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TikTok’s Chopped Sandwich Trend Has Gone Too Far | Eater

"A Brooklyn corner store long known for its chopped sandwiches has served as a real-world precedent for the viral 'very-chopped' trend, offering versions that extend beyond the city's typical chopped-cheese tradition by chopping and mixing fillings into tightly integrated sandwiches. While these preparations show how the technique can be part of an authentic corner-store repertoire, observers argue that the extreme chopping celebrated on social platforms often prioritizes performative texture over sandwich integrity, producing a uniform, near-paste mouthfeel that some find off-putting." - Bettina Makalintal