.. title: when a sandwich isn't a sandwich
.. slug: bread
.. date: 2003-01-18 14:39:28
.. tags: content, money, food

<p>
  Back in the day I used to buy my lunch from one of the surrounding
  sub shops.  That worked pretty well--it was \$5.00 a day or so and
  it guaranteed me a meal that sufficed to get me through the day.
</p>
<p>
  Recently, I started to think about the economics involved:
</p>
<pre>
     5      dollars a day
  *  5      days a week
  * 50      weeks a year (roughly factors in holidays and vacations)
 -----
 1,250
</pre>
<p>
  I figure that I can make my own sandwiches and cut that cost at least
  in half.  Thus I started to bring my own lunch most of the time.
</p>
<p>
  The other day I bought Pepperidge Farms Sweet Buttermilk bread since it
  looked pretty substantial.  However, I discovered a sandwich made 
  using this bread is not unlike eating two spoonfuls of peanut 
  butter and two spoonfuls of jelly.  A sandwich is not a sandwich 
  when the bread part of the sandwich is rather insubstantial.
</p>