If I fail I'm ready to be
sliced thin and fed to the seven-headed dogs."
It was the bo's'n's knife that
sliced down my face and
sliced away my fingers.
When Saxon had served the beans, and Billy the coffee, she stood still a moment and surveyed the spread meal on the blankets--the canister of sugar, the condensed milk tin, the
sliced corned beef, the lettuce salad and
sliced tomatoes, the slices of fresh French bread, and the steaming plates of beans and mugs of coffee.
Perhaps if the roast of mutton or of beef--a big, generous one--were brought on the table and carved in full view of the client, that might give the right sense of earnestness and reality to the thing; but they don't do that, they pass the sliced meat around on a dish, and so you are perfectly calm, it does not stir you in the least.
Sliced tomatoes, with sugar or Apple dumplings, with real vinegar.
INGREDIENTS SERVES 4 1 x 85g bag watercress 8 slices sourdough bread, not too thick 3 tbsp salted butter, softened 200g gruyere,
sliced 200g sharp cheddar,
sliced 200g cooking chorizo 1/2 a red onion, finely
sliced Olive oil DIRECTIONS Thickly slice the chorizo at an angle.
4 slices Asda 30% less fat mature
sliced British cheese ?
We have all heard the saying "the greatest thing since
sliced bread".
INGREDIENTS 350g thin-cut minute steak , very thinly
sliced into strips 3 tbsp cornflour 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder 100ml vegetable oil 1 red pepper, thinly
sliced 1 red chilli, thinly
sliced 4 spring onions ,
sliced, green and white parts separated 2 garlic cloves, crushed thumb-sized piece ginger , cut into matchsticks 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar or white wine vinegar 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce 2 tbsp tomato ketchup cooked noodles, to serve (optional) prawn crackers, to serve (optional) METHOD Put 350g thin-cut minute steak strips in a bowl and toss in 3 tbsp cornflour and 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder.
1 pc red Fuji apple, cored and
sliced thinly using a mandoline
Ingredients 150ml mayonnaise, 2tbsp cider vinegar, 1/4 white cabbage, thinly
sliced, 1 broccoli head, stems thinly
sliced, tops reserved for garnish, 2 green pears, cored and thinly
sliced lengthways, 1/2 fennel bulb, thinly
sliced, 200g sugar snap peas, thinly
sliced, 4 spring onions, thinly
sliced, handful of coriander, stems finely chopped, leaves reserved for garnish, 1 jalapeno chilli, deseeded and thinly
sliced, sea salt and black pepper.
| Poached eggs (2 for men, 1 for women) with granary toast (as above), plus half a
sliced avocado and 1 apple.