The Bitter Guide to Buying Sliced Meat

[thebitterguy]

Have I already asked this? I can't remember.

But, yes. There is something that vexes me. It tasks me. It tasks me, and I will have my satisfaction.

Could you please tell me, why do people buy sandwich meat by weight? I mean, seriously. If you are buying sandwich meat, it's entirely likely you'll be using it to make sandwiches, right? And who makes a sandwich by weight? No one. No one makes a sandwich with 45 grams of meat. You make a sandwich by slice. One, two, three slices, whatever you want, that's what you use to make the sandwich.

Some simple math (three meat sandwich days x two people x two slices per sandwich = 12 slices of meat!) will save you and the nice people at the deli counter a great deal of aggravation.

Seriously, unless there's this great common knowledge that never got passed on to me (and, given my life, that's very possible!) about the weight of different types of meats per slice, why should anyone order 150 grams of ham? Just order slices, darnit!

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[optimussven.livejournal.com]

And to add to the problems, I'm only fluent in the avoirdupois system. I know that 1lb of roast beef is enough to get me through a week. But when we start getting into grams then I'm all messed up!

[thebitterguy]

I'm lucky enough to have worked in a supermarket in my youth, so pound/gram covnersions are easy.

Someone starts saying things in ounces, I'm completely thrown off.