Memories, Cheese Sandwiches & Twitter

[prosodic]

wendywoowho and I had a riveting discussion on Twitter (as riveting a discussion as two can have with 140 characters at a time) about sandwiches on Friday. She tweeted about her tomato sandwich. I replied saying that cheese would be good on that sandwich. We went back and forth about the ultimate cheese sandwich, which for me would be red leicester (a British cheese) on bread with a slice of tomato and Heinz salad cream. In fact, I had this exact sandwich during a camping trip in Fylingthorpe in Yorkshire 3 years ago. A sandwich that normally wouldn't be memorable, except that it was made for me by a charming British mum who kept calling me "petal" and made a huge fuss over us and made tea to go with our sandwiches. And so, a simple cheese sandwich became one of the memorable meals of my life.

(thespis_mellie and blackrat should remember this too, since we were all there together.)

Anyway, this seemingly mundane Twitter conversation brought back a really delightful memory. And a craving for cheese sandwiches.

Mission accomplished today at the commissary...somewhat. I have sliced medium cheddar. I have tomatoes. I have a loaf of sourdough. What I don't have is Heinz salad cream, and that's because it was $5 at the commissary (McChord has a decent German/British foods selection due to all the people who were previously stationed in those 2 locales). Yes, it's imported, so I realize it is more expensive. But I still think that's a bit steep for a condiment that I would only use as a sandwich spread. So I will have to be satisfied with spicy brown mustard. Ho hum. ;)

Note to self: grab a bottle of salad cream when next in Canada. I'm sure it's cheaper there.

Comments

[godchick.livejournal.com]

Your sandwich sounds real good. Now what do you think of this one being offerd by our local Burgerville?

http://burgerville.com/our-food/seasonal-limited-time/

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. WANT!

[godchick.livejournal.com]

The closes Burgerville to you is in Centralia. Last month they offered a grilled tomato and asparagus with mozzarella cheese. It was good. Haven't tried the new one yet.

[beaniesue.livejournal.com]

What does salad cream taste like? Is it like mayo?

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

It's actually mustard based. But not particularly mustardy. It's kind of hard to explain. But it also has many of the ingredients of mayo, so I suppose you could say it's somewhere in between.

I absolutely hate mayonnaise. Always have. The only exception to this was some exceptionally good mayo served with the fries we got in Europe, so I guess it's American mayo that I hate. It's different in consistency and taste.