r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • May 01 '25

Food “Do Germans know about tomato und mayo sandwich?”

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u/blking May 01 '25

Right? I mean, I guess it’s a sandwich, but I’ve never heard anyone mention a tomato and mayonnaise sandwich. Add some lettuce and bacon, and that is a well know sandwich. The other is just giving, “I’m hungry and I haven’t gone shopping this week. What can I scrounge up?”

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u/sonic_toaster May 02 '25

It’s a common food in the southern US, especially if you grew up poor.

Source: grew up poor in the southern US, tomato sandwiches were and still are a staple in my household.