What do you remember of your school lunches? I began to relate to Stew the sandwich fillings I remember and it very quickly got weird... but then I came up with the one I'd serve Maestro Rick Stein if he came for lunch... and he just might, he's in the country soon though it appears he might have a few other things to do
My favourite NZ childhood food memory from Ohope and The Mount.... Pipi sandwiches (this one for Rick...)
Lovely white bread - I still have cravings for white bread - that's been buttered and stacked in a pile. Pipis collected that morning, digging feet into the low tide sand to feel for the shells. Handfuls brought up between waves and dropped in the bucket with waves washing in. Crabs nipping, kids squealing. Left in fresh water to spit their sand out in a bright coloured bucket under the pohutukawa, then quickly onto the wood-fired barbeque. You could feel the heat trying to beat the sun. Pull them out of the shells, collect in bowls, a dash of vinegar, then everyone gathering to make their sandwich. Salty and tasting of the sea, butter and vinegar combining for a tangy bite.
Lunch with the staff at Hell's Gate in the 90's... Mashed egg and potato chips
It became a staff favourite. Beautifully fresh wheaty bread, eggs just past soft-boiled, mashed with mayonnaise and lots of salt and pepper. Mash them warm for that scent of a winter Rotorua dawn. Add potato chips in a layer, Ready Salted for preference. If you're not expecting this filling, it's like biting into broken glass...
Sandwiches for lunch at Intermediate school in the 70's: Jam and whipped cream
Friends would share lunches, and once they were used to the novelty of my creation, berry jam with whipped cream on white bread, I then took jam and shaving cream... but only once.
Dad's attempt to gross us out as kids... Chocolate Biscuit sandwiches
He would use biscuits called 'Crunch' which we can't buy any more. Shame, because they were gorgeous. Hokey Pokey flavour, crisp texture, a round buiscuit with a full chocolate coat. Sandwiched between 2 slices of bread and eaten without cutting...
Fond memories of Chip Sandwiches
.. and I know people still do eat these, though my fish and chip encounters are few and far between now. But the thought of that lovely soft and yeasty white bread, thick margarine (never thought I'd say that - but it really is better than butter for this), plenty of Barbeque or Steak sauce for spiciness, wrapped tightly around a good handful of hot salty chips. How many can you do?!
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