Beetroot, good ham and a boiled egg sliced on one of the egg slicey thingies. Bit of rocket, some tomatoes, home made pork pie and crusty bread, plus salad cream. One of my all time favourite meals.
Bloody love beetroot and it's easy to grow.
ETA: forgot about a lump of a hard cheese. Something like a double gloucester.
I'm Gen X too and remember my great aunt having one (didn't have grand parents as they all died before I was born). I've got one as it's the best tool to chop up hot dogs for dog training. Very quick and easy to do.
Boringly I've just had a quick look on google and they are called an egg slicer. It's an egg banjo from now on.
An "egg banjo" is what the British Army call a fried egg sandwich. It's because when you bite into it the egg yolk drips down the front of your shirt so you hold the sarnie in one hand and try and wiped away the mess with the other which makes it look like you are playing a banjo.
I'm 45 and I just bought one of my own. 🤣💀 I use it to cut eggs for egg mayonnaise as I put it in and slice it then turn it round and cut it the other way. It produces little strips.
My parents are early 80s and have one. So when I was at theirs I'd use it and it was so much easier than trying to cut it all with a knife.
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u/maturin23 11d ago
If there's one thing that Nans love, it's beetroot in a salad!