Author: Crit

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Marmalade: A life story.

Marmalade features in the popular children’s fiction that I grew up with. Australia in the 1970s was steeped in Britishness. Our membership of the crumbling empire was never in doubt in my childhood mind.

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Salad Sandwich (after a fashion)

Friends, I must tell you about this surprisingly good sandwich I just made with a combination of mediocre and excellent ingredients. I was supposed to be taking a day trip to the coast today...

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Birthday Bacon

Today is my younger child’s 12th birthday, so a perfect opportunity for cooking massive quantities of very good bacon. Unlike Jim, I don’t have the skill-set, equipment, or space to smoke/cure my own, but...

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Vegemite

Where do I start? Vegemite is part of my life in a way that is inexplicable. It’s always been there. For a very long time, Vegemite toast was a staple of my diet, breakfast...

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Jam Sandwich confessional

Hi, my name is Crit, and I have a problem with bread. It’s true. Fresh, thickly sliced white bread is like a drug to me, I can easily eat a whole loaf without really...

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A Dinner of Two Sandwiches, Part the Second

Having eaten our toasties, I revealed that I’d been making dessert earlier in the afternoon. Given that one of this month’s featured sandwiches was ice cream, and it’s the middle of summer here, it...

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surprise egg and bacon

So I went to a small folk festival last weekend, in my capacity as a Morris Dancer. I prepared well, camping next to an Irishman with a full kitchen. I’d brought the bacon. First...

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Chicken Schnitzel

Wikipedia’s list of sandwiches says this about the schnitzel sandwich, “A sandwich of crumbed, pan-fried chicken fillet, on buttered bread, with shredded iceberg lettuce and mayonnaise” marking it as Australian. Perhaps I’m un-Australian then, because...

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Hemp and Honey

  Because I live in Australia, I didn’t eat this sourdough toast with butter, honey and a thick layer of hemp seeds. I only put it on my skin. But I can tell you...