A Cheese And Jam Butty And A Coke Float

These are two things that you will probably never see on a restaurant menu, but they are often eaten and drunk by me, firstly because I like them, and secondly, they are very easy to make.

I tell people about cheese and jam butties, and they are often shocked, but then I find that they like a lot of stranger things that they consider delicacies. My sadly missed friend Chris Wareing introduced me to them.

Basically, for me it's this:

Of course, you can choose your own cheese, spread, bread or jam to make your snack, but mine can be your template.

I actually found a recipe for this. Do you need a recipe for it? Check it out here:

The picture is Hong Kong French toast, and I assume you could toast your cheese and jam sandwich, but that is something that I have never done .... yet.

Although the sandwich has been around forever in one form or another, something edible wrapped in bread, I found this from Wikipedia:

Initially perceived as food that men shared while gaming and drinking at night, the sandwich slowly began appearing in polite society as a late-night meal among the aristocracy. The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of cribbage and other card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him roast beef between two pieces of toasted bread. He was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue gambling while eating, without the need for a fork, and without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands. The dish then grew in popularity in London, and Sandwich's name became associated with it

Wikipedia

So I am happy with my cheese and jam sandwich every time that I make it,

Then we come to the Coke Float. I am sure that in pre-internet days I found this in an Aynsley Harriot cookbook, but I can't find any online references apart from this strange one which Google threw at me.

You are likely thinking of a memorable and hilarious episode of the Off Menu podcast with hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster, featuring Irish comedian Alison Spittle.

During her appearance, she explained that her blended family was brought together by a rather unconventional "Ainsley Harriott Coke Float" recipe—which essentially involved blending an Ainsley Harriott instant cup soup packet (a brand very popular in the UK) with a Coca-Cola float (cola topped with ice cream).

The hosts were entirely baffled by the combination, cementing it as one of the most famously "bonkers" and unforgettable food choices in the podcast's history.

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I have never heard that episode and certainly don't remember the cup soup addition. It was just what they call a Coca-Cola Float (though I prefer Pepsi Max)

Basically, you pour your cold Coke (or Pepsi) into a tall glass, then drop a scoop of ice cream in. This reacts with the cola, creating a lot of ice cream-flavoured froth, which you need to drink before it spills over the top and is all over your table or jeans.

Conclusion

Maybe one day I will find a cafe or restaurant that has these on the menu, but I will be surprised if I do.

I hope you give these a try and let me know what you think of them.

Thank you so much for reading and for your support.

The music is "Drink It Up" by Negativland from their incredible album "DisPepsi"