Does anyone still shop at HMV?

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.

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

― lex pretend, Friday, 18 January 2013 15:08 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait what? What could possibly go wrong??

Lex, are you serious? You can make a delicious bespoke sandwich in less than a minute.

You put something you like between two pieces of bread? How can you not manage that? I know you're a kitchenphobe, but that's actually insane.

Bread can come pre-sliced. Meats and cheeses can come pre-sliced. Lettuce naturally comes in useful sandwich-sized leaves.

the stuff falls out or the bread splits apart or i can't chop things or i spill everything or you pick it up and it just disintegrates and everything goes everywhere

i would never inflict the process of making a sandwich on myself

why would you ever buy bread that WASN'T pre-sliced, i tried to slice a non-sliced loaf before and everything just went wrong

it disintegrates because you've put fucking cucumber and lettuce in it, you idiot.

And tomato. And fucking EGG.

We keep a sliced loaf in the freezer so Em can have beans on toast when I'm out, but other than that I never, ever, ever buy a pre-sliced loaf.

i've never attempted to put egg in a sandwich (see: difficulties with boiling eggs passim)

lex, can you make toast?

not really

i mean, not so it's nice. it's always either overdone or underdone and i swear the settings on the toaster change by themselves

Not surprised.

when you eat cucumbers like chocolate bars, do you slice them up first?

that would be eating cucumbers like cucumbers

no, i try to avoid slicing things because it never ends well

do you not burp loads after eating a whole raw cucumber?

I'm literally explaining to Lex (and Mike) what bread is and how to slice it, on twitter.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Tim Berners-Lee's dream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTJo8r-ZAw

i have never burped even once after eating cucumber, no. i wasn't aware it did that to anyone. it's just water.

i've worked with a young man with autism whose favourite food treat was half a cucumber, and why not? i figure the burping thing only happens to horrible old people who insist on telling you about things that "repeat on them" and then belching

nb please nobody ever use the phrase "repeats on me" it is the vilest phrase in the english language

the seeds or the skin of cucumbers tend to make people burp a bit. also, there's an enzyme in them that only a certain percentage fo the population can taste and to those people it's abominable.

Victorians used to peel grapes too but i figure this is a case of the idle bourgeoisie needing to man the fuck up

man the fuck up and eat a cucumber

Are you making the sandwich before slicing the bread?

unsliced bread is pointless for anything bar open sandwiches and toast imo

Oh man. Go to better bakeries.

bake yr own bread, its piss easy and really fun

i love unsliced bread but if i'm making a sandwich then sliced bread is the perfect size shape and thickness

doorstep sandwiches are some barbarian shit

NOTHING to do with cooking is either "easy" or "fun" except the eating