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Did your Grandad eat thunder and lightning?
Pink Paisley Started conversation Dec 29, 2016
Ia am reminded that mine did.
Bread, clotted cream and golden syrup.
Are there any other culinary gems out there waiting to be re-discovered?
PP.
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Deb Posted Dec 29, 2016
My husband's mum & dad once sat down to cake sandwich. Literally a slice of madeira cake between two slices of white buttered bread.
But then my brother used to eat pickle on toast dipped in coffee for breakfast so I suppose there's no accounting for taste
Deb
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 29, 2016
My mother's mother baked beans all Saturday. The beans themselves were served Sunday night. The bean juice was dribbled on bread for Sunday supper.
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Rev Nick - dead man walking (mostly) Posted Dec 29, 2016
My grandfather (the good one) liked any duck eggs that I found in our small creek. Even the ones missed and gone old, he'd pay me a full 10-cents ! He also liked his tobacco pipe and what I later learned was very weak
He was the only man that could walk through a spring rain shower and remain dry. He said he simply walked between the drops.
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Dec 29, 2016
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Icy North Posted Dec 29, 2016
My brother's father in law regularly ate sugar sandwiches, as well as apple sandwiches, which I thought weird (I still do).
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 29, 2016
Ooh, that reminds me... when I was a kid we'd have peanut butter and banana sandwiches sprinkled with brown sugar.
Also, my great grandmother made excellent apple butter for spreading on toast.
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Icy North Posted Dec 29, 2016
It's years since I had a banana sandwich. The contents tend to spill out, so it's best to slice the fruit longitudinally.
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Dec 29, 2016
No, Icy, the only banana sandwich is made with the brown bananas and brown sugar, pulped, and spread on bread.
MMF
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Baron Grim Posted Dec 29, 2016
Imagine how good they tasted before the gros Michel bananas were wiped out leaving us with the much blander Cavendish monoculture.
I tried a red banana earlier this year. I could like them if they weren't so much trouble. You gotta let them ripen for a long time and it's hard to tell when they're properly ripe. The ones I had weren't overly sweet, but they did have a much fruitier flavor.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 29, 2016
"Sugar sandwiches or condensed milk sandwiches where regular staples back in the '60's" [MMF]
In the '60s, Sunday night supper in my family was bread and milk: white bread, soaked in milk, with sugar sprinkled over it. Another Sunday night favorite was popcorn.
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bobstafford Posted Dec 29, 2016
No but he did eat the infamous Maconochie's stew WWI army rations troops for the eating of.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27118824
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KB Posted Dec 30, 2016
I can't remember who introduced me to this - it might even have been someone on hootoo - but have any of you tried toast sandwiches? As simple as it sounds, really - a slice of toasted white bread between two buttered slices of untoasted wide bread. It's actually better than it sounds.
Better if the bread is fairly thinly sliced.
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Dec 30, 2016
I've had cheese and apple sandwiches. If you're not going to eat them immediately, you need to spread a little lemon juice on the apple slices so they don't go brown. One I came up with myself is cheese and honey: no bread, just cheese and honey. This works best, I've found, with a mild white cheddar.
In Cyprus, I was recommended to try haloumi, a soft squeaky cheese which comes in brine, with watermelon. The contrast between the soft salty cheese and the fresh crispy watermelon was delightful.
I have eaten weirder. My granddad once gave us snails in omelet. I wasn't impressed.
And then there are the stories I've heard. Apparently my uncle once got into trouble in primary school. The kids were asked what they'd had for breakfast, and he replied "scrambled pig's brains". The teacher assumed he was being cheeky. He wasn't.
TRiG.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 30, 2016
I had pig brain soup in a cafeteria in Taiwan one time. It was served with lumps of pork fat in gravy.
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Rev Nick - dead man walking (mostly) Posted Dec 30, 2016
A farmer introduced me to sharp, aged cheddar and honey. The contrasts are very nice
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KB Posted Dec 30, 2016
I'd never have thought of cheese and honey, but I might give it a go. I don't go for sweet things generally, but who knows!
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You can call me TC Posted Dec 30, 2016
Cheese and honey is quite usual here, and that's coming from Germany, where you can't buy filo pastry and their idea of curry is a little yellow powder sprinkled on rice.
The honey should be strong and sharp, not sweet and sugary. Goat's cheese, grilled or baked, goes really well. Also any tart marmalade or jam - after all, it's only a thin line between mango chutney and, say, apricot jam.
Haloumi is the most revolting foodstuff after hummus that anyone ever thought up.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 30, 2016
Hummus is a favorite of mine. I've never tasted haloumi. I'e tasted goat milk cheese and sheep milk cheese -- I like one and detest the other. If you mix the two [apparently Haloumi is a mix] you risk getting the worst of both.
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- 5: Rev Nick - dead man walking (mostly) (Dec 29, 2016)
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