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)
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
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? 🙄
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
121 Comments
Denjin@feddit.uk · 42 pts · 190d
You would never have been able to afford to eat this during rationing, that's an entire family's cheese allowance for a week.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 190d
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.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 190d
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.
diemartin@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 190d
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)
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 190d
TBH, cheese sandwich is delicious. Never tried with onion tho
Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 190d
TBH, cheese and onions are delicious, Never tried as a sandwich tho.
Velypso@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 190d
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Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 190d
Are you OK friend?
diemartin@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 190d
!aneurysmposting@sopuli.xyz
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 2 pts · 190d
A Hawaiian corset tests hundreds; indie hero icon hence absolved.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 190d
You two should get together.
Try lightly toasting the sandwich too.
BingBong@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 190d
Did you miss the part where Churchill is dead?!
diemartin@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 190d
He's burning in hell. I'm savoring a delicious onion sandwich in celebration. What could be better?
sundray@lemmus.org · 14 pts · 190d
A hint of brown mustard?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
American here. Why is Churchill burning in hell? He lead your country through WWII and D-Day.
........wait. Are you a nazi supporter?
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 190d
He did do that, but was also big racist. Not nearly as motivated as Hitler, but similar viewpoints.
deHaga@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 190d
Also helped create the UN, welfare state and a minimum wage.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 190d
Probably referencing this, and similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
deHaga@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 190d
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...
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 190d
Any explanation for this one?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/30/athens-1944-britains-dirty-secret
deHaga@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 189d
Oh, are we gonna get into a pissing contest about which system of government has killed more people?
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 190d
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.
Gee, I wonder who put the provincial government in charge in a British colony? 🙄
deHaga@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 190d
And why did he make that choice?
diemartin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 190d
Just to clarify, I'm not British.
But what @I_Fart_Glitter said.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 190d
Google Churchill and Bengal famine.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 190d
Lots to choose from, but this is usually the one I like to point to:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/30/athens-1944-britains-dirty-secret
robocall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
Breaking news
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 190d
You should try a Hemingway sandwich. It's peanut butter and a slice of onion on bread. It is surprisingly delicious, savory, sweet, nutty...
udon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 190d
Is it healthy? No.
But does it taste good? Also no.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 190d
I don't know onions are tasty, cheese is tasty, I don't see how this isn't tasty.
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 190d
Just gotta grill that shit and everyone will be drooling for it
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 190d
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.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 190d
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.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 21 pts · 190d
Cheese and onion is a pretty strong flavor.
Rothe@piefed.social · 9 pts · 190d
Deliciously so.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
Especially stinky cheeses like Limburger
TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 17 pts · 190d
Only an American would think a slab of cheddar would be tasteless.
Psiczar@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 190d
Emphasis on the “slab”. I add a cheese slice to my sandwich and feel indulgent.
Rothe@piefed.social · 5 pts · 190d
They are projecting their own "cheese products" unto the cheese of others.
Soulg@ani.social · 6 pts · 190d
We do in fact have cheese here
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
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.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 190d
And you think "brittish food bad and bland" is some kind of revolutionary humour here?
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
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.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 189d
But you did read the post, right? You understand what we're talking about here, right?
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 189d
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?
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 188d
You know what doesn’t create a healthy and entertaining community? Whiny, defensive Americans playing victim.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
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.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
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.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
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.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
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!
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
I like the joke, and maybe I'll steal it in 20 years or so.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 190d
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
If you have the opportunity, consider Limburger with onion on a nice rye bread
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
I like cheese ,onions and bread. But I'm not in to eating an onion sliced like that, it's insane .
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 190d
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
OK, its delicious, I love to take a bite of onion like it's an apple and it tastes great!
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 190d
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
I have eaten cheese like an apple
CordialCephalopod@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
is everything apples?
BlackDragon@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 189d
I actually ate an onion like an apple just the other day. It reminded me a lot of raw radish actually.
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
I can mow down a whole bowl of radishes
BlackDragon@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 187d
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)
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 178d
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
tresspass@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 188d
> spends centuries conquering the world for spices
> doesn't even use them
BigDiction@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 188d
Don’t get high on your own supply? 🤷
dajoho@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 190d
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 190d
You people are broken.
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
It looks rank, mate. And I enjoy Haggis.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 190d
At least caramelize the onions and melt the cheese first.
A7thStone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
Onion on a grilled cheese? Yes, please. And, some green olives, too.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 189d
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.
TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 188d
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 188d
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?!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 189d
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.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
At that point I’d consider violating the terms of service.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 188d
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.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 188d
The Americans are not going to like what I am about to say: Beans on Toast is a great meal.
tastetheplague@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 188d
It actually doesn't sound half bad, but for breakfast? I couldn't.
Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 188d
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.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 188d
It's more of a lunch thing.Â
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 188d
Brooo beans on garlic bread, damn that would be bangin!
Buffy@libretechni.ca · 2 pts · 188d
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.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 190d
What's with the poor cropping epidemic? Seriously.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 190d
Adds a certain je ne sais quoi to shitposts.
remotedev@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 190d
Probably on purpose to up engagement by getting complaints about it
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 189d
Grill the onion and melt the cheese
Geldaran@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 189d
This. That'd be a fantastic sandwich if you melted that cheese, toasted the bun, and sauteed or grilled the onion.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 189d
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.
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 189d
I see the mixed and polarized reactions in the comments and I think that makes the OP a good shitpost.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 188d
This is totally me:
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 190d
I tried one the last time this tired low rent meme came through. It was okay. I had no problem eating it.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 190d
Make that into a grilled cheese and you have an epic sandwich.
robocall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
What's Leicester?
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 190d
In this context: cheese.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Leicester
Denjin@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 190d
That's not red Leicester. They're in Leicester, the town.
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
Oh right. In that case, click on the disambiguation link.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 189d
that would ruin your next two days for anyone over 30
elephantium@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 188d
But we do not grant you the title of Spice Master.
psoul@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
Yo you could make it even more beige by adding mayo but be careful, that’s a lot of flavor for you
nagaram@startrek.website · 3 pts · 188d
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?
bfg9k@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
Leicester âś…
Etterra@discuss.online · 3 pts · 190d
They wouldn't feed you that in prison, and the warden's a bastard.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 190d