Posted on 11/16/2011 9:13:18 PM PST by goldstategop
Toast a thin slice of bread. Butter two slices of bread and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Place the toast between the two slices of bread-and-butter to form a sandwich.
British Dietetic Association spokeswoman Melissa Little said there were ways to make the toast sandwich much better for not that much more money.
Ms Little said: "You can add an egg for 8p, it's not much and it would give you some protein and keep you fuller for longer - and it would make it taste much better.
"Half a can of sardines for 19p would provide good fats, you would get some fish, and again make you feel fuller for longer.
"Even adding some vegetables, such as cucumbers or carrots - would give you some more nutrients."
She suggested the exercise did highlight that people are struggling to pay for grocery bills and looking for alternatives.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
A bit like Jake’s “wish sandwich”.
Only if you want it to taste BAD :)
55 carbs? You won’t find this treat on a ‘type-2’ diabetics menu...
You're right on the mayo- has to be Hellmans, and NOT that nasty crap Miracle Whip!!!
I agree. It’s not a good sign when articles like this are not only “interesting” but becoming essential. My own eating habits have altered. I used to get takeaways, chinese or pizza twice a week. Now its less than once a month. I dont eat out at all - I cant afford it. I find myself cruising supermarkets looking for penny savings. It’s no joke anymore.
I eat egg sandwich’s, fried potato sandwich’s and my favorite tomato sandwich’s. I love them!
When I was in college circa 1967 my girlfriend told me the pledges in her sorority during rush week were required to eat “bread sandwiches”. Without water I presumed.
I guess this thread is for those who regard ramen noodles as an unbridled luxury. Sounds like Bill Cosby’s father lecturing him about REAL poverty (”We ate DIRT! And we were GRATEFUL for that dirt! We walked uphill to school! Both ways!”).
No mention of Velveeta, by the way.
When I was a kid my buddies and I used to tease each other that each one’s mom served butter sandwiches and hot water soup for lunch.
“goes well with stone soup.”
Wiki story of the stone soup:
“Some travellers come to a village, carrying nothing more than an empty cooking pot. Upon their arrival, the villagers are unwilling to share any of their food stores with the hungry travellers. So the travellers go to the neck of the stream and fill the pot with water, drop a large stone in it, and place it over a fire.
One of the villagers becomes curious and asks what they are doing. The travellers answer that they are making “stone soup”, which tastes wonderful, although it still needs a little bit of garnish to improve the flavour, which they are missing.
The villager does not mind parting with carrots to help them out, so it gets added to the soup. Another villager walks by, inquiring about the pot, and the travellers again mention their stone soup which has not reached its full potential yet. The villager hands them a little bit of seasoning to help them out. More and more villagers walk by, each adding another ingredient. Finally, a delicious and nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by all.”
Thanks for the memories! We might have been poor, but we were happy and learned survival skills that will be useful in future if we don’t turn this around. Now the 30 somethings are going to have to learn what we already know. (I especially loved the finger in the crisco!)
“I find myself cruising supermarkets looking for penny savings. It’s no joke anymore.”
In my area you can go to the store around 8:30am and the butchers have marked down all expiring date packaged meat by 50%. I toss it in the freezer and it’s good to go for another few months.
Or you could rid of that frikking 20 percent VAT and all other taxes and eat. But, hey, who needs to eat or enjoy life when you can occasionally see a doctor for “FREE.
Last year The Imperial War Museum in London (great museum!) had an exhibit on food during WWII. People in this article would have learned a lot from that and not been reduced to toast sandwiches.
I’m glad to have bought the interesting book about the display and reproduction 1940’s books on wise use of food in wartime.
We have a family pasta salad recipe that uses Spam. Nothing else works. I don’t know who came up with it or where it initially came from, but it’s made with elbow macaroni (I use bowties or shells), cubed cheddar, sweet pickle relish, celery, peas (optional), chopped hard-boiled egg, red or green sweet pepper and Marzetti’s slaw dressing. It shows up at nearly every family pot luck.
Spam is wonderful stuff but has gotten pricey. Cubed and lightly fried for breakfast with eggs or thinly sliced on a grilled cheese.
Back in the streams in upstate NY you could easily harvest a couple pounds of crawdads (good sized ones!) in an hour.
Very high in protein.
We’re basically talking fresh water lobsters here, folks!
Butter, garlic, maybe a little horseradish to taste...
(I have the horseradish in my garden, very easy to grow, heck IT’S A WEED!!!)
Would you like some toast?
That's what my mother used. Even when my father made more money, she never bought spaghetti sauce from the store. She mixed ketchup with tomato soup. I saw ads for Ragu and Prego on tv, and I thought they were only for rich people. When I left the house and made my own spaghetti, I bought Prego. I was amazed at how much better my spaghetti tasted than my mother's ketchup spaghetti. (smirk)
I do that and add dill pickle slices. Best on sour dough.
Marmite in the UK, and Vegemite In Oz. Actually, many Brits eat toast with beans for breakfast. They put the beans right on the toast and eat it that way. My wife grew up in England, and she'll still occasionally have a meal of eggs, toast, and baked beans.
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