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ickplant @lemmy.world

2d ago

So true

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You put some of those chips in those sandwiches and youre cookin'

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.

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.
  
  Bosna?
  
  And probably a deep fried snack next to it.
- I'm Dutch and I have similar memories. Fries, crisps, and/or ice cream used to be a quintessential part of the pool visit. Kinda makes me nostalgic thinking about it. After all that moving around the fries were an even better treat.

My POV while reading this post (I have not gone swimming today)
- 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!
- Go swim if you have the means to do so!

STILL. FUCKING. DOES.

For me it was vending machine peanuts, because that's what they had in the swimming pool building

My dad: "The plain peanut butter sandwiches will continue until morale improves."
- You've committed a crime against gaming here today.
- My dad: “boiled hotdogs in store-brand white bread are what the real athletes eat.”
  
  I nuke mine, but otherwise, ya
- 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).
  
  Wanna know what we call peanut butter in The Netherlands?
  Pindakaas. Peanut cheese.
  
  Peanut butter isn't sold in Japan?! I'd starve lmao

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.

Is that a Hawaiian coke can?
Man, now I want some Mexican coke. Fuck HFCS.

Is there a specific reason that type of food is only available after swimming?

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.
- 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 English we say "hunger makes the best sauce" which is startlingly similar.
- 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.
- In Poland we have "Hunger is the best condiment", I guess it might be something similar

Nachos, super rope, and ice cream at the pool concession stand.
- Wet pool hand nachos is bringing back core memory

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

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.

Dude it still does. Try that shit man a big shitty sandwich and chips fucking goes hard

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.

Man for me it was that $1.25 pool stand hot dog
- Swimming lessons at Costco.

Past tense? Get back in there!

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?
- Are you from space?
  
  Its not a thing in my country...
- 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?
- 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.

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