Holy dogshit batman... i think we're cracked it!

i decided to be a little extravagant today.

some bernard matthews premium turkey slices (40p from the spar last night), two slices of the 10p bread from the previous evenings trip to tesco, half a very ripe vine tomato from sainsburys (which has been living in my fridge for around 2 weeks now) and a couple of slices of pickled beetroot... topped with branstons finest relish :)

and here is the end result:



it was a little soggy due to the over ripe tomato, beetroot and stupidly thin 10p bread, but my god was it tasty! this is the first sandwich this week i would happily eat more of. I think it helps that relish isnt the only other main ingredient this time. when it's just two fillings, the relish overpowers it, and kinda ruins it a bit, but this time, it worked well amongst the other flavours. i made sure i added salt as well, which i think was the masterstroke. it wasnt too sweet. two slices of the posh (yet so cheap. thank god for sell-by dates!) turkey meatstuff either end of the sandwich definitely helped.

so yeah, i think more elaborate is the way forward, although i have a few other experiments i wish to try (due to public demand).. the first of which is likely to involve the king of dirty meats...


shame spar didnt have any coleslaw...

fried eggs and gherkin

sounds like a really bad Dr Seuss book. not that i imagine they had gherkin relish back in his day.

so yeah, 10 pence bread from the local tesco garage and whatever i could find in my fridge. today, i choose EGG.

usually used in my house for making my special brand of blueberry muffins, there was only one left, so scrambled egg would have been a bit poor. boiled egg takes too much effort, ditto to poaching, although rob from b3ta's egg in clingfilm did tempt me, until i realised i didnt have any clingfilm. doh! so fried it was. quick and easy.



so here we have it... fried egg and gherkin relish.

it wasnt actually half as grim as i was expecting! i added a little salt to try to counteract the sweetness of it all, and it definitely helped. still not a perfect partner for gherkin relish, but a definite improvement ove monday's bacon effort.

I think we need some sort of scoring/review system for this. anyone care to come up with a formula for scoring or something? i think looks, taste and sweetness should all account for something. for example, relish and sugar=10 on the sweet scale whereas relish and salt=1.

personal preference goes towards savoury, especially with gherkins, but who knows, maybe its true calling in life is that of a condiment for sweet items. chocolate spread perhaps?

depending on how knackered I am after work, i may or may not do something with that corned beef I bought yesterday...

10 pence bread...

tesco garage was the only place open nearby on my way home from work. i *really* wanted to buy spam and coleslaw, but alas, it was not to be...


i ended up with corned beef and a loaf of 10p bread!.

lovely....

so in the morning, i shall be making either a fairly shitty corned beef and gherkin relish sanwich, or if i get time, something a little more elaborate using items found in the pantry (god knows what though)

i may take the egg and gherkin relish sandwich route if I am feeling daring (not a fan of egg sarnies)

night night chow-heads

todays experiment

cheese and gherkin relish.





hmm. interesting. much better than yesterdays bacon effort. still a little too sweet for my liking, but edible all the same, and tastes fine when washed down with an icy cold can of redbull.

anyone care to suggest what to try out with gherkin relish tomorrow? the back of the bottle suggests fish, but the thought really doesnt appeal to me.

anyone?

gherkin relish and other atrocities

i went to asda yesterday to buy the harry potter book for my mum (and the danny wallace book for myself) and came out with loads of *stuff*


gherkin relish! wtf!?!?!


i was curious. im not sure what it will go with (other than burgers?).. so i am about to try it on a bacon sandwich...



its

ummmm

odd.

not necessarily in a bad way, its just a little sweeter than i was expecting. still not sure what it would go well with. i dont think ill be putting it with bacon again in a hurry. maybe i should take suggestions, then try them out on here? anyone care to suggest something for me to try it on? something within reason, im not going out and buying a tin of caviar or anything... just normal shit you have in your fridge/cupboard...

reet. back to breakfast.
innocent raspberry/cranberry smoothies are the lovliest thing ever. shame its 3 quid a carton :(

oo vudge welcom

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