Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rules on Whether or Not a Hot Dog Is a Sandwich — Pop Culture

If you ever want to derail a conversation, all you have to do is get people talking about whether or not various foods are sandwiches. I once saw a professional meeting devolve into 30 minutes of utter chaos while two food editors yelled at each other about whether or not a hamburger was a sandwich. And the beauty of this is that you can do it with just about anything. Is a wrap a sandwich? Is a taco a sandwich? Is a ravioli a sandwich? Is a Smuckers Uncrustable a ravioli? I'm pretty sure you could say that a bowl of spaghetti was a sandwich, and someone would find a way to support it.

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