Sandwiches, how much filling?

[toasty]

I grew up in the UK, sandwiches were 99% bread, 0.9% marg or butter and 0.1% filling.

Then I lived in the States, and you're down to 20% bread, 80% filling and who cares if marg or butter is in there.

Now back in the UK and making sarnies at work I much prefer the US method and pile as much as I can in a baguette.

Is this wrong? My colleagues seem to think so as I spill half the filling over my desk, keyboard, face etc...

[PineBarren]

No this is the correct thing to be doing, see the bread as a challenge, not a restriction

[Bill]

I hate stingy sandwiches.

[Miguel Alvarez]

More filling than bread

[Mojooo]

I sometimes order sandwiches at work and the company that makes them totally overload on fillings, osmetimes to the extent that you cannot even handle the sandwich properly. I often have to tell them to go easy o nthe cheese, I don't want to eat a whole block FFS.

[sherman]

If you dont have to squash the bread down to get it in your mouth. There is not enough filling in the sandwich.

[SammyW]

Filling to bread ratio has to be at least 1:2. If not i just find the sandwich far too dry. For this reason a tend to go down the wrap route now and again.

[davepoth]

I figure if you're spilling filling onto the desk then you've got too much filling. Alternatively give up with the bread, put a big dollop of filling in some tupperware and bring a fork.

[Shaolin]

The key thing is that it all stays intact, otherwise the point of a sandwich is lost and you might as well eat it with a knife and fork off a plate.

I like generous fillings but hate it when it all starts to cascade out the sides or all over your face.