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Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 17:43 on 17th March 2009 On 17th March 2009 17:29, DEBBIE ADAMS wrote: Yep there is!! cadbury world in bournville, its not far from Birmingham, which is central England!! its a great day out!!
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David Donnelly Posts: 61 Joined: 22nd Jan 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 17:47 on 17th March 2009 Debbie, Pleased to meet you also, right hear we go........Chooky Eggs & Marmite Soldiers, basically a soft-boiled egg (around 3 minutes) with a slice of bread, buttered, spread with Marmite and cut into wide strips (the soldiers), which are used to dunk into the egg (a kiddies favourite) and as I'm a big kid, mine also. http://www.eggrecipes.co.uk/egg/recipes/Boiled_Eggs_with_Marmite_Soldiers.asp Ploughman's lunch.........Cheese and/or ham with a big chunk of unsliced bread, pickle (but not your sort of pickle) or chutney, pickled onion, tomato, lettuce, an apple and butter (for the bread), and preferably a pint of real ale. http://www.michaels-reisetagebuch.com/gb/plough.html Regards. Edited by: David Donnelly at:17th March 2009 17:49 |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:52 on 17th March 2009 Eggs and Marmite!!!  You are a brave man, David!! |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:54 on 17th March 2009 LOL @ Krissy!  |
lancashirelove Posts: 1987 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:00 on 17th March 2009 On 17th March 2009 17:29, DEBBIE ADAMS wrote: Debbie, If you are visiting the city of York, (Yorkshire), that is the home of Rowntrees chocolate, i dont know if they'er still going but they along with Cadbury's (near Birmingham, England) were the biggest chocolate makers in the world.
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| David Donnelly Posts: 61 Joined: 22nd Jan 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:00 on 17th March 2009 "Eggs and Marmite!!! You are a brave man, David!!" Krissy, you aint heard nothing yet, my father who was a Royal Marine used to like "egg banjoes", it's a fried egg in a large buttered role (like a bap). My own version has.......You guessed it, marmite in the bap Regards. |
| Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:02 on 17th March 2009 Oh wow!!! I've tasted Marmite..and well, I don't know how you do it!!! LOL!!! |
| lancashirelove Posts: 1987 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:10 on 17th March 2009 Marmite is one of those things you either love or hate. its made from beef extract, bit like very strong OXO I personally dont like it lol |
| David Donnelly Posts: 61 Joined: 22nd Jan 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:13 on 17th March 2009 Michael, Marmite is actually made from spent brewers yeast, I think your probably thinking of Bovril which as far as I know is beef extract. Regards. |
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:18 on 17th March 2009 One might say one is "scraping the bottom of the barrel" when eating Marmite, eh David?  |
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