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.
Don't know why you're being downvoted. Walkin' isn't really slang but most people use walking/hiking interchangeably. Hiking is just more official/more serious, like 'running' as opposed to 'jogging'.
Okay got it, so it's not like hiking is more in a hilly area (but I would guess more probably because it's more serious) or something. I also wondered if when you use walking you wouldn't use hiking. Thanks!
As a Britisher I generally using hiking more when it is a slog; that is to say, when there are more hills or countryside involved.
You've just reminded me of a German colleague who moved to the US that was asked in his first week "How are you enjoying things? What have you found surprising?" and replied with "Shopping has been difficult because I don't recognise most of the brands or products. The supermarket has like 100 different types of bread, except as best I can tell it's actually just the 1 type of bread in 100 different shapes. Also it's…
I mean it's the same in the UK - there are probably 30+ different types of bread in any supermarket, but it's all the same. It has the same shape, same taste, just different bakery that makes it.
I'd say the UK is somewhere in between, with different types of white bread actually being different (e.g., baps vs rolls). My early encounters in the US were similar to my German colleague where much of the variation in bread was simply to shape (e.g., rolls vs sliced loaf) but it was ultimately the same flavour and texture. Obviously in both countries you can go looking and find a much broader array of options. It's just a stark contrast to experiences in many continental European countries where almost any store that sells bread seems to have white, sourdough, regular rye, dark rye, etc. and each variety is so vastly different in taste and texture.
Very enjoyable writing, though I must admit I never understood putting crisps in your sandwiches.
Uhh no don't oh dear I guess I must: Two lightly toasted slices of NOT white bread, lightly apply very good mayo 1/8 lb of good smoked ham sliced very thin 1 large dill pickle sliced fairly thin ...aaannnnddd a bunch of ruffles potato chips. Assemble a thin layer of ham, then pile the pickle slices in a second layer, add another ham layer, then pile the chips as the next layer, and add a final thin ham layer to insul…
Just made this with homemade French fries, really holds up. Thanks for sharing. Does it have a name?
Did that a couple of months ago, was amazing! Apart from the midges..
One night we camped in a really wet grassy field and had to run back and forth from the midges to get set up. By the time we were done and in the tent there were at least as many midges inside the tent as outside. It was the only time we gave up, abandoned the tent and went to find somewhere else to sleep. Otherwise we were pretty lucky! 15 or more years ago now though!
It was ridiculously bad, even worse with having a dog who brought them in the tent through no fault of her own. Love the place, but Bill Gates needs to spend his money to sort them out.