Parchment Is the Best Packaging for Sandwiches, but Hardly
There are many ways to make a sandwich and many ways to wrap it up. But what is the best sandwich swaddle to keep your brown-bag lunch fresh? And is the wrapping material really that important?
To sort out this delicious dilemma, I wrapped four small ham and cheese sandwiches – in fact, four servings of the same ham sandwich – into four regular rolls: parchment paper, waxed paper, aluminum foil, and a plastic sandwich bag. I then put them in the refrigerator overnight and ate them for lunch the next day for comparison.
As you can see in the slideshow above, the parchment-wrapped sandwich seems to retain its shape best, but only marginally. Sandwiches wrapped in wax paper or placed in a plastic bag were the wettest, most likely due to the lack of porosity in the materials, and wrapped in aluminum foil fell in the middle. The parchment-wrapped sandwich was not only less wet, but also delicious. The salad felt crisper and the ingredients fresher.
It’s worth noting that apart from changing the wrapping material, I did nothing to prevent the sandwiches from getting wet – in fact, I deliberately used soft cheap bread to invite it. Parchment helps keep your sandwich fresh longer, but that’s only one factor. To prevent the formation of sandwiches, you can put bread hydrophobic paste, leave watery seasoning and filling in the middle , or cook them on the frozen bread . You should probably also choose a stronger bread than plain white bread. It helps a lot.