Comments on: Two people divided by a couple of pieces of bread

By: A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » Going green, New York style

A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » Going green, New York style — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:01:34 +0000

[...] readers will know that I have a small obsession with the sandwich. My reputation is obviously beginning to precede me, as Toni and Mike [...]

By: Dylan

Dylan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:17:48 +0000

Sarcasmom – we keep offering our services, but sadly no-one’s taken us up on it yet.

Esther – The Special One is adamant that she will never eat a chip butty. I reckon that she’ll cave eventually, but we might be old and grey by that point, and she’ll look back on all those lost years with a definite tinge of regret…

Trixie – I know you’re a veggie, but what I hate most are the sandwiches with approximately two inches worth of turkey or other sliced meat. I mean, I know it seems like it’s good value, but we all know that the sandwich is secretly all about the bread…

Alasdair – I’d kill for a black pudding roll right now. The Special One insists on calling it blood pudding so that she/I can never forget where it comes from. She fails to realise that I don’t actually care – all I know is that tastes sooooo good.

And Lisa, I laughed out loud when I read your comment. It’s very brave of you to try it. You’ll never look back…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:31:35 +0000

We’ve been discussing this post, Ian and I. I’ve decided I’m willing to try butter on a sandwich, assuming that there must be some sort of delicasy I am missing. (Besides… he tried corn dogs, so I owe him one.. ok, and donuts for breakfast)

Normally, I leave my sandwiches dry, but they’re best with lettuce, tomato and a sprinkle of balsamic vinegarette.

By: Alasdair

Alasdair — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:09:39 +0000

Bacon Roll – Scots bread roll with bacon – delicious …

Sausage and Fried Egg Roll – Scots bread roll with the square-cut sausage and the egg with its yolk runny and the white barely firm – delicious …

Black Pudding Roll – Scots bread roll with freshly-fried black pudding – to die for ! (with the wrong choice of parents, be warned, that *can* be literal ! Mine gave me genes which keep my cholesterol in the 130-140 range, even as I enjoy morning-after extra-cheese pizza as a health food)

There is, of course, the other extreme – taking sliced meats, and making the breadless ‘sandwich’ with alternating layers of meat and cheese between slices of fresh tomato ! (Lettuce admit that greenery is optional)

By: Trixie

Trixie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:11:09 +0000

So us Brits seem to relish carb overload and conversely I’m always slightly repulsed by the ‘how many forms or protein’ style US sandwiches – beef patty, cheese AND bacon?

By: Esther

Esther — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:05:45 +0000

When I excitedly introduced my US hubbie to a fantastic chip butty on Brighton pier (soft white bread, tons of butter, filled with fresh chips) he described it as the “most underwhelming food item he had ever had the misfortune to eat”. He too could not understand why I would put carb matter in bread.

I don’t think he’ll ever get it.

By: Sarcasmom

Sarcasmom — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:50:48 +0000

Truly an amazing example of detante. Perhaps you two should head to the Middle East and mediate!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:42:31 +0000

Tomatoes on toast is one of the great inventions of the modern world. And mushrooms on toast isn’t bad either.

The Youngest gave me the filthiest look when I first gave her beans on toast. Although not as filthy as when I gave everyone a jacket potato with beans and cheese on it. They like both of them now though…

By: Trixie

Trixie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:36:14 +0000

Oooh my favourite – tomatoes on toast!

By: Expat Mum

Expat Mum — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:26:04 +0000

For some reason my kids won’t eat anything on toast. On the evenings when I can’t be bothered to cook a proper meal (ie. 6 out of 7) I continue to suggest beans on toast, poached egg on toast, sardines on toast, – anything. Finally the 13 year old last week asked “Mom, what’s with the toast?”.
And those bloody sandwiches without butter – everything falls out when you pick it up!!