h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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.

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

Hot strong onion sliced in a crusty roll with strong cheddar and mayo.

Wash down with scrumpy cider

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.

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.

Sugar sandwiches or condensed milk sandwiches where regular staples back in the '60's.

MMF

My brother's father in law regularly ate sugar sandwiches, as well as apple sandwiches, which I thought weird (I still do).

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.

It's years since I had a banana sandwich. The contents tend to spill out, so it's best to slice the fruit longitudinally.

No, Icy, the only banana sandwich is made with the brown bananas and brown sugar, pulped, and spread on bread.

MMF

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.

"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.

No but he did eat the infamous Maconochie's stew WWI army rations troops for the eating of.

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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.

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.

I had pig brain soup in a cafeteria in Taiwan one time. It was served with lumps of pork fat in gravy.

A farmer introduced me to sharp, aged cheddar and honey. The contrasts are very nice

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!

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.

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.