Onion Bhaji Sandwich
The one curry-house starter that crossed the road into the chip shop. A craggy gram-flour fritter packed hot into a soft Lancashire barm, with the poppadom-tray chutney and raita along for the ride.
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Oggie
Another name for Cornish pasty; specifically a miner's pasty.
Oatcake (Staffordshire)
A soft, floppy oat-and-flour pancake, griddled not baked and sold warm by the bagful from Stoke-on-Trent's oatcake shops. The Staffordshire oatcake is the daily bread of the Potteries.
Nutella Sandwich
Chocolate-hazelnut spread on soft white bread, where the only real decision is how thick to go: thin grips the crumb and stays a sandwich, thick collapses into candy by the second bite.
Naan Wrap
Various fillings wrapped in naan bread.
Mustard Cress Sandwich
Mustard cress (sprouted mustard and cress) with butter on white bread; peppery micro-greens.
Mushroom Sandwich
Fried mushrooms on bread; often with garlic butter.
Morning Roll Sandwich
Any filling in a Scottish morning roll (soft, dense, floury).
Monster Munch Sandwich
Monster Munch corn snacks on bread; pickled onion flavor popular.
Mincemeat Sandwich
Christmas mincemeat (dried fruit mixture) on bread; festive.
Mexican Chicken Wrap
Spiced chicken with salsa, guacamole, sour cream.
Meat Paste Sandwich
The cheapest jar on the potted-paste shelf: smooth milled meat of beef, ham, or chicken on buttered white bread, the British cupboard standby Shippam's of Chichester began potting in 1894.
Meal Deal Sandwich
Supermarket sandwich as part of meal deal (sandwich, drink, snack).
Mature Cheddar
The orange MATURE sticker marks the point on the ageing curve where a Cheddar's flavour has arrived but the crystals have not, the rung wide enough for pickle, chutney.
Marmite Sandwich
A near-black yeast extract so concentrated it is dosed in milligrams, smeared off a knife-tip onto buttered toast. The Marmite sandwich is Britain's minimal, polarising, love-it-or-hate-it test.
Marmite on Toast
Marmite on toast: a near-black yeast extract scraped thin over hot buttered toast, where the warmth loosens the stiff spread into the melted butter. Britain's most argued-over savoury slice.
Marmite and Peanut Butter
Marmite with peanut butter; unusual combination.
Marmite and Cheese
Marmite and mature Cheddar is a glutamate stack: two of the most savoury things in a British kitchen, layered so the cheese rounds the salt the bare spread never can. The toastie is its truest form.
Marmite and Butter
Marmite scraped thin over an ample bed of butter on soft white bread, the fat rounding a near-pure salt-and-savour yeast extract into something deep and moreish. Britain's most argued-over sandwich.
Marmite and Butter (Tea)
Thin scrape of Marmite with butter on white bread; savory, umami-rich, divisive.
Marmalade Sandwich
Orange marmalade on bread; Paddington Bear's favorite.
Marmalade on Toast
Marmalade on hot buttered toast; British breakfast.
Mackerel Sandwich
Smoked or tinned mackerel on bread; oily fish, strong flavor.