On Fri, 14 May 2010 11:15:21 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:

> On May 14, 1:03*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 May 2010 08:27:21 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>>>> Just got a boneless Kretchmar ham on sale too! Sliced for free too
>>>> into "thick sandwich" slices about 3/16 inch thick. YUM!
>>
>>> There are people that fold (or roll) their lunchmeat and those that
>>> don't. *I take it you're the latter - the kind that just take it out
>>> of the package and pile it flat on the bread. *I'm the former. The
>>> kind that neatly and methodically folds or rolls each piece so that
>>> more air gets mixed in with each bite, making it tastier(*).
>>
>>> (*) OK, so I pulled that one out of my ass. I have no idea why I do
>>> that, but it tastes better than piling it on flat with no airspace.
>>
>> It does. *And lots of cold cuts taste better when sliced very thin.
>
> Bah! That's purely psychological!
>
> You get plenty of surface area when you CHEW! Think about it!

Surface area, but not air.

Many people insist on eating their lunchmeat right after it's
sliced. Many delis make sandwiches this way. Except for Jersey
Mike's and Jersey Joe's, they're all very Italian.

-sw