It hits just as hard today, IMO.
I could go for a turkey sandwich and cool ranch Doritos rn, in fact.
I just ate steak, but now I want a sandwich with Doritos on top.
STILL. FUCKING. DOES.
Curious about different after pool cuisines around the globe. Didn’t really realise every country could have a different take
Fries & mayonaise slaps (Netherlands)
I don’t think we have such a thing in Finland. I don’t remember food being a thing after swimming hall or beach/lake
Is that a Hawaiian coke can?
Man, now I want some Mexican coke. Fuck HFCS.
My wife and I went to town for groceries today. Neither of us ate breakfast or lunch, then we shopped. We only do two trips a month cuz it’s far and expensive. We had grocery store sandwiches and potato chips for lunch at 3:00 this afternoon. Best meal ever.
French fries is the standard German pool food. Like, nowhere else do you see stands selling nothing but fries (with ketchup and/or mayo, of course). And they just don’t taste as good anywhere else, I guess it’s the chlorine in the air making the salt taste extra special without actually tasting more salty.
As a swamp German, this is how we do it, too. Aside from ketchup/mayo we use curry gewurtz (Hela) and mayo on there, with some diced onion.
And probably a deep fried snack next to it.
Preferably
Bosna?
No Dutch
Ah, Frikandel then? Sorry, I was thinking about Austria, where Bosna is a similar snack. But yeah, swamp German should have tipped me off. 😅
My dad: “The plain peanut butter sandwiches will continue until morale improves.”
My dad: “boiled hotdogs in store-brand white bread are what the real athletes eat.”
I nuke mine, but otherwise, ya
I like nuked food
But when you boil them, the bread gets all saturated with hotdog water. You’re missing out.
peanut butter sandwiches were one of my favorite things growing up. I’d still be eating them today, even though I have to make my own peanut butter here in Japan, except for my body declaring war on gluten (probably celiac since 1 parent has it, but not confirmed yet).
Peanut butter isn’t sold in Japan?! I’d starve lmao
You can find it, but it’s rarer and typically quite expensive. I don’t know who carries it in my corner of rural Japan. I just make my own in the food processor (peanuts + salt + patience). Peanut Cream (which has a vaguely peanutty flavor but mostly a cream flavor and a ton of sugar) is quite popular, but I don’t care for it.
Wanna know what we call peanut butter in The Netherlands?
Pindakaas. Peanut cheese.
You’ve committed a crime against gaming here today.
Not just gaming, but the women and children too.
Man for me it was that $1.25 pool stand hot dog
Swimming lessons at Costco.
And it was damn good. What’s that German saying? “Hunger makes the best sauce”? When you’re really hungry this is five Michelin star good.
As a German I never heard that sentence before but it’s hilarious lol
It’s a little less used these days. I have German family, they’re all older, so the saying may be out of style compared to their time. It’s usually “best sauce” but I’ve also heard “beste Koch” as well.
“Hunger is the best cook” / “Hunger ist der beste Koch” is a widely known saying!
Huh, wonder it was a local variant? Either way, it’s a great saying.
I agree and I like your variant!
In dutch they say: “Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet”!
when packing up after windsurfing, they would advise against taking your trapeze off (a huge belly belt that can connect you to the sail, handsfree!) before you had access too food, because more often then not, it would unleash the hunger beast within. It was fun to have that power over your own hunger! GIMME THOSE SWEET BEANS!
In Poland we have “Hunger is the best condiment”, I guess it might be something similar
In English we say “hunger makes the best sauce” which is startlingly similar.
I don’t get it, why you have a line of crisps next to the sandwich? And why would you have cold food with cola?
Does soda have pairings like wine? I had no idea, I just cracked open sodas. What kinda faux pas have I been doing all my life? Oh God, is everyone looking at me weird when I drink soda wrong?
Oh God, is everyone looking at me weird when I drink soda wrong?
If you’re not holding it in the crook of your elbow, lifting your arm, and pouring it onto your outstretched tongue, then at least one of us is doing it wrong, and I think it’s you, and everyone is silently judging you for your weird way of drinking. They don’t drink with their elbows probably because they don’t want to embarass you.
The crisps were there because they had salt and fat. This was typical food for children after swimming. The cold food is because it was 30-40°C outside.
Where are you from?
Are you from space?
Its not a thing in my country…
Drinking a cold beverage with lunch on a hot day isn’t a thing? Absolutely from space.
No specifically meant the sandwich and chips part
We had a fish and chip shop opposite the pool. I don’t think I have eaten anything better than those salty vinegary chips, the childish exhaustion and hunger made them absolutely magical.
Whenever we watch old home movies all I can think of is the food. You know what it tasted like and in certain cases it’s never been the same. There’s one video of me walking around naked in a cowboy hat (I was 4) at lunch time and all I can think of when I see it is “I want that sandwich, I remember that sandwich”. Anyways, this picture is tasty. It brought back some memories. Clearly.
My POV while reading this post (I have not gone swimming today)
Go swim if you have the means to do so!
The chips go in the sandwich. Also I don’t know how to swim.
I thought I was the only one! You put them in the middle then press it slightly so they go “crunch” a little. Yum!
Less messy too when it’s white bread getting tacky in a ziplock baggy in a warm backpack. The chips adhere like glue.
Summers at various lakes memories.
Is there a country that likes soup pool side? It’s like your food is a hot tub!
Never ruin a thread like this again.
Dude it still does. Try that shit man a big shitty sandwich and chips fucking goes hard
