i mostly never buy soft, white bread, ever. but seeing two tubs of pork floss on the internet forced me out the door and down the street one afternoon to find myself a loaf.
i just had to have pork floss on buttered bread.
two days of pork floss buttered bread breakfasts later, i’d had my fill. what to do with soft, white bread? i didn’t want to waste my fancy jams on it, and it would’ve been too meek to stand up to a scraping of vegemite. yes, i could’ve made french toast… but that would’ve entailed “effort”.
behold, the laughing cow cheese spread, bought on a whim at the supermarket last week. if you are unfamiliar with this product, it is sold as a little round cardboard box of individually foil-wrapped wedges with a little red plastic tag for easy unwrapping. the box label as well as the sticker on each cheese wedge features a red laughing cow.
when i was in vietnam a couple years ago, street vendors sold laughing cow banh mi sandwiches. i’d sort of wanted some back then, but the thought of cheese that had been sitting out in the tropical sun all day made me wary. this mild creamy spread is filed in my head as one of the tastes of my childhood, although the truth is we hardly ever had this at home*. my mother was more of a kraft singles mum; she even got the experimental flavours like “hawaiian” which had bits of pineapple mixed into the individually wrapped slices.
*oh! i have just remembered: it is possible to buy laughing cow obanyaki in singapore, and i did. that explains it.
soft, white cheese on soft, white bread: a perfect pairing.
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pork floss on japanese mayo on bread — excellent too!
ooh yes! i can taste it in my head! but i’d have to go out and buy some… and another loaf of bread.
ohhhhh. these wonders of which you speak….aaaahhh….
and laughing cow has gotten all hepped up, have you seen the chillout faux-jordi labanda packaging?
how do you get your laughing cow cheese to spread so evenly? no fridge time?
funny how these processed cheeses seem to stem from ones childhood. i remember karft cheddar sold in a tin!
santos: i am intrigued! what the?
saffron: oh no, i like my cheese stored in the fridge, thank you. i stood there spreading and re-spreading until it surrendered, dammit. 🙂 of course i nearly put a hole through mytoast at the same time.
argh! i’ve never had cheese in a tin (or cheese in a tube or cheese in a spraycan). it’s the kind that sits on a shelf well and good for years, isn’t it? i’ve seen some made for export, in the bega factory!
I’d never seen cheese in a tin until I visited a supermarket in Manila. The stockboy was laughing at me for taking photos!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ois…xbleu/10284024/
Yum crunchy spicy pork floss on soft white buttered bread. I also like white bread when it sticks to the roof of your mouth.
halloodle! for you, i bring cheese!