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    Erosion of British culture - latest discovery

    On the back of finding they've changed the recipe for Sailor Jerry and the new one is crap, I've just made another discovery.

    Was in Poundland at the weekend (making a shortlist of presents for the godchild ) and spotted a pack of 3 Walnut Whips for a quid. Not had one for years so bought a pack.

    Just had one and I'm not happy. They've changed the fondant so it's too light and fluffy, it's now like the froth on a cappuccino. No real substance.

    They've also changed the chocolate texture and I'm sure it's more sickly sweet than it used to be.

    With that and the recent discovery of the poor imitation of what once was a Viennetta I'm now scared of trying any other favourites from my youth.

    This country is going down the toilet.

    It's getting so I may as well move to Wilmslow and admit defeat.
    Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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    I've experienced the same with Walnut Whips, but thought I might have had a bad or cheap variety.

    Whilst in Poundland you could have bought 3 cokes or a box of After Eights for £1. All originals.

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      #3
      I found the same issue with Walnut Whips!

      Spooky, thought I was going senile. Chocolate is like oversugared plastic and the cream just a load of tasteless fluff.

      Walnut Whip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      The chocolate cone itself and the vanilla fondant filling have altered in recent years; the cone had a more pronounced tightly knit rough surface and the fondant was more dense.


      It's now

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        #4
        Originally posted by PAH View Post
        On the back of finding they've changed the recipe for Sailor Jerry and the new one is crap, I've just made another discovery.

        Was in Poundland at the weekend (making a shortlist of presents for the godchild ) and spotted a pack of 3 Walnut Whips for a quid. Not had one for years so bought a pack.

        Just had one and I'm not happy. They've changed the fondant so it's too light and fluffy, it's now like the froth on a cappuccino. No real substance.

        They've also changed the chocolate texture and I'm sure it's more sickly sweet than it used to be.

        With that and the recent discovery of the poor imitation of what once was a Viennetta I'm now scared of trying any other favourites from my youth.

        This country is going down the toilet.

        It's getting so I may as well move to Wilmslow and admit defeat.
        What has happened is that you have grown up, been on holiday, been to nice restaurants, and now realise how ******* disgusting most of this muck actually is.
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          I found the same issue with Walnut Whips!

          Spooky, thought I was going senile. Chocolate is like oversugared plastic and the cream just a load of tasteless fluff.

          Walnut Whip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          The chocolate cone itself and the vanilla fondant filling have altered in recent years; the cone had a more pronounced tightly knit rough surface and the fondant was more dense.


          It's now
          I used to like licking out the fondant, a bit like cream eggs sometimes. I hope they don't go fooling with those too

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            #6
            Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
            Whilst in Poundland you could have bought 3 cokes or a box of After Eights for £1. All originals.

            Got 4 cans of Cherry Tango for a quid.

            The Polish (I assume, she had the east European accent) checkout lass had a stack of After Eight boxes beside the till, but I couldn't tell if she was offering one for free or for a discounted price of ... a quid.
            Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
            Feist - I Feel It All
            Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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              #7
              Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
              I found the same issue with Walnut Whips!

              Spooky, thought I was going senile. Chocolate is like oversugared plastic and the cream just a load of tasteless fluff.
              Yeah, depressing discovery.

              I even checked online to make sure Nestle were the only ones making them and it wasn't some cheapo version.
              Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
              Feist - I Feel It All
              Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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                #8
                Originally posted by PAH View Post
                spotted a pack of 3 Walnut Whips for a quid. Not had one for years so bought a pack.

                Just had one and I'm not happy. They've changed the fondant so it's too light and fluffy, it's now like the froth on a cappuccino. No real substance.
                How did you eat it?

                Bite the top off and stick your tongue in to scoop out the white stuff?

                Make you think of anything else did it ?

                Pervert!
                How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by doodab View Post
                  What has happened is that you have grown up, been on holiday, been to nice restaurants, and now realise how ******* disgusting most of this muck actually is.

                  No, I think it's just more dilution of brands to save money. Like how the choccy bars are shrinking in size so they can keep the price the same.

                  Eventually all the stuff on the shelves will be the brands we grew up with and loved, but will be poor imitations.

                  It's the kids I feel sorry for. They already don't know what an original recipe KFC tastes like since they mucked around with the recipe in the 80s after the Colonel sold up. Then there's all the changes due to health reasons and silly new laws banning certain substances.

                  I'd rather have genuine tasting food and risk cancer than put up with all this fake tulip.
                  Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
                  Feist - I Feel It All
                  Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Troll View Post
                    How did you eat it?
                    Bite the top off and stick your tongue in to scoop out the white stuff?
                    Make you think of anything else did it ?
                    Pervert!

                    Isn't that the only way of eating them?
                    Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
                    Feist - I Feel It All
                    Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)

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