JAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH- it's a British Thing recipe - from the The Best Memories Are Made Family Cookbook (2024)

FAQs

What does jam sandwich mean in British? ›

In British slang, a "jam sandwich" or "jam butty" is a police car with a red stripe applied to the side.

A cheese sandwich is a sandwich made with cheese on bread. Typically semi-hard cheeses are used for the filling, such as Cheddar, Red Leicester, or Double Gloucester. A Guardian article called the cheese sandwich a "British lunchtime staple".

Looking at the origin of them it seems they probably began in Scotland. Sometimes called pieces and jam or, jeely pieces. It was an affordable sandwich to those in the lower working class. Well, that would certainly have fit my mother's family (working class and Scots-Irish).

Croque Monsieur (French hot ham and cheese sandwich)

(UK, slang) Luck. He's got more jam than Waitrose. I don't think he has the jam. (slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

One of the biggest differences between traditional English cheddar and the American variety is the way that the cheeses are aged. English cheddar is normally cylindrical in shape, bound in permeable cheesecloth (hence the term “clothbound”), and its flavors range from earthy to nutty to caramelized.

Traditional favourites such as Cheshire and Red Leicester were made alongside modern cheeses such as Cornish Yarg and Stichelton. Today, the UK is home to some of the best cheeses in the world. It is held in the same high regard as curd and rennet heavyweights such as France and Italy.

Familiar names are: toastie (UK), grilled cheese sandwich (US), jaffle (Australia), panini (Italy), and croque monsieur (France). The toasted sandwich is not limited to these countries, however.

The OQLF would rather they call that gooey goodness melted between two slices of bread a “sandwich de fromage fondu,” which roughly translates to “melted cheese sandwich.” While 95% of Quebec City is fluent in French, they find that sandwich de fromage fondu doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Toasties, or toasted sandwiches, are merely an extension of that love, and they are big in the U.K.—particularly when filled with cheese, making it a cheese toastie and quite the same as what many of us would call “grilled cheese”: a hot, gooey cheese sandwich.

What did the Queen call jam sandwich? ›

Her Majesty The Queen has had a “jam sandwich” every day since she was five years old. It was called the 'jam penny' - which The Queen was served as a little girl and has eaten for afternoon tea. The delicacy is a combination of strawberry jam and some butter.

Former Royal Chef Darren McGrady says that Queen Elizabeth ate her favorite snack, jam sandwiches (aka jam pennies), every day for more than 90 years. She first tried jam pennies as a little girl at her nursery, and has been a fan every since. They're called jam pennies because they're the size of an old English penny.

Lupper is co*ckney slang for Finger.

extreme nervousness; jitters.

If you have a jar, you have a drink with friends in a pub. They had a few jars together.

Yankee is sometimes abbreviated as “Yank.” People from all over the world, including Great Britain, Australia, and South America, use the term to describe Americans.

In the UK we have a worryingly high number of words for different types of potato foods. We call French fries just fries, and thicker-cut fries that come from a chip shop are called chips.

Butter softens the bread. Butter provides a rich flavor. Butter is an ideal moisture barrier. If you have to make and pack a sandwich, butter can keep the bread from getting soggy from sandwich ingredients like tomatoes and damp lunch meats.

Traditional English Food for Lunch

For many families, a Sunday lunch of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, pot roast pork with apples or roast lamb with green beans and mint sauce, is still a cherished tradition. If you don't fancy cooking it at home, your local pub is the place to go to for traditional English food.

What is the most common meal in Britain? ›

Muenster cheese is the closest in taste to American cheese. And it has a soft and smooth texture that melts very well. You can use Muenster cheese anywhere you would American cheese as a 1-to-1 substitute.

What Is American Cheese? Well, as you might have guessed, it's not actually cheese—at least, not legally. The FDA calls it “pasteurized processed American cheese food.” In order for a food product to be a true “cheese,” it has to be more than half cheese, which is technically pressed curds of milk.

Annatto is the berry of a Central American shrub that is widely used for coloring (it's what gives cochinita pibil its intense red color). This is why many American cheese slices are yellow; white American contains no coloring.

The most popular cheese in the UK is cheddar, which accounts for about half of sales. It's named after the Cheddar Gorge caves in Somerset where it used to be stored to ripen.

Stinking Bishop is a washed-rind cheese produced since 1972 by Charles Martell and Son at Hunts Court Farm, Dymock, Gloucestershire, in the west of England. It is made from the milk of Gloucester cattle.

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There are some British foods that ooze comfort at the mere mention of their name, and none more so than the cheese toastie. Alongside a bacon butty (bacon sandwich), the toastie is the one that makes everyone drool. Cheese toasties are basically the same thing as American grilled cheese and just as delicious.

Broiling is a North American term, not really used or understood elsewhere in the world. It means cooking something directly under a very high heat source (what in the UK would be called grilling.) Originally, the heat source would have been gas elements; now, they may be electric instead.

What do Canadians call mac and cheese? ›

In Canadian culture

The meal is the most popular grocery item in the country, where "Kraft Dinner" has an iconic status and has become a generic trademark of sorts for macaroni and cheese. It is often simply referred to by the initials K.D.

In Australia, grilled cheeses are known as "jaffles" thanks to the jaffle irons they are made with.

In the United Kingdom the term ice lolly is used to refer to ice pop while the term ice pop refers to a freezie (flavoured ice inside a tube).

That's right, a toast sandwich. Two slices of untoasted bread around a piece of toast. The verb 'to toast' in the context of 'making a toast' to someone has its origins with actual toasted bread, in Britain. From the 1400s bits of toasted bread were put in wine, sherry, and other drinks to add flavor.

In British usage, barbecuing refers to a fast cooking process done directly over high heat, while grilling refers to cooking under a source of direct, moderate-to-high heat—known in the United States as broiling.

Favourite sandwiches enjoyed by Brits

The egg and cress sandwich wears the crown for being the nation's favourite butty. Creamy and flavoursome, this simple sarnie also regularly features in various supermarkets' meal deal offerings. Pair it with salt and vinegar crisps and you have a winner.

a) Cheese - Classic option is Cheddar, but I love a 50/50 combination of Cheddar and Red Leicester. If you want to steer off the track a little, just keep it a British hard cheese like Double Gloucester, White Cheshire or Shropshire Red.

By the 1970s, in Ireland, Wales and England, an ice-cream sandwich was a popular alternative to the better known ice-cream cone. It was alternatively known as 'an ice-cream wafer'.

Traditional English Food for Lunch

For many families, a Sunday lunch of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, pot roast pork with apples or roast lamb with green beans and mint sauce, is still a cherished tradition. If you don't fancy cooking it at home, your local pub is the place to go to for traditional English food.

What UK cheese is like velveeta? ›

Swiss cheese is a great substitute for Velveeta. You can use any type of Swiss cheese you like, like emmental cheese. Swiss is a good substitute for Velveeta because it is a versatile cheese.

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