Which is the best snack when sailing?

[Tidewaiter2]

four rosettes, xed knives & forks, a bare minimum for a Sussex greasy spoon

Hardly the humble 'Egg Banjo'...... but are we on the cusp of a Gourmets delight here....?

Can't be fiddlin about with 'avocaodo'... 'cured oak bacon'...etc...

As for carrot and corriander......, well that's not too easy to get in the Spar in Maldon !

We peasents have to put up with a beef tea and a 'proper' eggy sandwich........job done!

Nummy...nummy..

Now, Now, my good man, surely you have a Co-op, Waitrose, or even a Sainsbury,or Morrissons in Maldon?
We simple Sussex paysans are indeed spoilt and demand high quality basic viands for our simple country meals;
viz tomorrow i shall home smoke a Wiltshire pork joint from our village butcher in my smoker, using oak shavings prepared by SWMBO, using cloves and a runny homemade marmalade glaze, [of a friends(ours is too solid)]
Thick slices- Yummy, Yummy, just like our village Mummies

BTW, Is that greasy spoon just up from the Quay on the High Street still going strong- they did an ace full English breakfast when I crewed out of Maldon in the late 80's/early 90's.

 

[Greenheart]

Pork pies? Pasties?

Bullshot!

Hot beefy consommé with tomato-sweetness, tang of Worcester sauce and as much hard booze as you deem responsible. Ahh...

 

[grumpy_o_g]

Any hot sandwich - bacon, sausage, egg or, best of all, all three. It has to be in a baguette though or the thing just disintegrates in my hands. On that point, do the helmsman and the cook actually plan things out with the nav to make sure we go about or do some other manoeuvre as soon I've taken one ruddy great bite. I seem to end up with a mug of tea in one hand and a delicious butty in the other (minus the giant mouthful which I'm desperately trying to chew and swallow) trying to work out where I can put the sandwich down without it getting sea salt added because I'm expected to faff about with winches and sheets far more often than seems reasonable.

 

[TQA]

Bacon sandwich?

Pete

+1

 

[Uricanejack]

I think it was the first reply.

I agree
You just can't beat a bacon sandwich.

 

[Tomahawk]

I think it was the first reply.

I agree
You just can't beat a bacon sandwich.

and it is lovely to fry bacon within smelling distance of any veggies.... You see them suffering with their concience when they smell the aroms

 

[greggron]

Hot fresh coffee, Eccles cakes. About 3pm.

 

[Nostrodamus]

Well most of us seem to love eating total **** when we are sailing but it does taste so good.
I cannot believe you heathens eat your pork pies without salad cream. It is just not the same otherwise... no salad cream, no pork pie. It is like eating a bacon sarni without brown sauce.. you just don't do it.
Oh, pre cooked cold sausages are another favourite.

 

[dharl]

Pork Pie (bit of English Mustard of course!) and also a Pot Noodle. If you add a bit of Ketchup , brown sauce or salad cream to the pot noodle even better!!

 

[Highndry]

Pork pies with salad cream???!!!!! That would have to be a non-Melton pork pie.
With the real deal, mustard works, HP works better.

 

[Nostrodamus]

Pork pies with salad cream???!!!!! That would have to be a non-Melton pork pie.
With the real deal, mustard works, HP works better.

Just as long as it is not with salt water... tends to really spoil it

 

[Victoria Sponge]

Bacon sandwich, a pasty, pork pie, cup a soup.

 

[Tmacd]

Hot Sausage in a roll with marmalade... dont knock it til you try it - very tasty.

+1!

A flash-back to boarding school days there, when the sausages were grilled then placed on a baking tray and kept warm, thus developing a thick caramelised skin. It became 'de rigeur' to slice them open lengthways and fill the slit with chunky orange marmalade.

When we took up sailing in later years it was an easy step to construct a delicious sandwich - better with toasted bread, but obviously dependant on circumstances!

 

[ccscott49]

Pasty, pork pie (ok melton mowbray), lumps of many cheeses, large bags of any flavoured crisps, flask of bovril and as has been said anything one handed!
Passage food!

 

[Nostrodamus]

A cig and a cup of tea work well together... unless you don't smoke

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Any hot sandwich - bacon, sausage, egg or, best of all, all three. It has to be in a baguette though or the thing just disintegrates in my hands. On that point, do the helmsman and the cook actually plan things out with the nav to make sure we go about or do some other manoeuvre as soon I've taken one ruddy great bite. I seem to end up with a mug of tea in one hand and a delicious butty in the other (minus the giant mouthful which I'm desperately trying to chew and swallow) trying to work out where I can put the sandwich down without it getting sea salt added because I'm expected to faff about with winches and sheets far more often than seems reasonable.

+1, and drool, drool, drool- i forgot the pork and leek sausages

 

[Fantasie 19]

When out sailing for the day it is difficult to lay the Wedgwood for a slap up meal and for some reason the crystal glasses tend to break.

For that reason we tend to snack and I am sure we all know food tastes better when at sea.

Now I have to say, when on land I hate cup a soups and never touch them but when sailing I just love one, but it has to have croutons.

What is your favourite snack when sailing?

Tesco's Finest "All Day Breakfast" sandwich - food of the gods.....

 

[markhomer]

pot noodle - pref bombay bad boy with grated mature cheddar ,



if really windy fistfulls of soreen

 

[Sandgrounder]

Any hot sandwich - bacon, sausage, egg or, best of all, all three. It has to be in a baguette though or the thing just disintegrates in my hands. On that point, do the helmsman and the cook actually plan things out with the nav to make sure we go about or do some other manoeuvre as soon I've taken one ruddy great bite. I seem to end up with a mug of tea in one hand and a delicious butty in the other (minus the giant mouthful which I'm desperately trying to chew and swallow) trying to work out where I can put the sandwich down without it getting sea salt added because I'm expected to faff about with winches and sheets far more often than seems reasonable.

This illustrates exactly my point that the only snack fit for sailing will be something manageable one-handed and that you can put down/ drop without it spilling its contents hence pork pies (of either sort but preferably without any sauces etc.)
In my youth I sailed on boats where, when racing, the only permitted food was apples or Mars Bars. I'm sure we're all more health conscious now......he says thinking fondly of the next pork pie!

 

[old_salt]

Meandering back from Cherbourg on a balmy summers night about 3am fresh caught Mackerel filleted, grilled and wrapped in butted wholemeal bred with Blue Stilton and a glass of Rémy Martin.