether it was or not, I found out they tasted better that way.

revmclaren

(2,539 posts)
9. My mother used wax paper too.
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 02:55 AM
Oct 2023

I still have the memory of opening up my brown paper bag lunch and smelling the odor of baloney mixed with the smell of an orange.

In my mind I'm smelling it now and I'm back in my lunch room 55 or so years ago.

intrepidity

(7,342 posts)
10. Agreed
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 06:01 AM
Oct 2023

I get the oversized sheets of checkered squares , 15"x15" I think, like they use in sandwich shops.

Wrap it up tight, put it in fridge for a few.

Just tastes better.

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