• gerryflap
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    Here in the Netherlands a lot of people just eat sandwiches. I usually take them with me to work. Not a lot of effort

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      I’ll never understand how can people eat sandwiches every day, especially those with some kind of meat in them. I’m not vegetarian but eating sandwiches for more than two days in a row make me want to puke.

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        Do you eat the same thing for breakfast every day? I do. But for whatever reason, lunch and dinner is different. Can’t eat the same thing twice.

        Dumb brain

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          I don’t. But I’m a rich american who can afford to be picky and eat different stuff for every meal and eat 1-2 meals a day from restaurants regularly.

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        I am one and it’s peanut butter every day. For 3 years basically every working day has had a peanut butter sandwich. And that’s how the next 30 some years are looking too. It’s fine. I can live that way.

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        I eat sandwiches every day, and the same thing or small variety. I’m not eating for the experience, I’m eating to not be hungry. I can make and eat a sandwich is less than a minute, so I can get back to doing what I want to be doing.

        If I really don’t feel like a sandwich, there’s always toast.

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        a lot of people eat the same food several days in a row, or several meals in a row.

        you only feel that way because you see food as pleasure to be enjoyed. not as a necessity for living. lots of people eat to live.

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          I don’t want to enjoy every meal

          Just not to feel sick because of them

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        Genuinely, why? Personally, I’m happy to eat basically same meals for a few days before they get boring, and you can vary your sandwiches a lot of you so desire.

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        Peanut butter? Upgrading to natural peanut butter made all the difference for me, so it’s no longer just for kids.

        I even get decent marmalade, which definitely doesn’t work for kids, or a dark amber maple syrup. I currently have apple butter, which goes nicely on a peanut butter sandwich, or with a scoop of cottage cheese on the side

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        I also eat pretty much the same breakfast every day. For lunch I can vary what’s on the bread and the type of bread. That’s just how things are here. It’s not the nicest, but it saves a lot of time and money and can also be quite nice

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      Same in the UK, where the post was written.

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        Also, there’s literally a Greggs on every corner or a greasy spoon that’ll make you a sandwich for 2.50

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      Lunch is my favourite. Nothing beats a fine sandwich with cheese.