Spyke

You would never have been able to afford to eat this during rationing, that's an entire family's cheese allowance for a week.

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Come on now, OP. What ever other criticism you may level at that sandwich, you can't say that cheese and raw onion is lacking in flavour.

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You do have a point. It certainly would make the eyes water. Really great to eat before a date so she knows you take gourmet food seriously.

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sh.itjust.works

TBH, onion sandwich is delicious. Never tried with cheese tho

(Just sliced onion and a lil bit of oil (I use soy oil because it's what we use, and it's cheap here, but I guess olive oil may work) in a baguette. You can add a pinch of salt or pepper if you want)

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A Hawaiian corset tests hundreds; indie hero icon hence absolved.

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You two should get together.

Try lightly toasting the sandwich too.

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sh.itjust.works

He's burning in hell. I'm savoring a delicious onion sandwich in celebration. What could be better?

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lemmy.world

American here. Why is Churchill burning in hell? He lead your country through WWII and D-Day.

........wait. Are you a nazi supporter?

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lemmy.world

He did do that, but was also big racist. Not nearly as motivated as Hitler, but similar viewpoints.

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Also helped create the UN, welfare state and a minimum wage.

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deHagareply
feddit.uk

Churchill had little to do with it, other than not having enough shipping and having to prioritise feeding troops who were fighting Nazis at the time.

Also from your link...

The provincial government never formally declared a state of famine, and its humanitarian aid was ineffective through the worst months of the crisis. It attempted to fix the price of rice paddy through price controls which resulted in a black market which encouraged sellers to withhold stocks, leading to hyperinflation from speculation and hoarding after controls were abandoned. Aid increased significantly when the British Indian Army took control of funding in October 1943

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Catoblepasreply
piefed.blahaj.zone

other than not having enough shipping and having to prioritise feeding troops

That is a choice he made, not something that just happened, and it resulted in at least a million (likely many more) civilian deaths in their own territory.

The provincial government

Gee, I wonder who put the provincial government in charge in a British colony? 🙄

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Oh, are we gonna get into a pissing contest about which system of government has killed more people?

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You should try a Hemingway sandwich. It's peanut butter and a slice of onion on bread. It is surprisingly delicious, savory, sweet, nutty...

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lemmy.world

Is it healthy? No.

But does it taste good? Also no.

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I don't know onions are tasty, cheese is tasty, I don't see how this isn't tasty.

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TexasDrunkreply
lemmy.world

I would assume that the texture of the onion is part of the appeal. So if you grill it you've got to either toast the bread or add a few chips to get that crunch.

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If you toast it in an oven or grill it in a pan just slightly, the onion will still be crunchy and so will the bread. You’re not caramelizing the onions.

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AoxoMoxoAreply
lemmy.world

I like cheese ,onions and bread. But I'm not in to eating an onion sliced like that, it's insane .

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AoxoMoxoAreply
lemmy.world

OK, its delicious, I love to take a bite of onion like it's an apple and it tastes great!

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slrpnk.net

I actually ate an onion like an apple just the other day. It reminded me a lot of raw radish actually.

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slrpnk.net

Maybe some yellow onion is in your future.

(I'm not a huge radish guy so maybe there are nuances that would make you like one and not the other, but to me they seemed similar)

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I have never eaten an onion I didn't like. I could eat an entire onion in tiny pieces but I don't see how to do it with a sandwich built like this one

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Emphasis on the “slab”. I add a cheese slice to my sandwich and feel indulgent.

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Rothereply
piefed.social

They are projecting their own "cheese products" unto the cheese of others.

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Dozzi92reply
lemmy.world

I like how you look at a picture of a dude eating a raw onion and a slab of cheese on a roll and think "fucking Americans."

Yawn yawn yawn, get new material Lemmy.

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Nalivaireply
lemmy.world

And you think "brittish food bad and bland" is some kind of revolutionary humour here?

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Dozzi92reply
lemmy.world

I didn't make the joke. I think the sandwich looks awful no matter who's eating it. I do not discriminate in my hate for awful sandwiches, I will dole it out accordingly.

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Nalivaireply
lemmy.world

But you did read the post, right? You understand what we're talking about here, right?

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Dozzi92reply
lemmy.world

I appreciate what you're saying, but I wasn't aware that commenting on a post suddenly made me adopt any and all of it's opinions. But when I see folks turn a post about a cheese and onion sandwich into an America bad jerkfest, I just felt compelled to point out how stupid that is, in spite of the fact that I probably agree with them.

Turning every tech post into Linux praise and every anything post into America bad does not create a healthy, entertaining community. It's boring and repetitive. You understand that. Right?

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lemmy.ca

You know what doesn’t create a healthy and entertaining community? Whiny, defensive Americans playing victim.

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What in the original post has anything to do with America? Do you think it's good to just go comment unrelated shit all over the place? Nothing says anything relating to America at all, and yet, no surprise, someone makes it about America somehow. How does that not bother you? We're in shitpost for fucks sake.

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lemmy.world

It's actually a tradition in between Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin to have onion and cheese sandwiches, Limburger cheese is made in Monroe and is quite possibly the best pairing to raw onions, so I wholeheartedly believe it's now almost entirely exclusive to the American pallete nowadays, and this post is the anomaly.

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Dozzi92reply
lemmy.world

Well that's weird, but you Midwesterners are weird to me, so it makes sense!

I always liked to joke that, like, west of Wisconsin and Minnesota is the Midwest, and then Montana and Nevada are the West, and that Illinois and Indiana are the Mideast. It's not a good joke.

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lemmy.world

My not-a-good joke that I'll say anyway is, when someone asks my age, I'll say something obviously too young, like 25. They'll smirk or roll their eyes, and I'll continue, "I am twenty-five years old, but I'm also sixty."

No one has ever laughed. And, that's why I keep saying it. Someday, someone will laugh, I just know it!

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lemmy.world

> spends centuries conquering the world for spices

> doesn't even use them

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lemmy.zip

9/10 for ingredients

2/10 for prep/cooking

Cut that onion in half to make 2 disks, then quarter those, add just enough water to steam, cover and cook until soft or the water steams away, add butter and sautee until the onions are medium brown. Cube the cheese and add to the onions, stir until melted, add a pinch of flour, maybe a crushed and minced clove of garlic and cook for another minute, salt and pepper to taste. Butter and toast the inside of the roll spread the cheese and onion mixture.

Consider taking an antacid if you can't handle garlic and onion.

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lemmy.world

if you can't handle garlic and onion.

At that point I’d consider violating the terms of service.

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True, if you already had half an onion on bread, you probably understood the assignment. Arguably, you might break up more of the cell walls in the prep work, but the cooking probably would have tamed it all a bit.

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On the most shallow and vague level, me too. I wouldn't say it looks inviting, but maybe compelling somehow. I also unironically like brutalist architecture, so this feels like its cousin.

I am reasonably certain any yearning would fade mid-way through my first bite, tho, as gigantic armies of raw onion just route and slay whatever other piddling forces of flavor they can find. Cheese? Bread? Erased, never heard of em.

I've seen half this much onion just eviscerate more composed, varied, and coordinated forces than these, just by sheer ignorant, naked, might.

Not for you?!

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If the ingredients are good, you don't actually need to do that. Good cheese has nice taste that will go away if you melt it. Same as onions actually. Same with bread.

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Beans, toast, wilted spinach, fried tomato, sauteed mushrooms and onion, all sprinkled with thyme and served with a big cup of coffee.

Not something I'd eat every day, but if I'm doing stage setup for a festival with back to back shifts? That brekkie will keep you going a good 10 hours.

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I don't even like beans, but if I did this sounds like a way better texture than just beans by themselves. I don't understand why people who enjoy them act like putting it on toast is weird.

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This. That'd be a fantastic sandwich if you melted that cheese, toasted the bun, and sauteed or grilled the onion.

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A good bun. A tasty onion. Flavourful cheese. What's not to like? If it was an American factory bread-like bun with American Cheese, the onion might still make it edible.

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lemmy.zip

What's with the poor cropping epidemic? Seriously.

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Probably on purpose to up engagement by getting complaints about it

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sopuli.xyz

I see the mixed and polarized reactions in the comments and I think that makes the OP a good shitpost.

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Denjinreply
feddit.uk

That's not red Leicester. They're in Leicester, the town.

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If I was depressed and the onion was already cut.

Yeah I'd eat it. Might eat it like that just to see.

Any idea what kinda cheese?

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Yo you could make it even more beige by adding mayo but be careful, that’s a lot of flavor for you

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