My thought when I saw the pictures: they really know how to make digital pictures look as nice as film these days...
British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast
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#12Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.
It requires butter. A lot of butter. It's not a French delicacy but it still requires it. The butter complements the dryness and crunch of the crisps. The bread protects the mouth. One of the biggest risks to scoffing down a bag of chips is that it scratches and scrapes your mouth. So butter to complement the dryness and crunch and bread to soften the blow. It makes perfect sense.
Well if we’re on the front page of HN discussing sandwiches, bring it on.
1. Toast one side only of two slices of fresh white bread.
2. Construct a sandwich with the untoasted sides facing out.
3. Inside the sandwich place mushed banana and a sprinkle of sugar.
As you bite through you get soft, crunch, soft, crunch, soft. It’s a thing of beauty.
Another weird combo is crispy bacon and marmalade. In regular toasted bread.
Ah, sandwiches. One of the great foods. Source: I’m from the North East.
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#13Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.
it's a texture thing. most things that go into sandwiches are pretty soft, so a crunch can be a nice texture.
it also helps that they are salted, and salt is a pretty good flavor enhancer.
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#14Where the hell are the pictures of Ella?
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#15My thought when I saw the pictures: they really know how to make digital pictures look as nice as film these days...
The photos in the article were taken with a film Hasselblad.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It requires butter. A lot of butter. It's not a French delicacy but it still requires it. The butter complements the dryness and crunch of the crisps. The bread protects the mouth. One of the biggest risks to scoffing down a bag of chips is that it scratches and scrapes your mouth. So butter to complement the dryness and crunch and bread to soften the blow. It makes perfect sense.
Well if we’re on the front page of HN discussing sandwiches, bring it on. 1. Toast one side only of two slices of fresh white bread. 2. Construct a sandwich with the untoasted sides facing out. 3. Inside the sandwich place mushed banana and a sprinkle of sugar. As you bite through you get soft, crunch, soft, crunch, soft. It’s a thing of beauty. Another weird combo is crispy bacon and marmalade. In regular toasted br…
You need good bread for that. Store-bought bread in the US is quite bad.
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#17The Slowways[0] project is a great resource on UK's walking routes
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#18Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.
Wait until you see a chip butty then.
Urk: I’ve gone from “Chip buttie” to “chip butty”, I’m not a fan, I’ve had to correct my spelling twice, but I’m not trying to sneak my spelling corrections past anyone.
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#19“But I am not British, …” !
That just sounds like gibberish.
Re: British sandwiches and walking 300km of Wainwright's coast to coast
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
It requires butter. A lot of butter. It's not a French delicacy but it still requires it. The butter complements the dryness and crunch of the crisps. The bread protects the mouth. One of the biggest risks to scoffing down a bag of chips is that it scratches and scrapes your mouth. So butter to complement the dryness and crunch and bread to soften the blow. It makes perfect sense.
Well if we’re on the front page of HN discussing sandwiches, bring it on. 1. Toast one side only of two slices of fresh white bread. 2. Construct a sandwich with the untoasted sides facing out. 3. Inside the sandwich place mushed banana and a sprinkle of sugar. As you bite through you get soft, crunch, soft, crunch, soft. It’s a thing of beauty. Another weird combo is crispy bacon and marmalade. In regular toasted br…
I'm afraid, like a vampire, you've just invited me in.
My recipe, marmite and lettuce sandwiches.