Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Grand Fromage

Our mention of sandwiches in the previous post appears to have had an unexpected knock-on effect. My mailbox this morning includes a release from Jim Winship at  sandwich.org.uk (no, I am not making this up) telling me that 119 million cheese and pickle sandwiches are eaten every year ( I hope that sandwich.org are sure of that figure; this is a responsible blog and I don't want to mislead readers if the true figure is 117 million or even 120 million - comment is free but facts are sacred as I read somewhere).
There is better news still: September 22-30 is British Cheese Week, and sandwich.org have helpfully sent me a 'how to make it' guide to making a Classic Ploughman's sandwich. Now I can cook a bit, even if I wouldn't get far on Masterchef, but I reckon that I have been able to assemble a cheese sandwich for a good 50 years; so thanks anyway, lads.
There is, I understand, a special competition, with the prospect of a holiday in (you guessed it) the Sandwich Islands. I think that you all deserve a crack at this, and you can find it at www.lovesarnies.com

Good luck, and send me a postcard.

13 comments:

  1. This has really made me smile this morning. I might even visit the site!

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  2. Sponsorship already? This really is the new dawn!

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  3. What a Wonderful World!

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  4. Hope that's Hawai'i and not South Georgia.

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  5. Be careful what you mention in your blogs. Who knows who will respond with more information than you wanted ....

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  6. The senior judiciary have already done that........

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    1. Et alors? And what did they say?

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  7. On the subject of food. http://tripemarketingboard.co.uk/

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  8. We Yanks like our sandwiches too, even if we call them samwiches or even sangwiches (the "a" as in "Sam"). A quick look at the Hawai'ian flag (formerly the national flag, now the state flag) should establish why British people might want to go there.

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    1. The 50th state with the Union Flag embedded? We learn something new every day.

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    2. They even updated it post-1801, although the old one is still sometimes seen on the islands.

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  9. One of the team tells me that he is married to a Birmingham lass, who also refers to a 'Samwidge'.

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  10. Look, it's a sarnie innit!!

    Mind you, a nice bit of brie and grape always slides down well...although never seen to my knowledge at any court or MOJ meeting!!

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