Jeez... what a disappointment...

[igual]

We're lucky our local butcher makes faggots and they are brilliant, gremlin is really funny NY with food but she wolfs 2 ofvthem down easy about 3 times the size of them crappy me brains ones.

[Raffles]

Aug 12, 2015 19:41:24 GMT Ron said:

Aug 12, 2015 19:35:52 GMT Raffles said:

What happened on the A55 today djs?

Chester to Holyhead

Can't be as bad as Monday, M56, helicopter buzzing my home for hours with the propane tanker on fire. Chester to Warrington... 6 hours! I was sat in the garden when I thought I'd try and find out what was going on, and found out we were advised to close windows and doors, but only the people on Twitter were advised, the rest of us had to fathom it out for ourselves.

[prr]

Raffles, I can't send them to you, but the butcher here does real faggots!

[thatguy]

It's depressing how many food and drink products are a real letdown these days. Of all of them, Thorntons gets my uber thumbs down. Their products still beat the pants of those by cadburys, nestle etc, but they still fall way short of the goods they used to make. They were taken over and began to mass produce sweets with lesser recipies, hence why they are found in poundland, home bargains etc. Back in the day they only sold chocs, toffee, fudge via their own outlets, and when they did, the quality was far better.

This is a epidemic hitting most food producers and it is a pain in the ass. Used to love the mccain french fries, the proper frying ones, not the oven faeces, but cant find them anymore. Even my beloved childhood treats, vesta chow mein and strawberry angel delight have been made harder to find and their recipies have been altered to make them almost unrecognisable.

Bring back original vesta chow mein, strawberry delight, roast beef monster munch and Irn bru chew bars. We will not be fobbed of with the fake replacements, and we is about to "hulk smash puny corporations" over withdrawals.

[MRS SLEEPY]

Aug 13, 2015 2:16:12 GMT thatguy said:

It's depressing how many food and drink products are a real letdown these days. Of all of them, Thorntons gets my uber thumbs down. Their products still beat the pants of those by cadburys, nestle etc, but they still fall way short of the goods they used to make. They were taken over and began to mass produce sweets with lesser recipies, hence why they are found in poundland, home bargains etc. Back in the day they only sold chocs, toffee, fudge via their own outlets, and when they did, the quality was far better.

This is a epidemic hitting most food producers and it is a pain in the ass. Used to love the mccain french fries, the proper frying ones, not the oven faeces, but cant find them anymore. Even my beloved childhood treats, vesta chow mein and strawberry angel delight have been made harder to find and their recipies have been altered to make them almost unrecognisable.

Bring back original vesta chow mein, strawberry delight, roast beef monster munch and Irn bru chew bars. We will not be fobbed of with the fake replacements, and we is about to "hulk smash puny corporations" over withdrawals.

Bring bad the old, Twiglets back. Nice and sticky and tasty

[Skwoddy]

Since when did they start packing biscuits face up, getting 6-9 a pack and still a 500% mark up over inflation, WTF!

If they aint sideways I dont buy em!

[Skwoddy]

Aug 13, 2015 2:42:52 GMT MRS SLEEPY said:

Aug 13, 2015 2:16:12 GMT thatguy said:

It's depressing how many food and drink products are a real letdown these days. Of all of them, Thorntons gets my uber thumbs down. Their products still beat the pants of those by cadburys, nestle etc, but they still fall way short of the goods they used to make. They were taken over and began to mass produce sweets with lesser recipies, hence why they are found in poundland, home bargains etc. Back in the day they only sold chocs, toffee, fudge via their own outlets, and when they did, the quality was far better.

This is a epidemic hitting most food producers and it is a pain in the ass. Used to love the mccain french fries, the proper frying ones, not the oven faeces, but cant find them anymore. Even my beloved childhood treats, vesta chow mein and strawberry angel delight have been made harder to find and their recipies have been altered to make them almost unrecognisable.

Bring back original vesta chow mein, strawberry delight, roast beef monster munch and Irn bru chew bars. We will not be fobbed of with the fake replacements, and we is about to "hulk smash puny corporations" over withdrawals.

Bring bad the old, Twiglets back. Nice and sticky and tasty

Gawd i loved Twiglets, Box at a time no messing, rubbish now with big brother suggesting lower salt

[MRS SLEEPY]

Aug 13, 2015 3:09:03 GMT Skwoddy said:

Aug 13, 2015 2:42:52 GMT MRS SLEEPY said:

Bring bad the old, Twiglets back. Nice and sticky and tasty

Gawd i loved Twiglets, Box at a time no messing, rubbish now with big brother suggesting lower salt

Can we get potatoes puffs now?

[Skwoddy]

Aug 13, 2015 3:19:44 GMT MRS SLEEPY said:

Aug 13, 2015 3:09:03 GMT Skwoddy said:

Gawd i loved Twiglets, Box at a time no messing, rubbish now with big brother suggesting lower salt

Can we get potatoes puffs now?

NO !! nor Ready salted chipsticks!!

[chykensa]

This is a trip down memory lane for sure! Angel Delight, ah I remember those days, wonderful stuff. Vesta Chicken Curry was one of my mum's staples for when she was short of time and couldn't cook.
Raffles you are bang on the mark, these foods are not what we remembered them as. Could it be that our taste memories have changed too? I'm not denying that the recipes themselves have changed, but years of smoking for many of us could have altered the taste we thought we remembered.
It's a shame that so many foods from our childhoods have disappeared totally, but on the upside, our local butcher and farmer's market are going great guns so maybe people are going back to basics and eschewing the processed cr@p that we are having pushed at us so much these days - microwave beefburgers, I mean, what!!?
Good thread though, I now want Angel Delight juice - anyone?

[gill2009]

Aug 13, 2015 7:55:21 GMT chykensa said:

This is a trip down memory lane for sure! Angel Delight, ah I remember those days, wonderful stuff. Vesta Chicken Curry was one of my mum's staples for when she was short of time and couldn't cook.
Raffles you are bang on the mark, these foods are not what we remembered them as. Could it be that our taste memories have changed too? I'm not denying that the recipes themselves have changed, but years of smoking for many of us could have altered the taste we thought we remembered.
It's a shame that so many foods from our childhoods have disappeared totally, but on the upside, our local butcher and farmer's market are going great guns so maybe people are going back to basics and eschewing the processed cr@p that we are having pushed at us so much these days - microwave beefburgers, I mean, what!!?
Good thread though, I now want Angel Delight juice - anyone?

chykensa...have you tried Virtual Vape pink custard...it is similar to the old blancmange flavour...& is lush 

[chykensa]

Oh dear gill2009, I feel another spend coming on! Might have to wait until after my holidays though