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The Perfect Element posted:Food inflation is pretty insidious, but everyone does seem to be noticing that their weekly food shop is increasing in price. Will be interesting to see the reaction when Brexit hits and onions cost £2 each. I was talking about this with a colleague about how shes suddenly realised her food shop has gone up about 30% from the start of the year. When we were speaking I realised mine had too. its been creeping so I'd not really noticed it in one big hit but yes it really has shot up.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:29
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Nothing has made me giggle harder during the covid pandemic than the article on the bbc implying you can order a scotch egg and use it as an excuse to drink as it is a "substantial meal" My favourite thing about British-themed restaurants in America is how amazed Americans are at Scotch eggs. There are lots of lovingly photographed Scotch eggs on instagram. Sausage rolls are also a revelation over there. If you can bake sausage rolls you're a wizard.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:29
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HopperUK posted:My favourite thing about British-themed restaurants in America is how amazed Americans are at Scotch eggs. There are lots of lovingly photographed Scotch eggs on instagram. i think in part we aren’t used to things being baked into bread that aren’t sweet or cheese generally, pigs in blankets a notable exception usually made possible through strategic use oh whompems
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Nov 30, 2020 13:34
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serious gaylord posted:I was talking about this with a colleague about how shes suddenly realised her food shop has gone up about 30% from the start of the year. When we were speaking I realised mine had too. its been creeping so I'd not really noticed it in one big hit but yes it really has shot up. Its funny to hear this because i spent £70 in tesco yesterday and it didn't seem that expensive for what we got, we are spending more but then we buy everything we eat at the supermarket now so its hard to judge. I bought a tesco meal deal for my lunch today just for the sheer novelty!
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Nov 30, 2020 13:38
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mediaphage posted:i think in part we aren’t used to things being baked into bread that aren’t sweet or cheese generally, pigs in blankets a notable exception usually made possible through strategic use oh whompems I'm so confused by this sentence, do you think there is bread involved with either of these things? A sausage roll is the easiest thing to make and is the best breakfast. (I confess I use the pre-rolled pastry sheets)
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Nov 30, 2020 13:39
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Man i miss being able to walk into a greggs and buy 2 sausage rolls for a quid
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Nov 30, 2020 13:40
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Man i miss being able to walk into a greggs and buy 2 sausage rolls for a quid I just checked and I can get two delivered for...£3.59. I can make 6 for that!
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Nov 30, 2020 13:44
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Most pre-rolled pastry in the US is slightly sweet, as it's used for fruit pies and such, but there's a hungarian (?) brand they sell here that works nicely. Pork pies are the things I can't make and miss dearly. Edit: Wewalka is the pastry if anyone cares Unkempt fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Nov 30, 2020 13:46
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Do they not have halfbricks in the US?
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Nov 30, 2020 13:46
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SpicePro posted:I just checked and I can get two delivered for...£3.59. I can make 6 for that! Jesus Christ that's a markup, wish i could remember all the prices from being at Uni, used to love a £1 steak bake
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Nov 30, 2020 13:48
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I went into a Greggs for a sandwich for the first time since lockdown as I had to visit somebody in hospital and I see they now have a vegan steak bake in addition to the vegan sausage roll. That one didn't make much news.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:49
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Its funny to hear this because i spent £70 in tesco yesterday and it didn't seem that expensive for what we got, we are spending more but then we buy everything we eat at the supermarket now so its hard to judge. Chicken, bacon and stuffing sandwich and cheese and onion mccoys. Which drink depends on mood.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:50
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I don’t think Americans do savoury pies. Apart from something they call a pot pie which is not a pie, just a stew with a lid.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:50
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Firos posted:Chicken, bacon and stuffing sandwich and cheese and onion mccoys. Which drink depends on mood. Sorry I'm too much of a wanker for a sensible lunch choice like that - today its southern fried chicken pasta, carrot and dip snack and a water
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Nov 30, 2020 13:56
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Dropping the car off for a service and mot before work today meant I walked past a bunch of estate agent windows. Why am I not surprised that 4 of the 5 had what appeared to be full staff, no social distancing and no masks?
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Nov 30, 2020 13:56
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Catzilla posted:I don’t think Americans do savoury pies. Apart from something they call a pot pie which is not a pie, just a stew with a lid. They're missing out! I just made a Shropshire Fidget Pie and it's glorious.
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Nov 30, 2020 13:57
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franco posted:I went into a Greggs for a sandwich for the first time since lockdown as I had to visit somebody in hospital and I see they now have a vegan steak bake in addition to the vegan sausage roll. That one didn't make much news. It's been around for well over a year, i'm pretty sure Also are not poverty and malnutrition prices worth paying for our sovereignty freedom independence britaines 
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Nov 30, 2020 13:58
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sorry, i was using breads as very broad term. whompems are commercial biscuit dough (like a rich scone dough made with margarine) that you have to whomp on the counter to pop open since the peel usually fails. they’re fatty enough to nearly be short crust. Catzilla posted:I don’t think Americans do savoury pies. Apart from something they call a pot pie which is not a pie, just a stew with a lid. yeah it’s this. i mean, i make savoury pies and tarts - especially mushroom - all the time but traditionally speaking the closest most people get are pot pies (they have bottoms, too) or the occasional quiche (man is frozen quiche ever disgusting). mediaphage fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Nov 30, 2020 14:02
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serious gaylord posted:I was talking about this with a colleague about how shes suddenly realised her food shop has gone up about 30% from the start of the year. When we were speaking I realised mine had too. its been creeping so I'd not really noticed it in one big hit but yes it really has shot up. The average price of the food I buy in Norway had gone up by like 50% the past 5-10 years and that was before the pandemic hit. Food is getting real expensive.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:03
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crispix posted:It's been around for well over a year, i'm pretty sure No bananas, but if you did theoretically have bananas, they'd be as bendy as you like. Unkempt fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Nov 30, 2020 |
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Nov 30, 2020 14:04
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Guavanaut posted:Deeply cursed. On the other hand, I think this tweet is a contributing factor;. https://twitter.com/RealMarkDexter/status/1333345719542030338?s=19
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Nov 30, 2020 14:06
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Over here (FI) it's common to find ready made pie crust in the frozen section, folded up in brick form, sweet or savory depending on what you want. I really wonder though why nobody in Finland has realized you can sell pie crust already pressed into an aluminium form like in the US and probably elsewhere... That's strangely absent. Personally I don't tihnk you save much time buying those bricks of ready made crust so I just make it from scratch most of the time. Now I could see myself buying ready made crust in forms since that would be a real time saver.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:08
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His Divine Shadow posted:Over here (FI) it's common to find ready made pie crust in the frozen section, folded up in brick form, sweet or savory depending on what you want. it’s so easy to make i think it’s always worth just doing. 3-2-1 ratio and you’re off. fwiw you could easily make a big batch and freeze it either in a pie tin, or in sheets (they soften quickly on the counter). or really you could freeze in a pie tin lined with parchment, remove, then bag up. that way you could just plop it in a tin and go later. JollyBoyJohn posted:southern fried chicken pasta ...what
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Nov 30, 2020 14:11
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Pablo Bluth posted:Dropping the car off for a service and mot before work today meant I walked past a bunch of estate agent windows. Why am I not surprised that 4 of the 5 had what appeared to be full staff, no social distancing and no masks? Estate agents are not human and cannot catch covid.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:16
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Estate agents are constantly doing the full Glengarry Glen Ross. Can't let disease stop you from closing!
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Nov 30, 2020 14:28
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Savoury pies other than shepherd’s pot pies are uncommon in North America, but sausage rolls aren’t, though they’re not eaten quite as much in the US or Canada as in the UK. Scotch eggs are really unusual though. Even though they taste pretty good I’m always weirded out seeing someone just lay into one in a pub and all the mess that usually makes.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:28
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franco posted:I went into a Greggs for a sandwich for the first time since lockdown as I had to visit somebody in hospital and I see they now have a vegan steak bake in addition to the vegan sausage roll. That one didn't make much news. It's more expensive than and not as nice as the vegan sausage roll imho. If they put out a vegan sausage bean and cheese melt though I'll be extremely loving excited.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:34
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Can someone get me this Hezbollah t-shirt? https://twitter.com/ClientJournoExp/status/1333187276051001345?s=19
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Nov 30, 2020 14:37
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sebzilla posted:It's more expensive than and not as nice as the vegan sausage roll imho. the sausage and bean melt is my weakness
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Nov 30, 2020 14:37
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Jose posted:Can someone get me this Hezbollah t-shirt? Is Benjamin Netanyahu in her book?
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Nov 30, 2020 14:42
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I object to the use of the word "slope" to describe a method of locomotion.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:47
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OwlFancier posted:I object to the use of the word "slope" to describe a method of locomotion. Why
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Nov 30, 2020 14:51
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Jose posted:Can someone get me this Hezbollah t-shirt? https://earringsforpalestine.bigcartel.com/product/original-hezbollah-t-shirt 25 quid
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Nov 30, 2020 14:51
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OwlFancier posted:I object to the use of the word "slope" to describe a method of locomotion. it is an accepted definition though i do think writers too often get a bug up about showing off their vocabulary. i’m all for mocking terfs whenever possible tho NotJustANumber99 posted:https://earringsforpalestine.bigcartel.com/product/original-hezbollah-t-shirt do you think she’s seen one or just googled hezbollah shirt
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Nov 30, 2020 14:51
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Slight change of topic: to save money when none was coming in, I cancelled the TV Licence DD, as the only thing we ever watched was TOTP89 on iplayer. I'm now getting 'some guys are coming, respond or we'll fine you'. Is it worth contacting them and telling them I'm not paying £120 a year for a programme first shown 30 years ago I watch pissed up when I remember it? Can they actually do anything? I remember someone else in the thread was on about it a while back.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:52
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Goldskull posted:Slight change of topic: to save money when none was coming in, I cancelled the TV Licence DD, as the only thing we ever watched was TOTP89 on iplayer. I'm now getting 'some guys are coming, respond or we'll fine you'. Is it worth contacting them and telling them I'm not paying £120 a year for a programme first shown 30 years ago I watch pissed up when I remember it? Can they actually do anything? I remember someone else in the thread was on about it a while back. Theyr just lying. I don't watch TV so don't have a license Every few months I get a letter implying people are gonna beat me up next week unless I give them money They've done this for 8 years now
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Nov 30, 2020 14:56
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I'm not renewing my licence myself this time round, as I watch literally no tv whatsoever and also, gently caress the BBC. I think there's some form you have to fill in online, confirming that you don't watch tv any more.
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Nov 30, 2020 14:57
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TV licence knobheads are threatening to visit this week to enforce action on me or something. The house isn't built yet, as soon as the address was registered started getting the letters.
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Nov 30, 2020 15:04
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Goldskull posted:Slight change of topic: to save money when none was coming in, I cancelled the TV Licence DD, as the only thing we ever watched was TOTP89 on iplayer. I'm now getting 'some guys are coming, respond or we'll fine you'. Is it worth contacting them and telling them I'm not paying £120 a year for a programme first shown 30 years ago I watch pissed up when I remember it? Can they actually do anything? I remember someone else in the thread was on about it a while back. Tell them you don't have a TV and they'll leave you alone for a while. But really they can't do poo poo.
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Nov 30, 2020 15:05
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