Food Crimes

[TheLurker]

I take the point that it doesn't taste like sugar, and if you want a sugar hit it will be disappointing.

It's not the sugar I want, it's no sodding awful bitter aftertaste that ruins the flavour (and enjoyment) of what you've just eaten or drunk. 

[hellymedic]

We're having Kopparberg alcohol-free ciders with our Christmas dinner: >10% sugar and much cheaper than their boozy brothers; full sugar fizzypops! (£1.45 for 500ml from Sainsbury's).
Partner & I care little for alcohol and I can't see any point paying £1 per bottle for the privilege.

[Mr Larrington]

I shall likely be purchasing some zero-alcohol Leffe for much the same reason.  I don’t buy it very often coz it comes in heavy bottles which have to be hauled back up the mighty East Face of Larrington Towers Ill on the back of the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle.

[John Stonebridge]

My parents stormed out of Scotlandshire after tasting the travesty that passes for sauce in 'salt and sos' in those frigid heathen badlands.

Sadly its the default in Edinburgh (not that I frequent chippies with any kind of regularity).  It stinks and even Lady Macbeth levels of handwashing will not remove its stench.

When asking for salt & vinegar in Auld Reekie (as I do) one is viewed with a combination of suspicion and disdain in equal measures.   

 

[rafletcher]

And do you get proper malt vinegar? Or that clear abomination so beloved of Glasgow chippies. Mind, having been brought up with a choice of fish, it was a shock to have a choice of either “fish supper” or “special fish supper”. The latter sported breadcrumbs as opposed to batter IIRC. As for shortcrust pies heated by deep frying….

[FifeingEejit]

My parents stormed out of Scotlandshire after tasting the travesty that passes for sauce in 'salt and sos' in those frigid heathen badlands.

Sadly its the default in Edinburgh (not that I frequent chippies with any kind of regularity).  It stinks and even Lady Macbeth levels of handwashing will not remove its stench.

When asking for salt & vinegar in Auld Reekie (as I do) one is viewed with a combination of suspicion and disdain in equal measures.   

 

Heaven forbid you be a fifer...

Erm...

With a penchant for "red sass" and stray into the badlands of south Queensferry and forget about Lothian sass...

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[ian]

And do you get proper malt vinegar? Or that clear abomination so beloved of Glasgow chippies. Mind, having been brought up with a choice of fish, it was a shock to have a choice of either “fish supper” or “special fish supper”. The latter sported breadcrumbs as opposed to batter IIRC. As for shortcrust pies heated by deep frying….

The delights of 'non-brewed condiment' versus 'non-brewed condiment, contains E150'

[hellymedic]

E150 being caramel IIRC...

[Feanor]

Brioche Buns with burgers.

OK, so it was a bit of a novelty, fine.
Now, please stop it.

Enough of your horble crumbly disintegraty scones.
Can I haz a *bred* rool, plz?
A *nice* bred rool would be just fine.

[rr]

And do you get proper malt vinegar? Or that clear abomination so beloved of Glasgow chippies. Mind, having been brought up with a choice of fish, it was a shock to have a choice of either “fish supper” or “special fish supper”. The latter sported breadcrumbs as opposed to batter IIRC. As for shortcrust pies heated by deep frying….

I am still scared by being served deep fried pizza.

[citoyen]

Brioche Buns with burgers.

^ 100% this

[ian]

Brioche Buns with burgers.

^ 100% this

Indeed. This should peaked hen they started putting burgers in doughnuts.

[rafletcher]

Cheese crimes. It seems Wendslydale is no longer acceptable unless adulterated with Cranberries (Waitrose) or Cranberries and Blueberries or Apricots (Tesco). At least the Waitrose one is from Yorkshire. 

[TheLurker]

... no longer acceptable unless adulterated with Cranberries ...

Ah. Yes, "Hestonised", or, if you prefer,  "Blumenthaled".  Take two or more perfectly pleasant and enjoyable* foodstuffs and ruin them by cramming them together in one unappetising, unappealing even disgusting sounding lump.  He is a one man food Crime Wave.


*I'm told some people enjoy cranberries.  I refuse to believe this is possible, but, stranger things Horatio, stranger things.

[hellymedic]

I have cranberries in my freezer. They will be microwaved with sugar, citrus juice & flesh.
This mixture will form a 'sauce' to be spooned over whatever bird I choose to roast for dinner on 25 December.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Cheese crimes. It seems Wendslydale is no longer acceptable unless adulterated with Cranberries (Waitrose) or Cranberries and Blueberries or Apricots (Tesco). At least the Waitrose one is from Yorkshire.

Somewhere in the very early days of this forum or perhaps one of its predecessors, Clarion posted a photo of Wensleydale (from Morrisons IIRC) with... mint choc chips. This was reported to be at least as foul as your worst imaginings of it.

[hellymedic]

Cranberries, blueberries and sultanas feature in Sainsbury's 'Taste the Difference' Triple Berry Hot Cross Buns, CURRENTLY on sale.

I'm not sure whether it is a greater crime to sell Hot Cross Buns before Christmas or to put cranberries into them…

Surely, it's a bit previous to kill off Jesus before he's been born?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Fruit in cheese.

Is it wrong?

*admits to a seasonal taste for white stilton with apricots*

White Stilton with apricots is not wrong at all.

I'm less sure about the proliferation of Wensleydale with whatever happens to be around...

And, on the subject of adding things to cheese, some people may have forgotten the lurid green mint cheese I bought a couple of years back.  I certainly haven't

[hellymedic]

The sugar tax makes getting drinks when away from home very difficult for me.

I've got used to the reduced sugar in fizzy drinks now but at first it made treating my diabetic hypoglyceamia a bit hit or miss - how much to drink???

Alcohol-free 'ciders' are 10% sugar and, I think, free of artificial sweeteners.

We're having this with our festive meals.

[quixoticgeek]

Alcohol-free 'ciders' are 10% sugar and, I think, free of artificial sweeteners.

We're having this with our festive meals.

I drink quite a bit of apple bandit alcohol free cider. Tis great stuff.

J

[hellymedic]

The Kopparberg ‘Pear’ we’ve just had with our meal was a bit to strong on the ‘pear drops’ front.

I suspect amyl acetate...

[Cudzoziemiec]

Cadbury's Creme Egg, a bar of.



An Australian invention, as mentioned in:
https://bikepacking.com/gear/emily-miles-2023-gear-picks/

[TheLurker]

Cadbury's Creme Egg, a bar of.
An Australian invention....

Do bear in mind that this was the country that gave the world the Pie Floater.

[Hot Flatus]

The sugar tax makes getting drinks when away from home very difficult for me.

I've got used to the reduced sugar in fizzy drinks now but at first it made treating my diabetic hypoglyceamia a bit hit or miss - how much to drink???

Alcohol-free 'ciders' are 10% sugar and, I think, free of artificial sweeteners.

We're having this with our festive meals.

'Alcohol-free' anything.

What's the point? It's not as if anyone drinks beer for the taste, is it. Unless they love the refreshing taste of earwax.

Alcohol free wine is the worst. Might as well just drink grape juice.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Cadbury's Creme Egg, a bar of.
An Australian invention....

Do bear in mind that this was the country that gave the world the Pie Floater.

I had to look that one up. And then regretted it.