Dec 21 2008
in which I whinge some more, but about sandwiches this time
I spent a lot of time in Turkey craving an ordinary American sandwich–you know, like something from Subway or even just some lunch meat, cheese (cheddar, please God, not feta), and lettuce slapped between a couple pieces of bread. I didn’t expect to have the same problem in England.
Oh, they’ve got Subway there; I broke down and bought something at Subway more than once. It’s the cold prepackaged sandwiches that baffle me. At least in the UK (not so much elsewhere–I had the worst time trying to find some basic sandwiches to save for later when I was in Marseille and Katowice), every place you look–ASDA, Tesco, Boots Pharmacy, truck/bus stops, campus food outlets, you name it–seems to have the same basic selection, and that selection is very, very weird. For starters they all have mayonnaise. All of them. And the kinds…okay, well, put it this way: “prawn cocktail” is not going to be a common prepackaged-sandwich variety in the US. It is in England. (It’s disgusting, too. Trust me on that one.) I’m…blanking on some others. Just believe me that they’re odd. All I wanted was something basic: some bread, some meat, some normal cheese, some lettuce and maybe some other veggies like a couple tomato slices. That’s easy to find here. In England? Near impossible.
