Does anyone still shop at HMV?

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).

something something HMV staff hate music something

bit of mustard, spring onion, w/w vinegar, tarragon, salad leaves and you got yourself a banging egg mayo sandwich

leave your cucumber slices in some w/w vinegar & sugar for a bit to extract the water, add some chopped mint to your butter and you got yourself a banging cucumber sandwich

signed, a poncey superior being

throw some capers on that egg bitch too

also cress is peppery duh. they just never put enough of it in

sounds a bit too much like ~cooking~ for me

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

maybe order it from domino direct? it's a wonderful album...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/jan/18/big-record-companies-shun-hmv

Sony & co too busy going down the shitter themselves I guess.

I hate cucumber. Unless it's pickled, or in tzatziki.

If we're getting fancy with sandwiches then fuck sandwiches, we ought to get into serious territory and talk about rarebit. The other week I made the most amazing rarebit, with caramelised onion, pulled ham hock, proper real ale, dijon mustard, and a good mature cheddar on a proper granary bread from a real baker. It was literally one of the best things I've ever eaten in my entire life.

in the summer, i love eating cucumbers just as they are - i cut off half of one and eat it like a chocolate bar. the most delicious, refreshing chocolate bar ever.

beyond "why would you cook", if you're gonna take the time to cook why would you make a fucking sandwich?

sandwiches are probably HARDER to make than just baking stuff or whatever, i've never managed to do it

My girlfriend's mum made me a next-level croque madame on boxing day. It was sort of like a little egg'n'cheese'n'ham pie made from hollowed out french bread or something. amazing.