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A britishism I've never come across—does anybody know what "sandwiches with paste" are?
by cfqycwz 5y ago
A britishism I've never come across—does anybody know what "sandwiches with paste" are?
- mrmincent 5y agoMy mum spent a couple of years in the UK and refers to peanut butter as peanut paste. Could be a term for ‘spread’.
- zabzonk 5y agoUs UK people call peanut butter "peanut butter" - it's what's written on the jar.
- mrmincent 5y agoMaybe it’s an old Australian thing then :)
- SturgeonsLaw 5y agoNope, it's peanut butter here in Aus too. Maybe it's your mum's thing :)
- batiudrami 5y agoin WA it was called peanut paste back in the 90s and prior. Uncommon to hear it now though
- forsakenkraken 5y agoIt definitely isn't a term for 'spread'. It specifically refers to meat or fish paste sandwiches. The paste comes in little tins. Meat is most common, but when I was a kid I loved crab paste.
- munificent 5y agoProbably meat paste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_(food) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_(food)
- zabzonk 5y agohttps://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/food-cupboard/jams-sweet-and-savoury-spreads/savoury-spreads-and-pastes https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/food-cupboard/jam...
- thamer 5y agoGood find! Some of these products though… Princes Beef Paste 75G, description: "Beef Paste with Minced Chicken". Price: £0.50 (≈ $0.70) Good for him that he enjoys his four(!) "sandwiches with paste" for lunch, but this doesn't sound particularly appetizing.
- zabzonk 5y agoNo, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. But I do remember my grandparents eating such things in the early 1960s. And British cuisine (?) has a long (centuries) history of potted meats and shrimps, which I guess these are trying to emulate. A bit like the French and pate.
- t_von_doom 5y agoHere (in the UK at least) you can buy little jars of paste, often made from some kind of meat or seafood. It seems the intended use case is to spread it on bread. I personally have never tried it nor plan to but see for yourself via James May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdodVA3qTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdodVA3qTk
- throwawayboise 5y agoLiverpaste is popular in Scandinavia. It's great on dark rye pumpernickel. It's really quite tasty especially topped with some sliced cucumber and fried onions.
- guerrilla 5y agoTrue true but we also have things similar to these pastes but they come in tubes and often have mayonnaise. Don't you think that's kind of the same idea?
- pmorici 5y agoI believe paste is a general term for any kind of spread made to put on a sandwich.
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- thinkingemote 5y agoPaste is basically pate, long life, in little jars, with the exception of (confusingly) "sandwich spread" which many would say would be a paste but it's more like chopped pickle salad.