Cheapest meal in the UK

joea · 11-17-11, 04:38 AM

Another reason not to trust British cooking.

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Britain's 'cheapest' lunchtime meal was unveiled by scientists on Wednesday - the toast sandwich.
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is reviving the mid-Victorian dish, which, unsurprisingly, consists of two slices of bread around a slice of toast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15752918

Yes a TOAST sandwich, (toasted) bread in bread. Ok with butter and pepper.

Even worse than the chippie sandwich the latter of which I've tried and is not too bad-but boy both are carb nightmares.

It could be worse, the KFC Double Down comes to mind.

papa_smurf · 11-17-11, 05:49 AM

How dare you slate the great chip buttie, also the toastie (or toasted sandwich) is a staple of uni students (or was when I was at uni).

Jimbuna · 11-17-11, 07:59 AM

Can't honestly say I've ever had such a toastie....mine always have a filling eg cheese and onion

A chip buttie is never complete unless it is accompanied with lashings of Heinz Salad Cream

Oberon · 11-17-11, 07:59 AM

Could just do a chip buttie right now, but instead I have cheese on toast...can't win them all.

Lord_magerius · 11-17-11, 11:36 AM

Don't worry guys, I've just had a fry up and thought of each and every one of you whilst eating it.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-17-11, 11:47 AM

Surely a cheaper meal than a toast sandwich is, err, toast!

And in figuring out the costs nobody seems to have mentioned the cost of the 'leccy.

antikristuseke · 11-17-11, 12:07 PM

Scotish cooking is even worse though, the deep fried donner kebab comes to mind.

11-17-11, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

...A chip buttie is never complete unless it is accompanied with lashings of Heinz Salad Cream

The Wife loves chip butties and had a friend in Newfoundland mail her bottles of Heinz Salad Cream for years until she found a local supplier. I tried one once with a side of defibrillator.

Jimbuna · 11-17-11, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer

The Wife loves chip butties and had a friend in Newfoundland mail her bottles of Heinz Salad Cream for years until she found a local supplier. I tried one once with a side of defibrillator.

Not good if your a calory counter mind....I can't eat the 'light' variants

Cohaagen · 11-18-11, 11:47 AM

There's nothing wrong with British food, but Americans like to cling to these tropes regardless. Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it.

Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

nikimcbee · 11-17-11, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by joea

Another reason not to trust British cooking.

11-17-11, 05:49 AM	#2
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	How dare you slate the great chip buttie, also the toastie (or toasted sandwich) is a staple of uni students (or was when I was at uni). __________________

11-17-11, 07:59 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Can't honestly say I've ever had such a toastie....mine always have a filling eg cheese and onion A chip buttie is never complete unless it is accompanied with lashings of Heinz Salad Cream __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-17-11, 11:36 AM	#5
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Don't worry guys, I've just had a fry up and thought of each and every one of you whilst eating it. __________________

11-17-11, 11:47 AM	#6
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Surely a cheaper meal than a toast sandwich is, err, toast! And in figuring out the costs nobody seems to have mentioned the cost of the 'leccy. __________________

11-17-11, 07:59 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Could just do a chip buttie right now, but instead I have cheese on toast...can't win them all.

11-17-11, 12:07 PM	#7
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Scotish cooking is even worse though, the deep fried donner kebab comes to mind.

11-18-11, 11:47 AM	#10
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	There's nothing wrong with British food, but Americans like to cling to these tropes regardless. Like when the OECD found that British schoolkids have the healthiest teeth in the world, I lost count of the amount of people in the US who either said it was faked, flawed, or just outright refused to believe it. Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...