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.
You put some of those chips in those sandwiches and youre cookin’
For me it was vending machine peanuts, because that’s what they had in the swimming pool building
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.
Is there a specific reason that type of food is only available after swimming?
Is that a Hawaiian coke can?
Man, now I want some Mexican coke. Fuck HFCS.
Curious about different after pool cuisines around the globe. Didn’t really realise every country could have a different take
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
Fries & mayonaise slaps (Netherlands)
My wife and I went to town for groceries today. Neither of us ate breakfast or lunch, then we shopped. We only do two trips a month cuz it’s far and expensive. We had grocery store sandwiches and potato chips for lunch at 3:00 this afternoon. Best meal ever.
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?
No Dutch
And probably a deep fried snack next to it.
Preferably
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.
Dude it still does. Try that shit man a big shitty sandwich and chips fucking goes hard
Past tense? Get back in there!
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!
Less messy too when it’s white bread getting tacky in a ziplock baggy in a warm backpack. The chips adhere like glue.
Summers at various lakes memories.
Go swim if you have the means to do so!
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…
Drinking a cold beverage with lunch on a hot day isn’t a thing? Absolutely from space.
No specifically meant the sandwich and chips part
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.
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?
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.
