Ham Egg and Chips.

This tradition cracks me up ! So when someone now asks at that exact point after serving:

"I don't suppose............."
I immediately cut them off and say "Yeeesssss - loads of it!"
"And tinned beans as well!"

I once gave a box of Marmite to a grateful Englishman in France. He'd been to Carrefour and asked something like "Avez vous de Marmite", and wondering why he kept being directed to the pots and pans section!
:LOL:


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Good choice Capn! When I use a Weatherspoon's, I do order their ham ,egg and chips, very tasty and it does not bag you up either.
Not so much on the boat though. My comfort food onboard is corned beef hash, big pot, one pot meal.
 
What's the weather like capt?
Been sunny today. Quite a brisk wind set in this PM right ahead having been forecast light all day.
Too early for gib yet so anchored off the harbour. Flat calm. Looks like it's been quite warm on the shore all the way along from Cabo Gato but felt chillier at sea. Probably highs 18, low 12 ashore.
 
I do like ham egg and chips, but the ham needs to be proper butcher/deli thick sliced not that pappy supermarket stuff, also how do you get proper chips afloat unless you have a deep fryer?
 
Chips are easy to make in the oven, cut potatoes into chips, wash, dry off, bag them with some oil, about 1 table spoons, shake vigorously, add any spice if you want, shake again. Into a hot oven on a tray, 20 minutes or so, chips.
 
Chips are easy to make in the oven, cut potatoes into chips, wash, dry off, bag them with some oil, about 1 table spoons, shake vigorously, add any spice if you want, shake again. Into a hot oven on a tray, 20 minutes or so, chips.
The instructions for the oven chips I bought said to turn them part through cooking. Sounded too fiddly, so I use one of these: non-stick-black-mesh
 
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I once gave a box of Marmite to a grateful Englishman in France. He'd been to Carrefour and asked something like "Avez vous de Marmite", and wondering why he kept being directed to the pots and pans section!
:LOL:

Many years ago, in SW France, I overheard an english lady asking an assistant in the local supermarket if the jam she was looking at contained any preservatifs. The slightly flustered shopkeeper insisted that, no, the jam did not contain any, and he couldn't understand why she might think it would.


(for the benefit of non French speakers, préservatif is the French word for condom; whereas Condom is a town in the Gers département).
 
I think the French believe we have two sauces, called gravy and custard. Evidently not true!


I the far North of NZ three years ago I converted five lovely French young ladies to Branston Pickle.

They were working in the campsite cleaning the chalets.

They were impressed with the way I was dealing with two pan sized Snapper, saying they did not know the English knew how to cook - especially fish.

They had some quite good local Farmers Market cheese and were bemoaning the fact their French chutney's could not be found to acompany it.

The Branston soon fixed that!

Smiles all round, plus they washed our very dirty car in exchange for a fresh Kahwai and a Snapper the next day.

Result!
 
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