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Crisp Sandwich
NORTHERN IRELAND | LYNSEY GILLESPIE
‘Crisp Sandwich‘ or more specifically, ‘Jean Gillespie’s Crisp Sandwich’. Crisp sandwiches are a Northern Irish favourite, but my mum has very specific rules about them. She always made me one as a child if I’d been sick and not eating or just feeling a bit down! Also, I can’t cook to save my life!
Cooking Time: 5 minutes of prep time Serves: Just yourself!
Ingredients
• soft white bread, always fresh—this is important
• crisps (always Tayto Cheese and Onion, and always the Northern Tayto for me, no offence to the Southern ones!)
• butter (Flora Light in the Gillespie house, but other brands are available)
Method
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5. Get your two slices of soft white FRESH bread (the freshness is vital, or you’ll ruin it and nobody wants that). Butter BOTH sides of the bread. Open the crisps and load them on to one slice of bread (as high as you like, the higher the better!). Take the second slice of bread and squash it down over the crisps (hear that crackle). Stick it on a plate and enjoy!
About Lynsey
If you’ve any cooking skills yourself, look up something good to do with Comber New Potatoes for me other than just boiling them. They have European protected status, and we are rightly proud of them!
I’ve been working for PRONI, and in heritage, for the guts of ten years. I believe the key to understanding who and where we are is learning our own stories and sharing them as much as possible. This book, with so many people coming here and making NI their home, fills my heart with pride. For all our complicated history, and all our faults, I believe we really are a beautiful place full of incredible people.
>> Cooking playlist
‘Guiding Ligh’t by Foy Vance—he hails from just up the road from me and this song settles the soul ‘Signal Fire’ by Snow Patrol—I can’t be from North Down and not pick a song by them, and this is my favourite ‘Shining Light’ by Ash—these guys were the first big band I remember being aware of from Northern Ireland. ‘I Can’t Give You Anything but Love’ by Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber—Ottilie was an incredible jazz and blues singer that came from my own hometown. Her personal papers are held in PRONI and I’m ashamed to say she’s only been a recent discovery, but she’s great! ‘Game of Love’ by Santana—forgive me, he’s not Irish, but this song in the kitchen is the best!
