Sandwich of Shame
July 12th 2008 06:11
"Yoghurt sandwich?" You're exposed to alot of strange things sharehousing, I lived with one girl who we all suspected was pregnant for the 2 years she stayed with us due to the simply weird things she found tasty. I'd come home to find her scraping cold Laksa out of a tin, savouring every last congealed drop, or adding a tin of beetroot to a wokful of stir fry- juice and all! An unashamedly enthusiastic cook - her offers to prepare dinner were soon met with many a 'Oh, I've already eaten!' and 'Gee, Looks great, but I have a stomach ache (no doubt from that raw fish thing you made for lunch)'
The boyfriend, a nice guy, would often bring over takeaway for them 'because me missus shouldn't have to spend all that time cooking'. I don't know if she ever figured out the real reason this kept happening- but it sure was a testament of his affection for her.
The Yoghurt sandwich was the one that tipped me to ask 'Why? Why would you eat that?'
She asked me if I ever put dip on a sandwich instead of butter
(uh duh)
'Well' she said 'Most dips have a yoghurt base so it's not really any different to that' and looking at me like I was obviously the idiot in this situation, passed me an apricot yoghurt sandwich steaming fresh from the jaffle maker!
Some months later though, I was preparing a picnic lunch with a group of people I'd just met- debating what to put as an extra on the salad sandwiches for everyone, i suggested Tzatziki 'You know it's just a dip with cucumbers, garlic and yoghurt!' I explained to them all- its easy:
grab a cucumber and grate it like a carrot
pick up handfuls of the grated cucumber and squeeze out the moisture (you can save the juice and drink it if you want)
grate up a clove of garlic
stir the grated cucumber and garlic with some natural yoghurt, give a squeeze of lemon and voila! you have tzatiki!
The group looked at me
'You want to put yoghurt on a sandwich?'
The boyfriend, a nice guy, would often bring over takeaway for them 'because me missus shouldn't have to spend all that time cooking'. I don't know if she ever figured out the real reason this kept happening- but it sure was a testament of his affection for her.
The Yoghurt sandwich was the one that tipped me to ask 'Why? Why would you eat that?'
She asked me if I ever put dip on a sandwich instead of butter
(uh duh)
'Well' she said 'Most dips have a yoghurt base so it's not really any different to that' and looking at me like I was obviously the idiot in this situation, passed me an apricot yoghurt sandwich steaming fresh from the jaffle maker!
Some months later though, I was preparing a picnic lunch with a group of people I'd just met- debating what to put as an extra on the salad sandwiches for everyone, i suggested Tzatziki 'You know it's just a dip with cucumbers, garlic and yoghurt!' I explained to them all- its easy:
grab a cucumber and grate it like a carrot
pick up handfuls of the grated cucumber and squeeze out the moisture (you can save the juice and drink it if you want)
stir the grated cucumber and garlic with some natural yoghurt, give a squeeze of lemon and voila! you have tzatiki!
The group looked at me
'You want to put yoghurt on a sandwich?'
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