I thought I’d do a foodie post so I prepped my camera and took the picture. But damn! I cannot find the software CD to load the drivers programmes etc so I can upload the pictures!! So, here we have a foodie post, without the foodie pics. Sorry ah….. I need to buy a new camera also, but at the moment, no budget.
So anyway, what I had for dinner last night was 2 slices of toast, one topped with tuna flakes, and the other topped with Branston Pickles, all washed down with a bottle of Yakult!
Sounds sad, but in fact, I really enjoyed it. It was like having tea or breakfast for dinner, and you can only do it if you are single and live alone… hehe… I was tired - it was a long day, and cooking was the last thing I felt like doing.
Anyway, on a nostalgic frony, we have here Branston pickles - a British icon, that you either love or hate. If you like chutneys and pickles and acar, you’d likely like this pickle relish. Its sweet and tangy and bites your tongue in a way only something so pickled can. Visually, it looks quite horrid. Its black…. or ok, dark brown with lumpy bits in it. These lumpy bits are crunchy diced vegetables, including swede (rutabaga), onions, cauliflower and gherkins pickled in a sauce made from vinegar, tomato, apple and dates with spices such as mustard, coriander, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Heaven, I tell you!
I remember snuggling up to watch tv on a cold winter’s evening, with a plate of cheese, crackers and branston’s pickles and a mug of hot chocolate. Bliss! It tastes heavenly with cheese especially chedder. Cut thick squares of it or grate it and sprinkle it over crackers spread with the pickle. The strong sharp taste of the cheese is well tempered by the tangy taste of the pickle.
While surfing for pictures of Branston’s Pickles, I came across this - something I can never resist. CRISPS!!! And they had it in Branston Pickle and Cheese flavour! waaahhhh!!!
Cheesey, you said you’d never seen me drool over chocolate before - true. But this time when I say drool, you can bet I’m reaching for a piece of tissue paper to mop up the drool. Sigh… we never get the good stuff here *pouts*
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Eh weren’t those pickles dead? We bought them ages ago from UK! Then again, with pickles, the deader the better I say!
*runs and hides all her Walkers’ Crisps as well* in fact.. *runs and hides all the groceries we lugged back from UK*
LOL