Oatcake Buddy of the Week - Wensleydale, Beet and Mustard

Everyone in Scotland eats oatcakes except for Jules. They're filing, insultating, delicious and can be easily carried around on your travels. Here's the topping for this week:

I'm looking for an after-work snack in J's kitchen:

"Do you have any oatcakes?"

"Yes -- what do you want on them? I have some cheese."

"Good. Yup."

"Do you want some beet, too?"

"Yes! That's great."

"Any mustard?"

"No. Eww. That sounds gross. I don't like mustard"

(I'm lying here. I like mustard at certain times. I used to really dislike it when I was a vegetarian. What are vegetarians supposed to eat with mustard? Mustard is for meat. Now that I love meat again, I have a little space in my heart for the yellow stuff.)

"You always want mustard with cheese."

"Uh, no I don't"

"Yes you do -- you ate that just last week."

"Nope. You're thinking about your other girlfriend."

(This continued for a number of minutes, each of us citing examples to back our claims, each of us convinced of our position. Meanwhile, some cold steamed beets are being sliced and precarious crumbles of Wensleydale are being assembled onto some willing oatcakes. I survey these constructions and think about the taste. My palate begins to battle with my ego.)

"Actually I want a little bit of mustard on mine."

J looks thoroughly pleased with himself. Fortunately his face is too full of the oatcake snack to smirk for long.

(These oatcakes were recreated using some already-cooked beets, Wensleydale cheese and a bit of really grainy mustard from the lovely island of Arran.)

Comments

[katie]

Thanks for stopping by, lovely ladies! Sorry about the meat, Jess. Imagine it's made from seitan or something. Really realistic tofu.

Daccia - what did you eat mustard with before you began meaty affairs again?

See you in real life soon!

[jess]

have i mentioned that i love you? thank you for bringing a little style to my otherwise ineloquent day. i would definitely eat this mustard-beet-cheese goodness.
that photo of meat though... not for the faint-hearted. yikes.

[daccia]

i think mustard is awesome.