katyjay 5,091 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Denshaw suggested this thread. I ate pretty boringly as a kid, so my sandwiches were either jam, banana or golden syrup. Dad was more adventurous, he loved marmalade on one slice and peanut butter on the other, and slap em together. A friend had condensed milk in hers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Either potted meat or that so called crab paste out of a glass jar, I can still smell it today, made your bread soggy too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I mentioned (At the age of 17) to my mum that I liked Piccalilli and hadn't had any for years, every day after that for about 6 months I got Cheese and piccalilli sandwiches for my 'pack out'!! Until I plucked up courage to tell her I'd had enough, then it was Marmite , so much so that I got nicknamed "Marmite" for a while !!! As a kid it was Ham off the bone cobs for Saturday tea, followed by a "Sally Lunn".(Any body remember them ??) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Was it a currant bun? I do remember iced buns being a treat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Sandwich spread! I also loved crisp sandwiches - and if we had leftover "new" potatoes, I would have bread, lots of butter, sliced cold potatoes and lots of salt! If we had any (a rare treat), salad cream on top too! YUMMY! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Jelly......straight out of the packet......it was square so it was the right shape.....plus we'de heard about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the tv ( americans )....so jelly it was... ( dint know back then that their jelly was 'JAM' ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Now try a Wagon Wheel cob........everyone thinks youve got a burger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Whilst out in Ibiza a regular alternative to their idea of a sandwich (Any combination of Ham and Cheese!!) was to get a large crusty cob and stick a meat pie in the middle !! A Sally Lunn was indeed a type of large currant bun sprinkled with sugar, the texture was a bit more 'doughnutty' (if there is such a word), they were about 8 inches across, it was scored into 6 or 8 pieces, we cut it in half and spread butter in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Oh, now I feel really hungry. Yes, potted meat sandwiches - or polony! That sort of peppery potted meat in a red skin. I liked that. Now, when nobody`s looking I like fish finger sandwiches - with the fish fingers hot so they melt the butter. Oh, and hot chip sandwiches melting the butter so it runs down your chin. Oh, my mouth`s watering something cruel! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 YEAH....love fishfinger sandwiches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Crisp Sandwiches. Pork Pie Sandwich. Sandersons pie from the Chippy Sandwich. And Chicken Skin Sandwiches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian36 0 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Mine would be as a kid =oxo cube crumpled over sliced tomatoes. Sugar and banana sandwiches, brown sauce sandwiches condensed milk sandwiches, was their peanut butter in the fifties? 36. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 As a kid i liked bread and dripping, can't stand it now. Next time your in a Butchers shop ask the Butcher if he keeps dripping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Loved bread & dripping too - especially if it included some of the brown, salty, jelly stuff that was at the bottom of the pot! A couple of slices and a glass of milk when I came home from an evening in the pub - PERFECT! Haven't tried it in years - maybe I'll look next week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 A mate of mine would eat a Weetabix with butter on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 I forgot Bread Butter and Sugar sandwiches. We also had bread with hot milk and sugar on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 A lady I work with eats Shredded Wheat with milk and salt! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 My dad got the peanut butter in the 50's from my uncle who worked at Heathrow. Somehow he got it in huge catering tins, most likely destined for the USAF bases. Denshaw, when I was a teen, the lads would say 'how's your mother off for dripping' then laugh like a drain. I had no idea, and still don't, what was so bloody funny! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 There was a character in the old 'Daily Mirror' cartoon strip "The Perishers" called "Marlon" who used to eat , "The dreaded inch thick Tomato Ketchup sandwich" , I tried it and I liked it, haven't had one for a few years but they're not bad !! My mum told me about "Weetabix" with butter and jam on them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 "The dreaded inch thick Tomato Ketchup sandwich" And the other kids would run because they got splattered when he bit into it! Brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I liked Piccalilli and hadn't had any for years We had some relative that used to deliver for Pandora Pickles so we had boxes full of that & tinned tarantella tomatoes dumped in the back alley. Strange no orange sandwiches mentioned ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 You don't see much Haslet nowadays is it still about? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Haslett had it last week from Sainsburys @ Castle marina with lurpak & HP sauce. Not sure what it did but everyday my mar gave me & my brother a spoon full of some malt extract , not even sure now if i liked it or not ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 I loved that malt, I got a teaspoon of cod liver oil, a teaspoon of rose hip syrup and a tablespoon of the malt everyday as a kid. And of course, the welfare clinic orange juice, that I've never found equaled anywhere since. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Wow, I forgot about the Malt and the orange we were given as a food supplement. "Radio Malt" as I remember was the name of it, sweet thick treacle like constituency, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_malt and that Orange concentrate too. Neither suitable for sandwiches tho! Haslet not had it for years. What exactle was it? A bit like sliced cold faggots? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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