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Thomas's bakery in Ulversron. They offer a generous squirt of salad cream as an option on every sandwich. Few resist.
Well it does make sense when you consider that “factory” mayonnaise isn’t mayonnaise – mostly rape seed oil and little or no olive oil
You know this is a thread about salad cream, right? And the most contentious issue so far is whether that or ketchup is best on a fish finger butty
It’s fair to say that it’s probably not the place to be getting precious about something’s provenience 😂
When we went on holiday as a kid we always took a roast chicken with us.
First meal on arrival was a brown bread ,chicken ,salad cream and golden wonder cheese and onion crisps sandwich. The crunch of it was a truly wonderful thing.
I don't want to shatter a beautiful childhood memory but I think it was the crisps that were crunchy, not the salad cream.
Fried egg roll with salad cream, heavenly.
Sunday chicken roast with gravy and salad cream
Ham, cheese, mint sauce and salad cream sandwich
Go 50/50 in your tuna mayo sandwiches.
Thank me later! 😉
Ah. I knew this day would come...
Long have kep secret my shame...
But tuna is best with...
A sprinkle of oregano, salt and pepper and lashings of balsamic
Now, this might be controversial, even on this thread.
But.
Salad cream and marmite sandwiches.
Oh yay to the SC.. It is the god of all condiments it goes with everything.
Heinze only - own brand is psih
Full fat only - 50/50 is psih
Back when i was still living at home i used to go through bottles of the stuff, i used to live almost entirely off Jacket potatoes and Chicken Kievs (the cheap Tesco ones were the best) - i was a growing lad so easily 2 x massive Pots. It was the cheapest way to feed me frankly, i loved it, it was easy to cook for mum (whilst everyone else had something a little more fancy) - it was always piled high with cheddar too -then absolutely smothered in SC.
However, one day, mum bought some cheap own brand stuff - i tried it, i said it was shiv and tasted like gandis slipper, so sent it back (not quite like that, but the gist is there). Normal SC service resumed. Until about a month or so later, my favourite dish is served up I liberally coated the Heinze SC and tucked in………………. but no something wasn’t right – essence of gandis slipper was there, but I was holding the Heinze SC bottle.. I protested that this wasn’t normal, but was rebuked with allegations I was being silly..
Anyway, transpired that they’d decanted the contents of Tesco Value to a Heinze bottle thinking they could fool me. I found it in the bin.. fools the joke was on them..
I believe I may also have got a clip round the ear for being a little sod for that episode, but we all learned a valuable lesson- which was to not try and pass off inferior condiments as proper ones..
Very partial to it but only with certain foods. I wouldn’t say it was sweet at all, it’s sharp.
I know the answer in my own experience, but has anyone actually used it with salad? Jacket spud salad garnish doesn't count.
Home made mayonnaise. Takes a few minutes and is way nicer than anything from a factory.
There's always one who has to spoil it...
Sunday chicken roast with gravy and salad cream
Wrong un alert. Salad cream has no place anywhere near gravy. Seek help.
I wouldn’t say it was sweet at all
Your palate has obviously been numbed by the British obsession of adding sugar to everything - beans, tomato puree, soup, and even bread ffs!
Heinz salad cream has more sugar in it than it has eggs, which is astonishing when you consider that it is a cack-handed British/American attempt to replicate mayonnaise. Check the ingredients here:
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/salad-cream-mayonnaise/heinz-salad-cream-285g
TopTip : Try eating desserts or cake if you fancy something sweet.
more sugar in it than it has eggs,
But also more mustard than eggs, and the biggest ingredient is vinegar. How could it not be sharp, no matter how much sugar is in it, when most of it is mustard and vinegar?
Yeah the vinegar might give it a sharpness but all that sugar makes it sweet.
And that's another thing...... vinegar. Why the **** do Brits believe that vinegar is a good substitute for lemon juice??
And it's not even bleedin vinegar! It's "non-brewed condiment" - in other words acetic acid added to water!
It’s actually pretty good on a bacon buttie too! I was sceptical until I tried it. Also fish finger butties.
Fishfinger sarnies with SC are on the plate in front of me right now. Yumm.
And that’s another thing…… vinegar. Why the **** do Brits believe that vinegar is a good substitute for lemon juice??
Lemon juice? What on earth are you blathering on about?
The best smell in the world is when you absolutely drown hot chips in vinegar... FACT!
I challenge anyone to smell that and not immediately start salivating and be completely unable to think about anything else other than chips and how much you suddenly want some
I'm going to make you live out the rest of your days living next to the Sarsons factory in Middleton. I used to ride past it on my commute. Its literally all you can smell for a half mile radius 😀
Oh god... I really, really want chips drowned in vinegar now
See what you've done!!!
That's ^^ not even vinegar!
Brits are so lacking in culinary skills that you don't even understand what vinegar is!
If it wasn't for foreigners Brits would be living on a diet of coal and lard. Or something similar.
Because a lot of us come from very poor backgrounds, where a lemon wasn't just a luxury, it might as well have been unobtanium to our grandparents.
It's the legacy of a poor post-war diet; it became the norm during the war due to rationing of eggs, so like dried peas or basic cheese, for millions of people it became the accepted standard. There were bigger things to be bothered about. The occasional splodge of salad cream is a reminder for a lot of reasons.
The occasional splodge of salad cream is a reminder for a lot of reasons.
Of how shit things used to be?
Sort of. In the same way that riding an old mountain bike when you've got a garage full of of modern full sus rigs can remind you of where you came from.
Or because that 'basic' bike is your thing and you're happy there.
Well as a child me and my siblings had to go to a special centre to receive free meals during the school holidays. However I'm not sure that I want to conjure up nostalgic memories of childhood poverty.
I never ate salad cream mind - it was never that bad!
Ha! Same here with fish paste sandwiches.
Powdered egg and balsamic vinegar?
Brits are so lacking in culinary skills that you don’t even understand what vinegar is!
What a load of bollocks. I know fine well what vinegar is.
I've made mayo it's delicious. My bread I bake has no sugar init unless it's a specific sweet bread. Balsamic on strawberry's is delicious
I grew up on a small holding I've eaten food that was clucking, honking, bah-ing in the field. Fresh tomatoes from the poly tunnel.
Etc etc.
But that doesn't mean that something dirty isn't fantastic. Whether it's a poor imitation of something else or not. Being a snob doesn't make you clever it just means you are missing out.
What a load of bollocks. I know fine well what vinegar is.
Binners obviously doesn't, he thinks the stuff in chip shops is vinegar. Anyone with very basic culinary understanding knows that it's non-brewed condiment.
What he should have said was : The best smell in the world is when you absolutely drown hot chips in non-brewed condiment… FACT!
What he should have said was : The best smell in the world is when you absolutely drown hot chips in non-brewed condiment… FACT!
Except for the issue of Sarsons is a brewed malt vinegar...
So really the question is do YOU know what vinegar is?
Since 1794
Except for the issue of Sarsons is a brewed malt vinegar…
Only the stuff in chip shops isn't sarsons nor vinegar.
It's a bit patronising to believe that decent food is a class issue and that the proletariat aren't worthy.
One of the central issues of the French Revolution was the belief that even peasants were entitled to decent food.
As a consequence the average French working-class person today has a far greater appreciation of 'haute cuisine' than the average working-class Brit, that's for sure! It's a culture issue not a class issue - don't be such a snob.
Edit: To be clear I'm as working-class as is possible. But for cultural reasons I wasn't brought up on lard and sugar.
That's the buzz killed, lads. Pack up the craic, ernie's arrived.
Put me right off my potted brawn.
Enjoy your potted brawn and salad cream, I'm not sure why everyone should agree that it represents culinary bliss though. Or deny basic facts such as salad cream is full of sugar and non-brewed condiment isn't vinegar.
This is a bad thread for those on a low carb diet currently.😂
I like salad cream but not tried it on most of the things mentioned above. Post diet, perhaps. My oh loves it on chips but I've never tried that either!
It’s a bit patronising to believe that decent food is a class issue and that the proletariat aren’t worthy.
The hypocrisy is strong in you.
Perhaps you could also explain the difference between tap, still and sparkling water for us while you have some time.
There is nothing "hypocritical" in believe that everyone can enjoy lemon juice on fish instead of acetic acid and water.
But perhaps you can explain why you think it is and also see it as a class/snob issue?
The point of this thread was obviously to elicit a reaction, you knew from the very start that not everyone would agree with smothering salad cream on everything, after all it doesn't figure very highly in TV cookery programmes.
So you get the reaction and I make a few light-hearted comments about Brits lacking culinary skills. You then decide, in classic stw style, to go over the top and get narky about a frivolous subject of no importance, "hypocrite" is what I end up being called. Well done 👏
Christ, the whole point of reminiscing about unfashionable foodstuffs is that they are usually linked to childhood memories, or those of a happier/simpler time. They evoke feelings of nostalgia and warmth.
see
Vesta Curries
Birds appeal
Corned beef and brown sauce sandwiches
dipping a chip in a fried egg with a bit of red sauce on it
The smell of VINEGAR on chips
fried bread
frozen cod with parsley sauce
findus pancakes
box peas
tinned fruit and evaporated milk
buttered biscuits on a Sunday
Angel Delight
Mr Brains Faggots
I would never suggest that the above makes a healthy diet but enjoying (I use the term loosely in some cases) these things once in a while is a Very Nice Thing
Let people enjoy their salad cream and stop ruining everything!!!!
Now, if you will excuse me I am going to flounce off and poach a duck egg for breakfast
Well I can’t stand vinegar on fish and chips, it also reeks. Do like a bit of lemon on them though, I can’t recall going without lemon. We often had pancakes as a meal with lemon and sugar as it was a cheap meal. Maybe Northumberland once had its own lemon groves.
They evoke feelings of nostalgia and warmth.
I'm sure they do for many people, so everyone has to agree with your list? It is unacceptable to have a different opinion?
That should have been made clearer. Earlier on the thread ton reminisced of childhood margarine and salad cream sandwiches. As I had already expressed the opinion that I couldn't understand the appeal of salad cream I pointed out that I understood even less how it could be enjoyed with nothing else but bread and margarine.
I apologise to anyone who might have been offended, I had no idea that it was such a touchy subject.
we had pancakes with sugar and lemon, but the lemon juice came out of a bottle.
I’m sure they do for many people, so everyone has to agree with your list? It is unacceptable to have a different opinion?
obviously not. It's not as if they are part of the DUP seven tests....The whole thing is mock serious, It appears to have become a serious debate, which sucks the fun out of threads like this.
There is nothing “hypocritical” in believe that everyone can enjoy lemon juice on fish instead of acetic acid and water.
There is hypocrisy however in repeatedly patronising us with the fact that not real vinegar exists. Then calling everyone out for being patronising.
Lemon on fish is delicious I haven't disagreed with any of that but you are the one who has decided you know better than everyone on what they like. Which at best makes you look a bit of a wally.
we had pancakes with sugar and lemon, but the lemon juice came out of a bottle.
Oooh! Fancy.
The whole thing is mock serious
Exactly. Hence my comment that if it wasn't for foreigners Brits would live on a diet of coal and lard.
Shocking as it might seem this comment wasn't supposed to be taken seriously:
If it wasn’t for foreigners Brits would be living on a diet of coal and lard. Or something similar.
Apologies once again to anyone who might have been offended. Apparently it is fine to call Brits arrogant stupid racists (which I strongly disagree with) but ffs don't poke fun at their weird eating habits!