[James Matthew Najera]

General Discussion Thread 16.11.2024​

Welcome, members, to today's General Discussion Thread, where we talk about anything under the sun.

Now, this one is for all the sandwich lovers out there—it's time to talk food!

I just came across this amazing video showcasing the best sandwiches from around the world—it's seriously making me crave a bite of everything!

But here’s the thing—I wanna know YOUR favourite sandwich. Is it a classic Aussie Vegemite toastie, a crispy chicken number, or something else?

Drop your go-to sandwich below, and let's see who has the most delicious pick!

Check out the video here:

Source: YouTube / Joshua Weissman​

 

[Tervueren]

My favourite sandwich is fresh white bread buttered (must be butter) with a slice of Jarlsberg cheese, crisp lettuce leaf, thinly sliced tomato - enough to cover the lettuce leaf, freshly cracked black pepper, sliced red onion - enough to cover the tomato and pepper, and 2 or 3 slices of smoked leg ham off the bone. Put the other slice of bread on top and cut into 2 triangles ready for consumption! My mouth is watering as I think of it. Ingredients are all very simple but must be fresh and you will have a meal fit for a King! Enjoy!!

 

[waltd9]

Egg & lettuce or corn meat & pickles

 

[Inot54]

Can’t beat a good old salad sandwich with grated chees and ham. BUT must be shop bought. For some reason that I can’t for the life of me work out, they just taste so much better than my home made.

 

[Littleboy8]

Banana and maple syrup

 

[Ebby]

My favourite sandwich is fresh white bread buttered (must be butter) with a slice of Jarlsberg cheese, crisp lettuce leaf, thinly sliced tomato - enough to cover the lettuce leaf, freshly cracked black pepper, sliced red onion - enough to cover the tomato and pepper, and 2 or 3 slices of smoked leg ham off the bone. Put the other slice of bread on top and cut into 2 triangles ready for consumption! My mouth is watering as I think of it. Ingredients are all very simple but must be fresh and you will have a meal fit for a King! Enjoy!!

Home grown tomatoes [shop ones have skin like leather] and cheddar cheese

 

[deni67]

Egg & lettuce or corn meat & pickles

I'm with you, I love an egg and lettuce sandwich, that's my go to sandwich everytime. Even when I was in hospital I would make a note on the paper they gave you to mark off your meals I would cross the sandwiches out and put egg and lettuce, they were divine.

 

[PattiB]

I'm with you, I love an egg and lettuce sandwich, that's my go to sandwich everytime. Even when I was in hospital I would make a note on the paper they gave you to mark off your meals I would cross the sandwiches out and put egg and lettuce, they were divine.

That’s my favourite too. I like a sprinkling of grated cheese as well. One of my friends makes the best tomato & onion sandwiches. The rest of us have tried but they’re never the same as hers.

 

[Littleboy8]

I'm with you, I love an egg and lettuce sandwich, that's my go to sandwich everytime. Even when I was in hospital I would make a note on the paper they gave you to mark off your meals I would cross the sandwiches out and put egg and lettuce, they were divine.

I loved the hospital sandwiches so much I always asked for seconds and got them but then again in saying that I loved the hospital food., I ate everything I would have the plate if I could haveOh except for the cups of tea they were like drinking dishwater yuk.
I was stuck there for 2 months so I put on a lot of weight oink oink

 

[Ebby]

I'm with you, I love an egg and lettuce sandwich, that's my go to sandwich everytime. Even when I was in hospital I would make a note on the paper they gave you to mark off your meals I would cross the sandwiches out and put egg and lettuce, they were divine.

Watercress is very good for everyone

 

[deni67]

I loved the hospital sandwiches so much I always asked for seconds and got them but then again in saying that I loved the hospital food., I ate everything I would have the plate if I could haveOh except for the cups of tea they were like drinking dishwater yuk.
I was stuck there for 2 months so I put on a lot of weight oink oink

I never have the tea in hospital, my partner did when he was in there for a month, he got me to bring in his tea bags and the raw sugar we use, they sell them in sticks so it was perfect for him.
I was converted to raw sugar years ago at a friends house, I never went back to white sugar again, the taste is completely different and better.

I loved the hospital food too, their desserts were delicious, but I was the opposite, I lost 26 kilos but iv'e put some back on since coming out due to my chocolate and cake addictions

 

[Littleboy8]

I never have the tea in hospital, my partner did when he was in there for a month, he got me to bring in his tea bags and the raw sugar we use, they sell them in sticks so it was perfect for him.
I was converted to raw sugar years ago at a friends house, I never went back to white sugar again, the taste is completely different and better.

I loved the hospital food too, their desserts were delicious, but I was the opposite, I lost 26 kilos but iv'e put some back on since coming out due to my chocolate and cake addictions

I only use raw sugar in my coffee and cooking no sugar in tea.
I was skinny as a rake because I was drinking too much and not eating that’s how I broke my hip I fell out of bed drunk bad me.
So it did me the world of good being in hospital for so long as I detoxed as well as having alcohol and food counselling, mental health people meetings etc.it was also during covid lockdown so I was in isolation cos I wasn’t vaccinated very boring no visitors allowed. Boy did I miss my littleboy haven’t had a drink since.i’m patting myself on the back

 

[Ebby]

I never have the tea in hospital, my partner did when he was in there for a month, he got me to bring in his tea bags and the raw sugar we use, they sell them in sticks so it was perfect for him.
I was converted to raw sugar years ago at a friends house, I never went back to white sugar again, the taste is completely different and better.

I loved the hospital food too, their desserts were delicious, but I was the opposite, I lost 26 kilos but iv'e put some back on since coming out due to my chocolate and cake addictions

We have used raw sugar for years white is refined too much

 

[gordon1940]

Watercress is very good for everyone

And what a lift in flavor it gives.

 

[deni67]

I only use raw sugar in my coffee and cooking no sugar in tea.
I was skinny as a rake because I was drinking too much and not eating that’s how I broke my hip I fell out of bed drunk bad me.
So it did me the world of good being in hospital for so long as I detoxed as well as having alcohol and food counselling, mental health people meetings etc.it was also during covid lockdown so I was in isolation cos I wasn’t vaccinated very boring no visitors allowed. Boy did I miss my littleboy haven’t had a drink since.i’m patting myself on the back

Well done, I stopped drinking on the 1st of January around 1am in 2003, not had a drop since, nor will I ever. I was a heavy drinker before that but felt so much better when I gave up and my partner gave up in 2005, saved us a fortune.

Not my last visit to hospital a few weeks ago but the one before apparently I was next to a patient who's visitor had Covid so they had to rush me to a private room and they had to wear those horrible green plastic garments and masks when anyone came into my room, I was devastated and cried all night on the first night, after that I loved it. Some of the staff didn't bother with the suits after a while because they didn't believe I caught it.
It was pretty stupid because there were 2 other woman in the ward who actually went and helped the patient, I went no where near her and always had the curtain closed. She was a funny old bird, always calling the nurses at the top of her voice, once when they didn't come she rang an ambulance to come to our ward

 

[Littleboy8]

Well done, I stopped drinking on the 1st of January around 1am in 2003, not had a drop since, nor will I ever. I was a heavy drinker before that but felt so much better when I gave up and my partner gave up in 2005, saved us a fortune.

Not my last visit to hospital a few weeks ago but the one before apparently I was next to a patient who's visitor had Covid so they had to rush me to a private room and they had to wear those horrible green plastic garments and masks when anyone came into my room, I was devastated and cried all night on the first night, after that I loved it. Some of the staff didn't bother with the suits after a while because they didn't believe I caught it.
It was pretty stupid because there were 2 other woman in the ward who actually went and helped the patient, I went no where near her and always had the curtain closed. She was a funny old bird, always calling the nurses at the top of her voice, once when they didn't come she rang an ambulance to come to our ward

Fair dinkum now that’s funny
2003 and 2005 wow that’s fantastic for you both. I sometimes think I’d like a drink when I see booze ads on tv, but then my brain goes into a mode where I can actually smell vodka and puke and then my leg hurts weird hey. Maybe they brainwashed me in hospital beacause I can’t remember being there for so long it’s only because my sis told me.

 

[Ebby]

Well done, I stopped drinking on the 1st of January around 1am in 2003, not had a drop since, nor will I ever. I was a heavy drinker before that but felt so much better when I gave up and my partner gave up in 2005, saved us a fortune.

Not my last visit to hospital a few weeks ago but the one before apparently I was next to a patient who's visitor had Covid so they had to rush me to a private room and they had to wear those horrible green plastic garments and masks when anyone came into my room, I was devastated and cried all night on the first night, after that I loved it. Some of the staff didn't bother with the suits after a while because they didn't believe I caught it.
It was pretty stupid because there were 2 other woman in the ward who actually went and helped the patient, I went no where near her and always had the curtain closed. She was a funny old bird, always calling the nurses at the top of her voice, once when they didn't come she rang an ambulance to come to our ward

How awful for you and how inconsiderate of the person with Covid

 

[deni67]

Fair dinkum now that’s funny
2003 and 2005 wow that’s fantastic for you both. I sometimes think I’d like a drink when I see booze ads on tv, but then my brain goes into a mode where I can actually smell vodka and puke and then my leg hurts weird hey. Maybe they brainwashed me in hospital beacause I can’t remember being there for so long it’s only because my sis told me.

I'm the same, I can't bare the smell of it, it make me want to puck as well, which is a good thing.
I had to have a blood test on my birthday a couple of years ago and the lady doing it noticed and said I should have a drink to celebrate, I said I don't drink, and she said a small wine wouldn't hurt. It's so hard to get through to people when I say I don't drink I mean I DON'T drink full stop!

 

[Ken StubbsSue Cook]

Egg and lettuce or roast beef with cheese lettuce tomato and pickle dressing

 

[Littleboy8]

I'm the same, I can't bare the smell of it, it make me want to puck as well, which is a good thing.
I had to have a blood test on my birthday a couple of years ago and the lady doing it noticed and said I should have a drink to celebrate, I said I don't drink, and she said a small wine wouldn't hurt. It's so hard to get through to people when I say I don't drink I mean I DON'T drink full stop!

My neighbour when he first moved in asked if I wanted to go to the pub for a drink, I said I don’t drink alcohol anymore and so he goes, that’s okay well go for a coffee then. How sweet was that so we did and I told him why.but turned out he’s gay bummer.