ready made scrambled eggs

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dlusman
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have the nations cooking skills really devolved so much ?


https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/20/iceland-is-selling-ready-made-scrambled-eggs-in-microwaveable-pouches-7962298/


£1.50 for a single serving - who buys these things :huh: ?
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    A fool and his money are soon parted...
  • alanq
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    Hard to see how this fits in with Iceland's promise to eliminate plastic on all own-brand products.


    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/15/iceland-vows-to-eliminate-plastic-on-all-own-branded-products
  • lindens
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    quite bizarre when eggs already come in their own containers i.e. shells
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  • DEV1L
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    Wow £1.50 for maybe 2 eggs if your lucky. Iceland should hang their head in shame.
  • Murphybear
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    DEV1L wrote: »
    Wow £1.50 for maybe 2 eggs if your lucky. Iceland should hang their head in shame.

    according to the article there are 4 eggs in packet. We buy eggs from local farms, usually £1 for 6 and you can scramble them easily in the microwave.
  • maisie_cat
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    I think there are people who do not like washing up and food that can be cooked in its packaging which is then thrown away avoids it.
    I had a conversation with a friend yesterday walking to the shop to buy white sauce for lasagna. I remarked that making the sauce is quicker than the walk to the shop and back to be told that there is no washing up. So no washing up is more important than either cost or taste!
  • Farway
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    Before we all scoff don't forget for some, with say arthritis or maybe disabled in some way, cracking & whisking eggs is not easy, and maybe impossible, same applies to ready chopped onions etc


    "Prepared foods such as scrambled eggs can be incredibly helpful to those with disabilities. A wrist injury may make the whisking motion of scrambled eggs difficult, while those with chronic fatigue can struggle to make what many think of as ‘simple’ meals without being overtaken by exhaustion."

    Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/20/iceland-is-selling-ready-made-scrambled-eggs-in-microwaveable-pouches-7962298/?ito=cbshare
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  • jenniewb
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    I thought they'd try to justify this by playing on the elderly or disabled card- people who have lost the ability to cook everything they want and so have limited choice- I can see why this would be really helpful (whisking things like eggs isn't so easy if you only hand one working arm or have limited motor skills or your child is your carer and too young to cook eggs for example.


    But to play on the student card? Because student's don't know how to cook scrambled eggs so they are forever lost and now must spend 5 times the amount by buying it ready made... that arguement is so pathetic it goes beyond words...
  • Kim_kim
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    maisie_cat wrote: »
    I think there are people who do not like washing up and food that can be cooked in its packaging which is then thrown away avoids it.
    I had a conversation with a friend yesterday walking to the shop to buy white sauce for lasagna. I remarked that making the sauce is quicker than the walk to the shop and back to be told that there is no washing up. So no washing up is more important than either cost or taste!

    That’s what dishwashers are for :-)
  • Nick_C
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    DEV1L wrote: »
    Wow £1.50 for maybe 2 eggs if your lucky. Iceland should hang their head in shame.

    No. People who would buy this product should hang their heads in shame.
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