A Crisp Sarnie

With added crunch

I used to munch on crisp sandwiches when I was a young mosher, and for some reason I started hankering after one last night. The result is in the photo above. Admittedly it looks a little plain thanks to the bright light I held it under for the picture, but rest assured it was fine.
But be warned! There are few rules to making these things. Granted these rules are not solid gold and you may ignore them, but don't come running to me if you end up with an unholy mess.

1. Medium bread is best.
2. Use butter not margarine and don't spread it too thick. And try to resist buttering both sides of bread.
3. Keep the cap on the ketchup, you'll only end up with an overload of clashing flavours. Trust me, ive tried it.
4. If using cheese as filler, GRATE IT!
5. Never crush the crisps so much that they resemble cigarette ash. Ruins it totally.

I used thin turkey slices in my sarnie with salt & vinegar crisps. A light spreading of butter, a few slices of meat before adding the crisps. Close the sandwich, press it down lightly so the crisps break but dont get mangled and voila! Serve and enjoy!

Croque Monsieur

You get these in France (or Lidl)

Every food fan knows that France is one of the leading countries when it comes to culinary delights. Such is their poetry in the kitchen they can even make a boring old grilled cheese sandwich sound interesting. What you see in the above pictures is a Croque Monsieur, or what we in the UK would call a ham and cheese toastie. The cheese usually used is either Gruyère or Emmental.
The cheese used compliments the ham well, but personally I would have bunged some onion in there too. But even without onion, this is not a shabby sandwich by any means. And toasties are a good comfort food to turn too if a spot of the 'glums' has perched its miserable ass on your shoulders.
Its decieving too because whereas it doesn't appear to be very filling, finish one and you'll be more than satisfied.
The only grumble I have is toward the middle of the bread. It got quite 'soggy' from the heat when I expected it to be crisp like the crust. But whether this was due to this particular brand I don't know as I never ordered a Croque Monsieur when I was in France last.

Music to eat to ~ Lita Ford, Ugly Kid Joe, Europe

The Classic

Succulent piggy

If ever there was a classic snack then a swine sarnie is numero uno. Moshpits the world over would be less of a body slam were it not for the pig sandwich. They have healing properties I swear. Hungover? Fry some bacon, lay on the butter and HP brown sauce and voila ! Ready for another round of Jagerbombs and Slayer !!