Approved food discussion thread

pinkprincedss1980

OrkneyStar wrote: »

A lot of things in the US of A go by the same name (or similar) to some of our things but don't taste the same. I learnt by mistakes over there....eg Ritz crackers are more sugary tasting, Snickers was rank chocolate etc.
Just be wary with foreign chocolate as different countries seem to like differing tastes of choccie!

I've had Dove chocolate before both in other countries and bought in this country from stores like B&M and in my opinion it doesn't taste any different to Galaxy lol!!!

HTH xxxx

OrkneyStar

pinkprincedss1980 wrote: »

I've had Dove chocolate before both in other countries and bought in this country from stores like B&M and in my opinion it doesn't taste any different to Galaxy lol!!!

HTH xxxx

Thats good to know .
I do like Galaxy (droooool).

meanmum wrote: »

....and Heston Blumenthal would charge you a fortune for them! You can buy freeze dried meal worm in Selfridges too. Has anyone translated the box to check it doesn't read "Chocolate coated maggots"!

:eek: :eek: And this post has decided whether I consider ordering from AF or not.
Might be useful for chocolate liking fish though .

sellercheckuk

jaytin wrote: »

I was going to order some of those Polish chocs, thank god I didn't, just a picture of a maggot makes me feel ill! Sellercheckuk will you actually eat those chocs when they arrive? Or maybe give them away as pressies to people you don't like....:eek:

Maybe, if/when they arrive, although I didn't order them all (4 boxes) just with my own stomach in mind, honest guv!
Apart from that, I probably won't be able to resist doing an 'autopsy' on a few of them first to gain some confidence.

pinkprincedss1980

sellercheckuk wrote: »

Maybe, if/when they arrive, although I didn't order them all (4 boxes) just with my own stomach in mind, honest guv!
Apart from that, I probably won't be able to resist doing an 'autopsy' on a few of them first to gain some confidence.

When you do receive them an open them please post what they are like so we all know lol?
Thank you xxx:D

mcallister1

Anyone here with a seventies style cocktail bar in the lounge? Because you will nolonger have to pay premium prices for that all important Bellini or pina colada rimmer ...lots of cocktail stuff on today.

mcallister1

Also cup soups- vax shampoo, glenryck tuna two for £1, in brine, Jacobs savours 20 for £1,some interesting looking rococo chocolate,15 Lily O brien's choc chip single cookies for £1.05.
Check out the chocolate website- its fantastically expensive, but so far I can't quite work out what the product is from their site- http://rococochocolates.com/ He just says 20 mini pieces

Mariel

Just to say, the Polish chocs are lush and I saw them in Somerfield yesterday for £3.99 a box. I'm determined not to order any more though!

Fratton

Some new lines added:

Crosse & Blackwell Spaghetti Hoops - 2.61kg - 10pence
Homepride Arrabiata pasta sauce - 2kg- £1
LLoyd Grossman Tomato and Basil Soups -2KG - £1
McDougalls Chunky chicken pie filling - 1kg - 60pence
Sharwood's Mussaman curry - 2.28kg - £1

And Chocolate snackajacks popcorn is back.

tracyburt

Fratton wrote: »

Some new lines added:

Crosse & Blackwell Spaghetti Hoops - 2.61kg :rolleyes: - 10pence
Homepride Arrabiata pasta sauce - 2kg :eek:- £1
LLoyd Grossman Tomato and Basil Soups -2KG - £1
McDougalls Chunky chicken pie filling - 1kg - 60pence
Sharwood's Mussaman curry - 2.28kg - £1

And Chocolate snackajacks popcorn is back.

Bit bizarre, these sizes would mean we needed to eat this every day for about a week just to use up one tin. And you wouldn't get many of these products in the basket before hitting the weight limit.

And before anyone says that at 10p you could eat what you want and bin the rest .... I hate waste so could never do that on principle.

mcallister1

tracyburt wrote: »

Bit bizarre, these sizes would mean we needed to eat this every day for about a week just to use up one tin. And you wouldn't get many of these products in the basket before hitting the weight limit.

And before anyone says that at 10p you could eat what you want and bin the rest .... I hate waste so could never do that on principle.

These are catering packs I guess- when I got the Lloyd Grossman sauces before I realised they could not have been sold in the packaging to individuals- they were for restaurants to use I think. I did think of getting the curry and splitting it into 5 containers and freezing them separately. However, I ordered the day before yesterday anyway and really really really am not going to order again for a while.