Is it all really that simple? On the surface,sure, some bread a tomatoe, lettuce, slice of cheese, dab of butter and sandwich. As long as you have the ingredients on hand, or the money to buy them, no problem. However, lets take a look at the ingredients, one at a time. First, the foundation upon which a sandwich is built, the bread. If you are making your own, you have a number of decisions to make. First which type of flour will you use. Same decision when you buy a loaf, do you get buttermilk, rye, or whole wheat.
Wheat is the most common choice, so lets say we are making a whole wheat, tomatoe, lettuce and cheddar cheese sandwich. Now you have the bread but what about everything else. Tomatoes are a very popular food. You can grow them on your balcony in containers or your backyard. They need a lot of water and sunlight but when they get what they need they perform beautifully.
Lettuce comes in a number of varieties and besides sandwiches can make a fine salad base. You can also grow your own lettuce on your balcony or backyard.
Cheese is almost as wonderful as peanut butter and it comes in many, delicious flavours and textures. I prefer the old, white cheddar because I don't see any need to add the orange dye to my diet.
Now, of course, the production of cheese requires milk. So even though you don't see the milk it is an essential part of the sandwich.
Now, you are ready to put it all together. The only choices left to make are do you use butter, mayo or mustard? Or some combination? So you see, that while a sandwich, may be a relatively simple meal to prepare, a great number of people have done considerable work, so that you can throw together a quick lunch, and we haven't even looked at how the raw ingredients get from the farm and factory to the store and then to your table.
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