gifugill 0 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 What? Cheese salad and pickles?! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 yes and throw in some ham and pickled onions Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Ploughmans on a sandwich? Nah. Sandwich and ploughmans. Now that is ok. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 pret does come up with some good ones. Christmas dinner on rye. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Ploughmans sandwich is ok.....I miss Branston Pickle!! JA...you seriously didn't know what a "buttie" was? I thought that was universal....I was even sure that the Sherman's were aware of its meaning Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Originally Posted By: JA It might if we had a clue what you are talking about! (a butt is the rear end of something?) the concept of dripping bums is not to be discussed in a food thread! I see you are from one of our colonies. I am quite surprised you do not know what a buttie is. Are your parents not from Anglo Saxon Stock. The great chip buttie made Britain what it was.The days when chips were cooked in beef dripping are sadly long gone only one or two chipies cook this way now. Amen Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 and both of em are probably in Scotland, the sick man of europe!!! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Had a good one over summer, not in the least bit strange. It was the size of half a baguette. Brown bread, lots of 'bits'. Stuffed full of chicken breast, freshly fried bacon, egg, onion, tomato, mayonnaise and probably a few other things. Magic it was. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Quote: I miss Branston Pickle Oh me too, can't remember last time I had that. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Originally Posted By: Weegeoff Originally Posted By: JA It might if we had a clue what you are talking about! (a butt is the rear end of something?) the concept of dripping bums is not to be discussed in a food thread! I see you are from one of our colonies. I am quite surprised you do not know what a buttie is. Are your parents not from Anglo Saxon Stock. The great chip buttie made Britain what it was.The days when chips were cooked in beef dripping are sadly long gone only one or two chipies cook this way now. Amen Yes, from WASP stock, but there are over 100 years between my family's most recent interaction with the "old dart" and now. No-one in my family has ever mentioned a buttie. If they made britain "what it was" what has caused the current situation, ie what caused the decline? Anyway, having finally found a web reference to the buttie, so I now know what it is (but god only knows why it was "invented"), the burning question of the moment is - what is a "weege off"? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 his name is Wee Geoff, ie his name is Geoff and he is vertically challenged Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 LOL! JA...what's going on? Not knowing what a buttie is? Thinking Wee Geoff is a weege! Time for some Nintendo Brain Training with Livvy? Ya know I am just teasing....yeah? Link to post Share on other sites
Mini Me Tarzan 0 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I like licking the Marmite off my sandwiches but it is a little bit messy. I laughed when my mum showed me in the mirror. These pictures were last June. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 MMT, That's not strange!! That is entirely normal. Good to see! When you tire of Marmite, have a try of some really good stuff - Vegemite! looks almost the same but has a totally wonderful flavour. If mum would like, I could get you a small jar and send it over. (Ask mum to pm me if that would be OK) Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver his name is Wee Geoff, ie his name is Geoff and he is vertically challenged Thanks TB. I get easily confessed! Wee is not a term used with any regularity in Oz (at least not in the East) for vertical challengement. I associate the term with a certain liquid waste product of the body. I had a double take when I first saw his name and wondered what a weedge was. Thought I'd throw a stir into the pot. However, "butties" is just wierd! Kiwis might recognise the term, but it ain't common in Oz. Link to post Share on other sites
Mini Me Tarzan 0 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Thank you Uncle JA, thank is very kind of you. My mum says thank you too but luckily we can buy Vegemite here in Japan. Marmite is more difficult to find here but my Mum has a big supply. I agree with you that Vegemite is tastier but my mum doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Some mums have no taste, do they! I know some places in Japan where Vegemite isn't available, lucky you that you can get Vegemite there. Maybe mum might buy you some for a special treat (like for your next birthday?) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 marmite and vegemite are just staple. Like it more on toast. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 No worries JA, wee, meaning small is of the Scottish extraction ie a wee dram. (a small tod of whisky) Geoff lives in Scotland Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I want to say once again how rubbish that silly white 'bread' is they use on sandwiches in 7-11 etc. It is truly pathetic. There, I feel better now. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Originally Posted By: thursday marmite and vegemite are just staple. Like it more on toast. They are fundamentally different, though. Vegemite, once an Australian owned product, but now one of a number of products owned by the KRAFT corporation, is a yeast extract. I love it! Marmite (I have tried it once and didn't like it) is, I believe, an extract from beef. How it is made, I have no idea, but I do not like the flavour anywhere as much as I like Vegemite. Best on toast with butter or on rice crackers with plenty of butter. Yummmmo! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 marmite is yeast extract. Bovril is beef leftovers. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I hated Vegemite as a kid, but I like it now. I have always like Promite. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Marmite is yeast extract, I think it was made with a byproduct from beer during the war when it was difficult to get hold of fresh produce. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 vegemite ... Quote: Vegemite dates back to 1922 when the Fred Walker Company, which became Kraft Walker Foods in 1926 and Kraft Foods Limited in 1950, hired a young chemist to develop a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast. Following months of laboratory tests, Dr. Cyril P Callister, who became the nation’s leading food technologist of the 1920s and 30s developed a tasty spreadable paste. It came in a two ounce (57g) amber glass jar capped with a Phoenix seal with the label "Pure Vegetable Extract". In an imaginative approach, Walker turned to the Australian public to officially name his spread. He conducted a national trade-name competition offering an attractive 50 pound prize pool for the finalists. ... and ... When Australians first heard about Vegemite, a thick, dark English spread (called Marmite) already dominated the spread market (Source: Kraft Foods website) Marmite is made by Sanitarium (the company claims it is a "classic Kiwi spread" ... but it appears to have originated in England. It too is a yeast extract, but the flavours are very different. Never have managed to get into marmite, always preferred vegemite. Link to post Share on other sites
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