Published on 12, July, 2020
If I did not have Asperger's and the problems I have, I should really have entered market food research. I have always been obsessed (in a good way!) with food, and like to ask people what their favourite sandwich filling is at the moment. I try to contain myself most of the time because I realise this is a random question, and want to appear as normal as possible. But as we are all a bit 'atypical' here, I don't think I need to worry that the question is strange
So what are your favourite sandwich fillings?
What is your favourite brand of bread, and why?
I like cheese and tomato, fish salad, marmite salad, and houmous salad best.
My favourite bread is from the bakery counter at M and S, M and S wholemeal mini sub rolls, Allinson sliced bread, and seeded bread.
I grew up with a real food obsessive, my mother!!!! Who was in charge of the kitchen.
Bread had to be the Prima brand, a bakery set up by WWII refugees from Poland/Ukraine. This bread was available only in small continental food shops and cost around three times as much as typical English supermarket brands.
She insisted on the uncut loafs with proper hard crusts. These were cut at home with a really sharp bread knife which we sharpened every few days.
A typical slice of bread was more than twice the thickness of supermarket bread. On the bread we used real butter put on very very thick or meat pate or cheese. On top of that pork meat slices or bolied egg slices.
On days out at weekends, she made masses of sandwiches which we all carried with us. As well as hot and cold drinks. And being a food obsessive she INSISTED that all food and drink had to be prepared at home and carried with us. We were never allowed to buy ready made sandwiches at our destination. All food had to be made at home and carried with us. No takeaways or restaurants.
Now.... I never make sandwiches or buy ready made ones. When I can afford it I use a restaurant.