None of the above.

I don't cut my sandwiches.

Why dirty up another knife?

dcarch

I use the knife that was used to make the sandwich? You know, spread whatever needed to be spread, e.g. tunafish, butter, mayo, etc.? Nothing extra.

I cut them diagonally. Almost always. Dunno why, but it seems more special?

Diagonally, usually, but some things like peanut butter just demand the mom cut (vertical).

I use a knife, fork, or break them apart with my fingers. A fork works great when you don't want to squish the bread/bun! Fingers are used only when it makes sense... with soft sandwiches like PBJ, egg salad, or tuna. The direction I cut or break depends on my mood... and how I'm dressed. I frequently choose a skewed angle... right of vertical, but far from diagonal. :O)

ETA: maybe that should be further left of vertical for me! lol!

Ricky, I saw your saw solution. LOL!

Cutting sandwiches is an obsession, because the act does no improvement to the taste or convenience in its consumption. More tools to wash, more food to fall on the floor, and more mayo to drip on your pants. Not to mention divorces because fights can happen as to how to cut a sandwich.

That's why we invented wraps and pita bread, can't you see?

I vote to make guillotining a sammie a crime.

dcarch

I hate the crust and eat it as a last resort. I don't want to bite straight into a crust is why I slice. Does that help DC? Cutting adds to the texture experience, for me!

I always hated the way my mom cut my sandwiches, across the middle so the round parts of the bread were on one half and the squared corners were the other half. It seemed to me it was better to cut them so that each half had one rounded corner and one squared corner. But all the cool kids had theirs cut on the diagonal, so that's what I do. I like to use a serrated knife so the cut is very neat.

I disagree, dcarch.... I think that 'cutting' a sandwich can improve the eating experience. If I separate a sandwich into smaller pieces, I can then put wet condiments on only the piece I'm about to eat. This technique keeps the 'bread' from getting soggy on the other piece(s). I also know that you would be smart enough to partially dehydrate any wet condiments prior to serving, thereby potentially avoiding divorce. :O)

For those of us without a Dagwood sized mouth, cutting the sandwich gives a narrow part to conveniently bite. This is especially helpful with burgers. :) It helps, of course, that my table knives have very sharp mini-serrations and cut sandwiches without --horrors!--dirtying another knife...

And if sandwich dismemberment is your fetish, then you must get one of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfA3RQXvSJE

dcarch :-)

You know, sandwiches cut into triangles always taste better, and the tastiest part is the tip of each angle.

I don't pay much attention to how I cut a sandwich, but I nearly always do. Today's sandwiches are so huge that if I pick up the whole thing and try to bite, the filling seems to slop out the other side. I can more easily control the contents if I cut a sandwich in half. Often I just pull off the top bun or bread slice and then eat the remainder with a knife and fork, because I just don't need that much bread.

At home when I make a sandwich, I usually cut on the diagonal and I don't know why, I just always have. Usually I'm sharing a sandwich, I seldom eat a whole one, and that necessitates cutting or tearing. I'd rather cut and wash the knife than tear and get the filling all over.

Annie

Diagonal.

Like olychick, my mother always cut sandwiches into two rectangles. They just didn't taste right :-)

I like quarter triangles, as shielajoyce says, they always taste better. When I work in sandwich shops, if I'm making sandwiches for children, I always give them quarter triangles as well, and they and their parents usually give me as big smiley thankyou.

DH prefers his left whole.

I don't usually cut my sandwiches, if they are the juicy kind they probably get eaten with a fork.

Sue

Diagonal. The sandwich insides (like tuna salad) don't fall out as easily as they do when cut in half vertically. I guess there's some scientific reason for that - maybe a longer cut edge keeps everything in. Or maybe it's the acute corners that hold everything in better. Tuna salad in a sandwich that is cut vertically--instead of diagonally--means that for sure there will be tuna in my lap or down my shirt.

I use a serrated bread knife and cut it straight across the long side (if there is one) and store half of the sandwich in a ziplock bag for the next day. I do not eat a whole sandwich at once, and so I have to cut them. I have never cut sandwiches on the diagonal, but mine tend to be rather thick, and my bread does not always have corners, unless I have baked it in a Pullman pan with the lid on. I always cut the sandwich so that half of it will be easier to store. If the sandwich is small enough for me to eat all of it, I do not cut it.

I'm with rob333. I can't stand the crust. When I was a child, my mother cut it off for me. And as recently as 10 years ago (until she died), my aunt would still cut if off when I was at her house. At my own house, I will either cut it off, or peel it off, or be lazy and eat up to it.

I prefer sandwiches cut on the diagonal. The exception is a pimento cheese "fold-over." Spread the pimento cheese on a single slice of bread, then fold it over to eat.