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    Oh I do love a sandwich. <\/p>\n

    Don't we all in the UK? There's the nostalgia of unwrapping a slightly squished sarnie from the tin foil your parent had so lovingly, or haphazardly in some cases, made before your day at primary school. <\/p>\n

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    The simplicity of the sandwich provides solace whether you've been scrapping on the playground or crawling through to your break at the 9-5 slog. But one filling that never made it from shelf, to cupboard to lunchbox in my household was corned beef \u2013 the tinned relic of rationing.<\/p>\n

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    For me, corned beef belongs in an era way before I was born. Even my mother grimaced at any mention of corned beef, and that comes from someone who puts ketchup on their roast dinner. <\/p>\n

    So that means I know corned beef MUST be bad. Therefore, I've avoided trying it so far in my life. <\/p>\n

    But, when I'm away I force myself to try the local cuisine so it would be out of character if I, a British person, didn't try one of the UK's defining sandwich fillings. If I can shove a grilled octopus tentacle in my mouth, then I'm sure I can handle some tinned meat, right?<\/p>\n

    I went to a greasy spoon caf\u00e9 to give the processed meat between two slices of a white a go. But will I be a corned convert or concussed at the thought at what I've just shoved in my mouth?<\/p>\n

    Well, I'm not going to beat around the bush. It's safe to say that I haven't been missing out in my 24 years of corned beef abstinence.<\/p>\n

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    The corned beef sandwich isn't gourmet and doesn't pretend to be \u2013 and thank goodness because I wouldn't be breaking the bank for one, even if it came with avocado or a sprinkling of rocket.<\/p>\n

    It was like a Bounty but in meat form. Chewy, bitty and the worse option out of everything else possibly available. <\/p>\n

    The corned \u2013 or salted \u2013 beef has a gritty like consistency which I reckon isn't too far from on old boot. I soon found my teeth playing tug of war with the sarnie, a game I did not want to be part of.<\/p>\n

    Can 'grittiness' be a taste? As that's the only way I feel like can describe it with my bank of sandwich connoisseur vocabulary. Despite having never chomped on a kangaroo's b***ock nor feasted on a Witchetty grub, I can only assume that they are the bush equivalent to a corned beef sarnie.<\/p>\n

    The texture made me feel like I was trying to win 10 stars for my campmates. After two mouthfuls, I realised that no one was going hungry on chickpeas and rice if I didn't finish it so I happily put the rest of the sandwich down.<\/p>\n

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    Will I be eating a corned beef sandwich again? Certainly not. The existence of it reminds me of my grandparents who loved a sarnie, so corned beef can a fragment of a cosy memory. <\/p>\n

    I exercised my 24 years worth of curiosity toward the corned beef sandwich, but that same curiosity made me feel like a contestant on I'm a Celeb. The bread and butter part was fine, the tinned meat part will never win me over. <\/p>\n

    Curiosity killed the cat, but in this case, curiosity has tarnished my taste buds. As always, give me a cheese and Billy Bear ham sandwich please. I know that won't hurt me, or my stomach.<\/p>\n