Heinz Sandwich Spread

I suspect that Heinz Sandwich spread is a bit like Marmite , you either love it or hate it. I have to say I fall into the latter group. Like myself it has been around a long time. I first tasted it in the late 60's, during my nursing training study blocks, when we were offered it for afternoon tea. These consisted of slices of bread and butter, with a choice of jam or Sandwich Spread. I had never tasted it before, but possibly as a result of being ravenously hungry I thought it tasted fantastic and wolfed it down. If you haven't tasted it before it is a sort of creamy, vinegary mayonnaise, containing small crunchy pieces of vegetables. ...  Read the complete review

Heinz Sandwich spread is a bit of a staple food for my lunch. I like sandwiches but quite often I dont know what to have in them. Do I want meat? erm.. no. Do I want fish? no. I want something that will not be overpowered by the bread taste and be savoury and tangy. I love vinegary tasting foods and pickled foods even though they arnt good for me so I try and limit them to special occations but sandwich spread is something I have in my sandwich at least once a week and sometimes every day. The spread is made of vinegar, vegetable oil, eggs and mustard and contains chunks of cabbage, gherkins and carrots. The spread comes in a 270g glass ...  Read the complete review

It’s difficult to know whether to give this stuff a good or bad review. It’s quite obviously totally bad for you and to some palates repellent, but for some of us it is also insidiously more-ish. There was a story years ago that the BBC kept a stock of this product in the drama effects department in order to represent a certain effluent produced by the stomach. I was very surprised to find that it still exists on a visit to my local Tescos. I have been out of the country for a long time. I remember my mum buying it when I was a teenager, which makes it at least 35 years old. I’ve tried to find out exactly when it first hit our supermarket shelves but it seems to be ...  Read the complete review

I first started to use Heinz sandwich spread about 30 years ago when I was a student. I bought it when I was on a backpacking holiday in Cornwall. When I taste it nowadays it brings back the wonderful memories of my walk round the Cornish coastal paths. I would make up the sandwiches in the early morning and then put a yoghurt in the lunch box, walk for 4-5 hours and then sit in some spectaular location in Cornwall and devour the sandwiches. They tasted so good after all that walking and made a change from the delicious Cornish pasties and Cornish cream teas that I did sucumb to now and again. I have been using Heinz Sandwich Spread ever since! ...  Read the complete review

This was a staple part of my mother's cupboard when we were little and we absolutely hated the stuff. If we opened our lunchboxes, carefully opened our two bits of bread and this was revealed, we'd both feel let down and know that it was nearly shopping day. This stuff came out the day before the peanut butter and jam which was the absolute 'dire of dires'. Over the years my tastes have changed and I actually really enjoy it between two bits of bread now. Now if I'm being honest, this stuff does actually resemble sick. It has a slight rice pudding look to it but the lumps in it are things like cabbage, red peppers and carrots. The lumps are pretty small but if ...  Read the complete review