Sandwiches Made Similar Bread Food And/Or Eslpod Types

Sandwiches are popular in the United States. In addition to the sandwiches described in today's podcast, you can find many other common foods that are made by putting something between two pieces of bread. Although these foods are similar to sandwiches, most Americans don't think of them that way.

For example, "hamburgers" and "cheeseburgers" are sandwiches made with a fried "patty" (a round, flat, object) of ground beef or ground turkey, as well as ketchup, mustard, onions, lettuce, pickles, and/or tomatoes. "Hot dogs" are another type of sandwich made with a special, long white "roll" (piece of bread) that is cut in half, but not all the way through, so that it can be folded open and closed again. A "hot dog" (a processed pork product, similar to a long sausage) is put between the two halves of the roll and covered with ketchup, mustard, pickles and/or onions.

In recent years, American have become more concerned about how "carbohydrates" (energy sources found in bread and similar foods) can make them "gain weight" (become fatter and heavier), yet they still want to eat sandwiches. Food manufacturers and restaurants have responded by making products with thinner slices of bread or "low-carb" (with few carbohydrates) bread. Others have started offering sandwich-like foods where they've replaced the bread with a "tortilla" (a very flat, round piece of bread made from corn or flour, often used in Mexican cooking). When a tortilla is "wrapped" (folded) around vegetables and/or meats, the food is called a "wrap," but it is basically still a sandwich. Sometimes food producers "take this a step further" (do something to an extreme) and replace the tortilla with lettuce leaves, making a "lettuce wrap," but it is still similar to a sandwich.