I didn’t take lunch to work last Thursday, but I made sandwiches for Jac. Jac has said her favourite bento lunches are always the ones that feature sandwiches.
I packed Jac four different sandwiches, along with some leftover KFC coleslaw (in a silicone cupcake mould), lettuce, baby roma tomatoes, a sliced mushroom and strawberries.
These were the sandwich fillings:
- KFC chicken mix (chicken, mayonnaise, dijon mustard and wholegrain mustard) and lettuce
- Swiss cheese, dill pickles and piccalilly (also spelled piccalilli; our jar of Koeleman brand piccalilly spells it with a “y”)
- KFC mix, cucumber and St Dalfour blueberry with cranberry preserve
- Kaya and margarine.
The KFC, cucumber and jam sandwich was a bit of an experiment, but I was pretty confident Jac would like it as she’s a big fan of fruity sauces with meat (turkey and cranberry, pork and apple, and so on). She gave it the thumbs up. She said she ate the sandwiches in the order I packed them, which is the order in which I’ve just described them – a rough progression from savoury to sweet.
Here’s a close-up of the note I wrote for Jac:
I'm TFP, a food blogger from Perth, Western Australia.
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My great grandmother always called (American) sweet pickle relish piccalilli. I’ve never heard the term used by anyone else ever.
It’s nice to finally know what it really is. She was originally from Quebec, Canada. Maybe they had real piccalilli there.
Nice sandwiches. I am good in making egg and tuna sandwiches and my kids had that almost once a week. according to them, best in town :) am in cloud 9 !!
can you describe the difference in the taste for the golden brown and green coloured kaya thanks
Hi TFP,
Awesome website. Totally food-porn worthy =]
Anihoos, Jus want to ask how I can keep cupcakes fresh? Say if I was to make them tonight and need them tomorrow for work..How do I go about storing them? In a tupperware and kept in the fridge? And should I store them in the fridge again when I get to work? Thanks in advance =]
Ria, fridges have dehumidifiers, so I think baked goods are best kept on the counter, well wrapped so they stay moist. Also, they are much better served at room temp. However, I don’t know about the humidity/dryness where you live.
Hey TFP, love your bentos… keep it up! :)
Brandi,
I’d never heard of it until Jac introduced me to it. She loves all kinds of pickles. We always have some piccalilli and other kinds of pickles in the fridge.
Excellent, Beauty. It’s nice when others appreciate your cooking (even simple sandwiches), eh? I love knowing Jac enjoys the sandwiches I make for her.
kath,
Hmmm. Not sure I would have the definitive answer to this. Some kayas I have eaten are pandan-flavoured and are a little green. Maybe someone else might know the answer? I suppose looking at the ingredients on the jars might give some clues?
Thanks, Ria.
Melissa’s answer (the comment after yours) is pretty much what I would’ve said. Don’t put cake in the fridge if possible, as the fridge will dry the cake out. We like to leave cake in an air-tight cake tin on the table or kitchen counter (a tupperware would work too). If the weather is very hot or humid, cake probably won’t last too long out of the fridge (should be ok overnight), but if your workplace is air-conditioned the cakes will be fine out of the fridge for the day. I would ice them as late as possible, as close to serving time as I could.
Thanks, Melissa. I think your response was much more elegant than mine. ;)
Cheers, Renee. I plan to!