Crisp Sandwiches

Foxhound38

The missus is from the States and this traditional concoction is something she can't quite get her head around. Is it a uniqely irish thing? If so, should we not spread it to the masses - i'm eating one right now and i can think of no better snack on this earth!

admiralofthefleet

sugar sammiches, remember them?

aaronjumper

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

sugar sammiches, remember them?

That sounds bizarre. What goes into it besides the sugar? I want to try this.

Chucken

aaronjumper wrote: »

That sounds bizarre. What goes into it besides the sugar? I want to try this.

Loaf bread and butter!

admiralofthefleet

aaronjumper wrote: »

That sounds bizarre. What goes into it besides the sugar? I want to try this.

nothing, just butter the bread then spread sugar. my mam used to eat them years ago

Nemanja91

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

sugar sammiches, remember them?

Never heard of them, would have added a bit of sugar when having banana sandwiches though.

Foxhound38

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

aaronjumper wrote: »

That sounds bizarre. What goes into it besides the sugar? I want to try this.

nothing, just butter the bread then spread sugar. my mam used to eat them years ago

Used to do them with brown suger and peanut butter myself. Yum!

Pride Fighter

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

sugar sammiches, remember them?

Me ma did them too. Loved them when I was a child.

aaronjumper

I'm going to try out this sugar sandwich tomorrow. Sounds like it could be strangely delicious.

Chucken

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Never heard of them, would have added a bit of sugar when having banana sandwiches though.

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Used to do them with brown suger and peanut butter myself. Yum!

See the difference of the generations...it was one or the other when I was growing up. No such thing as choice,,,fcek it, sugar was a treat.

Chucken

aaronjumper wrote: »

I'm going to try out this sugar sandwich tomorrow. Sounds like it could be strangely delicious.

Use proper bread, not sliced pan

tippspur

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The missus is from the States and this traditional concoction is something she can't quite get her head around. Is it a uniqely irish thing? If so, should we not spread it to the masses - i'm eating one right now and i can think of no better snack on this earth!

Crisps and Galtee cheese is a favourite of mine.

tippspur

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

sugar sammiches, remember them?

I remember a couple of my brothers eating sugar sandwiches when we were young,it used to disgust me watching them eating them.

Chuck Stone

tippspur wrote: »

Crisps and Galtee cheese is a favourite of mine.

Heretic!

A crisp sammich consists of fresh white bread, butter and potato crisps.

Adding other stuff to it means it no longer qualifies as a crisp samwidge.

Why tamper with perfection?

tippspur

Chucken wrote: »

Loaf bread and butter!

Now you're talking,throw in some Galtee cheese there.

Chucken

tippspur wrote: »

Now you're talking,throw in some Galtee cheese there.

Nah. the Galtee cheese is for melting on toast

Chucken

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Heretic!

A crisp sammich consists of fresh white bread, butter and potato crisps.

Adding other stuff to it means it no longer qualifies as a crisp samwidge.

Why tamper with perfection?

Tayto :cool:

3rdDegree

As long as the bread is fresh, crisp sandwiches are awesome! I do also remember sugar sandwiches. Buttery bread with loads of sugar poured over one slice with the second added for the top.

But what we used to do was cut a tomato in half and dunk the cut side into a sugar bowl until it was heavily encrusted in sugar and eat that.

We now all wonder where the type 2 diabetes came from!

Chucken

3rdDegree wrote: »

As long as the bread is fresh, crisp sandwiches are awesome! I do also remember sugar sandwiches. Buttery bread with loads of sugar poured over one slice with the second added for the top.

But what we used to do was cut a tomato in half and dunk the cut side into a sugar bowl until it was heavily encrusted in sugar and eat that.

We now all wonder where the type 2 diabetes came from!

We used to "butter" weetabix!
Fast food :cool:


Just remembered, picking rhubarb from the garden and dipping that in the sugar too.

McChubbin

I haven't have a crisp sambo in over a year.
Might make one tomorrow as we've got a big ol' back of the deep ridged Walkers crisps and a fresh baker's pan. Goddamnit, AH, yis are puttin' me off my diet!
Never had a sugar sandwedge. Sounds bizarre.

Wee Willy Harris

savour the flavour, cos my all encompassing mono crisp is in development I'll give you a clue: it's a little bit cajun / it's a little bit bland.

FanadMan

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The missus is from the States and this traditional concoction is something she can't quite get her head around. Is it a uniqely irish thing? If so, should we not spread it to the masses - i'm eating one right now and i can think of no better snack on this earth!

Really fresh bread, butter and nearly a full bag of crisps......my supper tonight. God, am still drooling about it!

Just thinking about horrible sandwiches - I remember when I was a kid, a few other kids used to have salad cream and orange sarnies! That's still giving me the shivers 30something years later!

MJ23

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The missus is from the States and this traditional concoction is something she can't quite get her head around. Is it a uniqely irish thing? If so, should we not spread it to the masses - i'm eating one right now and i can think of no better snack on this earth!

Sure they eat peanut butter sambos on that horrible sweet bread. What would they know?
Fresh white bread, Dairygold, slice of ham, and about half a packet of cheese and onion Hunky Doreys. Delish man.

Hersheys

Crisps and coleslaw on a crusty roll.

Drools on keyboard.

J Cheever Loophole

I love sandwiches and I love crisps, yet somehow the combination of both I find strangely dissatisfying!!

az2wp0sye65487

What about buttered digestive biscuits - they are another amazing snack. Are they uniquely Irish too??

BraziliaNZ

My Ma used to give me white bread cut up, sugar, and milk in a bowl. There are a lot of things I don't miss about the 80s!

jeni

My granddad used to give us sugar sambos, slice of turn over bread and real butter and then thick sugar used to love them

In school we used to have cheese sambos with meanies lol rather nice

I heard recently someone used to have vinegar sambos now that to me just sounds wrong

MJ23

Ivanna Long Pilot wrote: »

What about buttered digestive biscuits - they are another amazing snack. Are they uniquely Irish too??

Deadly, i love it. I saw a woman put some marmalade on a ferero rocher one time. I nearly got sick.

Cienciano

The secret to crisp sandwiches is dont try to be fancy. No weird bakers bread you slice yourself and pan fried crisps. Fresh Brennans bread, kerrygoald butter and king crisps, thats all you need

andrew241983

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

sugar sammiches, remember them?

+1 Hells Yeah!!:D

andrew241983

McChubbin wrote: »

I haven't have a crisp sambo in over a year.
Might make one tomorrow as we've got a big ol' back of the deep ridged Walkers crisps and a fresh baker's pan. Goddamnit, AH, yis are puttin' me off my diet!
Never had a sugar sandwedge. Sounds bizarre.

Oh no you didn't tayto or king only!!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

Foxhound38

Fresh bread, ham and grated cheese - bung it into the george foreman until the cheese has melted and the bread begins to crisp a bit it. Take it out whip off the top slice. Bung about half a packet of cheese and onion hunky doreys into it and replace the top slice.

Cut down the middle and serve with a pot o'Tae - life becomes wonderful for a few minutes!

MidlandsM

Monster Munch sandwich...............Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

PopePalpatine

Is it bad that I like Dorito sandwiches? :pac:

alie

Cheese and onion crisps and peanut butter, yum

Plazaman

A regular occurance would be to open a bag of Hunky Dorys (cheese and onion), sprinkle in some Worchester Sauce and Tabasco, shake the bag and bung the result into a buttered sandwich. Strangely nice but as this was usually done under the influence, I don't know if the taste would go well with sobriety.

Truley

it has to be accompanied by a mug of tea for the full effect

Snowie

I love good sambos really mature Cheddar pikalilli chutney if its toasted bread Im a happy camper...

Coslaw is shredded raw carrot and cabbage in mayo how can any one want that? Eww

Foxhound38

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Is it bad that I like Dorito sandwiches? :pac:

Yes :pac:

whitewave

Crisp wraps are savage aswell - bit of BBQ sauce, salt & vinegar crisps, and a daycent amount of cheese. Unreal after a night out!

Yamanoto

I like crisps and I like sandwiches, though I've never had the urge to combine 'em. When alternative options include a roast chicken sandwich, rare roast beef or ham, the crisp sambo's been a local delicacy I've found easy to pass on.

It's obviously something that just works but I find the idea a bit off-putting tbh. Ditto the chip-butty.

sbsquarepants

Crisp sambos kick ass. Usually though i dont actually bother to make the sambo - i put a crisp in my mouth then bite the bread - who has time to actually make sambos these days!

Also, i worked with a girl from slovakia, who was absolutely disgusted by chip sambos - she just couldn't understand why anybody would put chips on bread - weirdo!:D

rubadub

Foxhound38 wrote: »

The missus is from the States

seems recognised there
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisp_sandwich

A crisp sandwich (in British English), chip sandwich, chipwich or potato chip sandwich (in North American or Australian English)

Potato chip sandwiches are sometimes referred to as "trailer park cuisine"

JohnMarston

Fried eggs sandwiches with tomato sauce trumps crisp sandwiches any day

Praetorian Saighdiuir

I'm eating a BBQ Hula Hoop sandwich right now....yum

Palytoxin

Toasted cheese sandwiches, with brown bread and dubliner cheddar, then when they're done open them up, stuff them with crisps, and shove them closed again so the cheese is still melted all over them. For the choice of crisps, Taytos, either cheese and onion or smokey bacon.

brandon_flowers

It is a Tayto Sandwich, you can't be Irish and call it crisp sandwich really.

Another one is tea with small bit of milk, 2 spoons of sugar and then tear up slices of white bread and put them into the tea.

Anyone else do this??

steve9859

MidlandsM wrote: »

Monster Munch sandwich...............Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Bl**dy lovely. At school I used to toss out all the good stuff that my mum lovinly stuffed my sandwiches with (ham, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce etc) and replaced it all with monster munch. Preferably the pickled onion ones.

One of the biggest disappointments of my youth was when, instead of ham or cheese, she put in that awful paste stuff out of those little jars (anyone remember what I mean?)....cause then I couldn't take it out and replace it with crisps

Local_Chap

I used to have apple sandwiches with sugar when i was younger,wouldn't eat them now tho!

Momento Mori

So bad but so good.

Crisp sandwich