Salad cream ??? Marmite ??? What's your foodie weird things

[Count Steer]

I like sprouts.

As In, I really, really like sprouts.


(So nerr).

[gremlin]

I like sprouts.

As In, I really, really like sprouts.


(So nerr).

You're there, I'm here, so I can live with that.

However, Mrs.G. also loves sprouts. One of her favourite dishes is sliced sprouts, pan fried in coconut oil, with a plain bit of cod cooked in the pan with the sprouts for the last couple of minutes. I can't articulate how nauseating I find the smell of that cooking.

[Rockburner]

These were Branston, Heinz got kicked to touch many moons ago.
If they were a regular staple I'd probably experiment with them, but as this was probably the first time this year it's not much of a loss to the menu, although I now have a hankering for fish fingers and beans.

ooooh - ya bugger - that got me thinking of fish-finger sandwiches.... graahrhrhahrahrahharrhahrahrr

[Rockburner]

I'm gonna throw out a controversial comment, one that could get me cancelled in today's febrile environment:

I buy M&S ketchup coz it's better than Heinz.

There. I've said it. I await flaming pitchforks outside Chez Gremlin any time.

Tiptree is better than both.

[mangocrazy]

There used to be a brand of baked beans that had no added sugar or sweeteners (Whole Earth rings a bell), but I've not been able to find any in decades. Possibly even millenia.

But I really hate the current trend of dumping vast amounts of sugar into what should be a savoury concoction. Big Sugar can go fuck itself. My go-to Baked Bean recipe used to be to add garlic puree, tomato puree and plenty of grated cheddar cheese to non-sweetened baked beans. On toast or however you fancy.

[Yorick]

I love salad cream on salad etc. But hate mayo with a vengeance.

I love tuna sarnies but get filthy looks when I say no mayo.

[MrLongbeard]

I love salad cream on salad etc. But hate mayo with a vengeance.

I love tuna sarnies but get filthy looks when I say no mayo.

Ditto, and tuna gets mixed up with salad cream for me rather than mayo

[dern]

Salad cream is great, love the stuff.

[weeksy]

Salad cream is great, love the stuff.

Especially with corned beef sarnies.

[Yorick]

Salad cream is great, love the stuff.

Especially with corned beef sarnies.

I used to have brown sauce on corned beef sarnies in me yoof

[MrLongbeard]

brown sauce

You know, now I'm fifty I think I qualify as being old enough to give this brown sauce a try now

[dern]

Salad cream is great, love the stuff.

Especially with corned beef sarnies.

I used to have brown sauce on corned beef sarnies in me yoof

Wow, that's posh. We used to use it to make fish paste palatable. No wait, that's salad cream.

[dern]

This thread has reminded me of sandwich spread, excellent to make crisp sandwiches.

[Taipan]

Things I eat that normally turn up my dining companions noses are Octopus, Squid and rabbit. As a kid I used to eat baked beans, ravioli and macaroni straight from the tins. I hadn't them for years but recently got back into beans. Never liked Mayo until I tried the Polish stuff below. I dislike tomato ketchup, but would have the Polish one as it's got a hint of spice about it. I also buy Polish mustards. Basically, I try a lot of stuff from the Tesco world food aisle...

[gremlin]

Tiepin....

Could you quote me for 100 sq meters of block paving? Ta.

[Count Steer]

brown sauce

You know, now I'm fifty I think I qualify as being old enough to give this brown sauce a try now

Give HP a miss. It's just sweet gunge compared with how it was. Give Stokes a try. In fact almost all the Stokes stuff is 'grown up' versions of the shite turned out by the usual suspects. The tom ketchup still needs a whack on the bottom of the bottle.

[Taipan]

Tiepin....

Could you quote me for 100 sq meters of block paving? Ta.

You want travellers for that, I'm more transport...

[Druid]

Brown sauce mixed in with the beans ON toast. I love soggy toast.

Daddies sauce is preferable but HP will do at a pinch.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Give HP a miss. It's just sweet gunge compared with how it was. Give Stokes a try. In fact almost all the Stokes stuff is 'grown up' versions of the shite turned out by the usual suspects. The tom ketchup still needs a whack on the bottom of the bottle.

I had a side dish with my last Indian takeaway which included a Tamarind* sauce on the side. It was the most heavenly version of a brown sauce I've ever had.

*never entirely sure if I've got the right word with that one, or if I'm referring to a small monkey

[weeksy]

Just for info...

Bacon and salad cream, meh... nah, not really.