Country ham and mango sandwich

On Sat 18 Mar 2006 10:59:00p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Nobody?

Quoted message said:

I made a sandwich tonight, using the country ham I got a couple of weeks
ago. I cut a slice, cross-grain, of the ham, about the size of a piece
of bread, 1/4 inch thick. I ground on some black pepper, and fried it up
medium-rare in the skillet. Meanhwile, I put some mayonnaise and mustard
on a couple of slices of pumpernickel. I sliced up a ripe mango, and
when the ham was about right, made a sandwich of the bread, ham, mango,
and a couple of leafs of lettuce. It was great.

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so it
sounds good.

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Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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BIOYA

On 19 Mar 2006 07:09:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright

wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so it
sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

serene

On Sat 18 Mar 2006 11:12:03p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it serene?

Quoted message said:

On 19 Mar 2006 07:09:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright

wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so it
sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

serene

Well, yes, that's certainly true. But I can "see" the ham and mango
together, at least for me. Some other combinations, not so much. Ice cream
with a hot chili/chocolate sauce was good, but I probably wouldn't have it
again.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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BIOYA

serene said:

On 19 Mar 2006 07:09:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright

wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so it
sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

serene

...reminds me of this article:
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/restaurants/story/0,13739,1463026,00.html
http://www.fatduck.co.uk/

serene said:

Quoted message said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so it
sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

You make a good point, but in this case I think the mango and ham go
together well. I routinely make an apricot-guava sauce to accompany country
ham at brunch, and pairing ham with mango isn't that far removed. However,
I don't think I'd like the ham-mango combination with pumpernickel and
lettuce, as the OP did. That's not meant as any kind of criticism; it's just
personal taste.

Bob

On Sat 18 Mar 2006 11:21:45p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it dee?

Quoted message said:

serene said:

On 19 Mar 2006 07:09:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright

wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so
it sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

serene

..reminds me of this article:
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/restaurants/story/0,13739,1463026,00.html
http://www.fatduck.co.uk/

Many of those I wouldn't mind trying.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

I appreciate your comments. I normally like tomato on my ham sandwich, but I
ran out. The mango was available, so I gave it a try. Tomato and mango are
both soft, and at least somewhat sweet, so it seemed like a good risk. Plus,
I like sweet fruit with ham; next time I might try fresh pineapple instead
of mango.

I agree that the choice of bread is an issue. The pumpernickel kind of fell
apart while I tried to chew through the ham. I think next time I will try a
soft rye, or perhaps toast the bread to give it some cohesion. I think that
the caraway in the rye bread would work well here, also.

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Quoted message said:

I made a sandwich tonight, using the country ham I got a couple of weeks
ago. I cut a slice, cross-grain, of the ham, about the size of a piece of
bread, 1/4 inch thick. I ground on some black pepper, and fried it up
medium-rare in the skillet. Meanhwile, I put some mayonnaise and mustard on
a couple of slices of pumpernickel. I sliced up a ripe mango, and when the
ham was about right, made a sandwich of the bread, ham, mango, and a couple
of leafs of lettuce. It was great.

serene wrote on 19 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

On 19 Mar 2006 07:09:50 +0100, Wayne Boatwright

wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

Hmm... Country ham and mango. Who'd have thunk it? I like both, so
it sounds good.

There are lots of pairs of foods where I like one, but putting them
together doesn't sound good. Ice cream and mustard? Shrimp and hot
fudge?

serene

YUMMM Shrinp and hot fudge...But you need to honey glazed shrimp first....A
garlic honey glaze

--
-Alan

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Nobody said:

I made a sandwich tonight, using the country ham I got a couple of weeks
ago. I cut a slice, cross-grain, of the ham, about the size of a piece of
bread, 1/4 inch thick. I ground on some black pepper, and fried it up
medium-rare in the skillet. Meanhwile, I put some mayonnaise and mustard on
a couple of slices of pumpernickel. I sliced up a ripe mango, and when the
ham was about right, made a sandwich of the bread, ham, mango, and a couple
of leafs of lettuce. It was great.

Makes me wonder if Mango would be good on Pizza? ;-)

Pineapple is......
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