Does anyone still shop at HMV?

jabba hands otm regarding egg and cress sandwiches. They can be posh, or they can be plain. They are the sandwich that crosses all class barriers.

Yeah, I like em with bacon more. But I egg and cress is the building block of the egg based sandwich, the first piece of DNA, the fish that crawled from the sea etc etc etc

there are almost always more exciting choices egg & cress sandwiches (or egg & cucumber) but they have their place - in a particular mood or headspace they can really hit the spot and nothing else will do

who was the borders administrator? i have a friend who's STILL trying to get the last of her wages from them.

MCR - who were later acquired by "Corporate Restructuring Advisor of the Year 2012" Duff & Phelps

and no they don't need meat with them, the point is that they are light and a bit refreshing

i could murder a scotch pie right about now

Cress is not food and it has no place in a sandwich. Egg & Mayo, Egg & Bacon, even Egg & Tomato at a push but fuck an Egg & INEDIBLE LEAVES WITH STEMS THAT CATCH IN YOUR THROAT.

I'm totes having a scotch pie for lunch now. Thank you, this thread!

"Corporate Restructuring Advisor of the Year 2012" Duff & Phelps

Lol, really?

Egg mayo sandwiches with a dash of tabasco or encona hot pepper sauce are yum.

Yes, really!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-18611778

xp

lex otm. they particularly suit the 'i've got less than £2 to spend on lunch' headspace, i find

Cress is not food and it has no place in a sandwich. Egg & Mayo, Egg & Bacon, even Egg & Tomato at a push but fuck an Egg & INEDIBLE LEAVES WITH STEMS THAT CATCH IN YOUR THROAT.

― Stop Gerrying Me! (onimo), Friday, 18 January 2013 11:48 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

aw diddums. i eat prawns with the shell and tail still on and shit
(bragging 2013)

Who the fuck wants a sandwich to be refreshing? And how the fuck is an EGG ever refreshing?

an EGG, ffs.

refreshing!

No way.

The thing with egg and cucumber sandwiches is that the egg is the crazy adventurous bit in the equation.

There is no footstuff on earth less fun that cucumber sandwiches. Especially with the crusts cut off.

I had an egg for breakfast. I love 'em, but they're not refreshing.

Matt DC is a good and right man.

lex otm. they particularly suit the 'i've got less than £2 to spend on lunch' headspace, i find

― jabba hands, Friday, 18 January 2013 11:50 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Exactly. Egg is good stuff.

My top two favourite takeaway sandwiches available from the Kings Cross umgebung right now:

- Ham + Egg roll from M&S - affordable, not really very disgusting, nice ingredients
- Breakfast mini baguette from upper crust - my last meal would be a breakfast baguette, probably and this is very good for £2.49; just the right combo of scrambled egg, mushroom, tomato relish and bacon.

The thing with egg and cucumber sandwiches is that the egg is the crazy adventurous bit in the equation.

There is no footstuff on earth less fun that cucumber sandwiches. Especially with the crusts cut off.

― Matt DC, Friday, 18 January 2013 11:56 (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Genital castration, I heard, is much less fun with the crusts off.

Cucumber can really ruin a sandwich.

Anything with as high a water content as cucumber should never go anywhere near fresh bread.

cucumbers are one of the finest foodstuffs we have at our disposal

eggs are even better

tbh in an egg & cucumber sandwich situation, the least necessary bit is the bread

i also enjoy cucumber sandwiches, god help me. not on their own tho. best as part of a selection of mini sandwiches, a palate cleanser between more substantial treats.

i can eat cucumber, but i think its employment in sandwiches should be used in only very specific situations. I think it's better in massive doorstep affairs with tons of other ingredients, tomatoes and cheese and stuff.

this is still the HMV thread FYIs

None of you are qualified to speak about sandwiches, this much is clear.

Cheese and cucumber sarnies are fine. Am I derailing by bringing cheese into the equation?

i don't think anyone's complaining about cheese

i do want to know what mouthy's definition of a good sandwich is though.

i'm actually craving an egg & cress sandwich now

hadn't planned to leave the house today though

if i make my own egg mayo i'm gonna add a little bit of cheese in there. tomato or tomato relish is good on the sandwich. anything else is too much. cucumber is yum. sick "i hate egg mayo sandwiches" mouthy you have ruled yourself out of having any opinion about a sandwich ever

this is much better than picking over the carcass of HMV

i'm starving

A sandwich must not ever involve soggy bread.

there is nothing better than a proper cheese salad sandwich with salad cream not mayo on a summer day

Marks are doing egg tomato and salad cream at the mo which is pretty dope but doesn't make up for the disappearance of their pastrami and pickle

The best sandwich is full of bacon.

i can't stop thinking about egg mayo. i think i might have to have a lie down under my desk for the next 15 minutes.

Tomato is worse than cucumber for making bread soggy and ruining sandwiches. Really if you insist on having either cucumber or tomato in sandwiches you need a protective layer of lettuce in between it and the bread.

They still have signs up saying "Skyfall, 12th February"

Tomato doesn't go near my sandwiches.

unless you like make your sandwich and eat it there and then

I'm guessing I won't be able to get the Matthew E White album from HMV on Monday, right?

This is true, Noodle, but part of the platonic purpose of a sandwich is portability. Tomato and cucumber both make this an obsolete property.

i got little ish with soggy bread tbh, tho if i was pre-preparing a sandwich with salad in i'd make sure i wrapped it tight to avoid the worst problems

Tomato and Cucumber = fine if you're going to eat the sandwich right away. The only time I'd ever prepare a tomato or cucumber sandwich to eat later, I'd have to butter it well and make sure I wrap a paper napkin round it before packing it away #protip

or what everyone else just said

XP When I worked as a cook in a big nursing home I had to make hundreds of egg and mayo sarnies from scratch - from huge pans to boil the eggs to shelling the bastards and mashing the fuck out of them - and quite frankly after that I never wanted to see an egg and mayo sarnie again. The stench of the eggs lingered for hours, it was disgusting. So I do kind of sympathise with Nick S.

i did 3 months on a chocolate biscuit line once and never touched a biscuit for 5 years after that but it wore off

I worked behind a bar for years and I fucking love beer.

since working in FE i've decided i hate teenagers

In non-sandwich news, Sister Ray have said that they'll trade a HMV voucher of any size for 20% in-store discount which might help anyone in London stuck with one.

You can go back to talking about egg sandwiches now (which, for the record, Nick S has right, they're vile).