What to have for tea ……

United Kingdom
February 19, 2026 11:40am CST
So you helped me the other day when I couldn’t decide which rice to have, so I think I need your help again ….. My choices are …. Chicken soup and toast Fried potato sandwich, with brown sauce Pilchard and rice …sounds strange but it is delicious…. So what do you think ?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168298)
• United States
15h
Do you eat mashed potato sandwiches? I do but not very often. They're good.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (168298)
• United States
14h
@Traceyjayne I've eaten them since I was a kid on the farm. Mom liked them and made one for me when I was hungry and she didn't feel like cooking anything. Leftover mashed potatoes on a sandwich was easy and quick.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8001)
• United Kingdom
15h
No…..I have heard about them but I’ve never had one …..just doesn’t appeal to me.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8001)
• United Kingdom
14h
@DaddyEvil I think it’s the texture of the mashed potato….on a sandwich seems wrong …. Everything so squashy, if that makes sense. I have mashed potato mixed with corned beef and sweetcorn in a toasted sandwich…..that’s ok as the toast is hard and crunchy, not soft.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (113040)
• United States
16h
I don’t know what pilchard is so I’m going chicken soup and toast. I just had some chicken soup myself.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (113040)
• United States
16h
@Traceyjayne Oh! I still go chicken soup.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8001)
• United Kingdom
16h
Pilchard is a small fish 3 to 4 inches long. We get them in tins/cans in tomato sauce…..
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Fleur
@Fleura (34064)
• United Kingdom
17h
Perhaps strange but I am intrigued by the pilchard and rice. How do you prepare that?
Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8001)
• United Kingdom
17h
Just cook the rice as usual …plain boiled ….and open a tin of pilchards …you can use fresh but I use tinned. My Mom and Dad had this as a starter in a restaurant, years ago….. I think it sounded peculiar but was willing to give it a go ….its delicious. You can have the pilchard hot or cold.
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Fleur
@Fleura (34064)
• United Kingdom
3h
@Traceyjayne OK I will give it a go one day when I need something for lunch. I don't often buy pilchards, but recently I've found that it seems to be impossible to find MSC-certified sardines so I might get pilchards instead, which seem to be OK.
Dawnsummer
@misunderstood_zombie (8545)
• United States
9h
I have never heard of a fried potato sandwich.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8001)
• United Kingdom
9h
It’s really good. Boil sliced potatoes. Then fry in a skillet. ( we say frying pan ). Make into a sandwich and drizzle on brown sauce. Delicious…..
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