May
13
Apologies
By…for the prolonged pause. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks in England and Cyprus. Lots of deadlines this week and a work trip to Panama beckons on Monday.
I had a couple of stories published while I was in Europe. My profile of Arthur Laurents, for The Stage is, unfortunately, not available online. But, if the humble sandwich is a subject dear to your heart (or stomach), you may be interested in this piece in the Times.
4 Comments
May 13th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I hate the sandwiches here, they cost a fortune and all the ingredients are garbage. And only things they offer to add flavor are mayo and mustard. Not to mention those moronic people in delis. I ask for one egg, they give me 3. I ask for a slice of bacon, they give me a pig. I’d be dead and constipated at the same time if I ate that. And because of this I am always covered in crap by the time I have picked all the excess off my sandwiches. I’d much rather buy a sensible sized sandwich in a triangular plastic packet and not have to deal with any of this nonsense.
Lucky for me, my mum is coming on Sunday with a shipment of Shippams beef paste. I will be making beef paste and beetroot sandwiches (with very little filling) for weeks to come.
May 14th, 2009 at 4:38 am
I’m surprised you were allowed to trash the cafe in Edinburgh and name drop Walkers crisps in a Times article?? The best crisps in the UK – although hard to find – are Seabrooks. Seabrooks were frying in sunflower oil decades before it became de rigeur for all of the frou frou modern crisp makers
May 14th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Seabrook Spring Onion were a favorite of mine as a kid. Luckily, the fruit shop near our house had a ready supply, so they were never hard to find.
May 14th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Mine were Seabrooks prawn cocktail. A very sweet crisp experience.