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To ask if there’s a social class issue surrounding Findus Crispy Pancakes ?

319 replies

Jumell · 08/12/2024 12:14

I’ve read some things in mine and sort of sense this might be the case but not 100% sure

Also is there a class issue around Fray Bentos pies ?

I love those !

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MassiveOvaryaction · 08/12/2024 15:46

@Jumell I'm not well and on fairly strong painkillers so have probably misunderstood but "I’ve read some things in mine" in your op to me suggests you're reading your Crispy Pancakes like tea leaves?! What else do they say?

Fwiw I bought some a few years ago when I saw them as had fond memories of second degree burns from childhood. They were smaller than I remember and tasted of disappointment 😞

Still love a Fray Bentos pie (or better yet, steak pudding) though.

hazelnutvanillalatte · 08/12/2024 15:45

I would definitely get an Iceland festive bake or sausage roll but Findus/FB don't even seem like guilty pleasures to me. I would put them in the category of tinned sausages or old-school TV dinners - just not nice!! But I've never tried them so could be missing out on a world of pleasure

justasking111 · 08/12/2024 15:42

Saw a 1970s channel 5 series recently. Rusty Lee showed how to make these pancakes from scratch. It's really easy.

In Iceland this morning I bought frozen steak and kidney puddings and a tin of mushy peas. Was feeling nostalgic. ,😁

ForPearlViper · 08/12/2024 15:41

FancyBrickHam · 08/12/2024 15:35

Shows how junk food is addictive

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I know, that first Crispy Pancake at 22 was the gateway drug to my horrendous slide into addiction. I'm eating turkey twizzlers and drinking luminous orange fizz right at this moment as a little snack before my takeaway kebab.

KimberleyClark · 08/12/2024 15:38

Anyone remember sausage rolls in a tin?

DonningMyHardHat · 08/12/2024 15:36

FancyBrickHam · 08/12/2024 15:35

Shows how junk food is addictive

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Bet you’re fun at parties.

FancyBrickHam · 08/12/2024 15:35

ForPearlViper · 08/12/2024 15:34

I grew up in a house where everything was cooked from scratch by my Mum. I think we were working class but, as Mumsnet hadn't been invented, it wasn't such a hot topic! Even at university we all cooked in my houseshare.

I didn't have a Crispy Pancake until I was 22. I LOVE Crispy Pancakes.

Mum also baked and to this day has a reputation for being a good baker. We whined for 'shop bought' cakes. If I'm offered a cheap shop bought Battenburg vs a lovingly made home made cake (and if it were possible to do so without offending) I'd pick the Battenburg every time. The more synthetic the better, I like that yellow and pink to glow in the dark.

Shows how junk food is addictive

WednesburyUnreasonable · 08/12/2024 15:35

I never had (or even heard of) these in any setting - home, school, friend’s house or parties, people buying nostalgic food at uni - until I saw people post about them on the internet.

Plenty of other freezer food, just not these!

justasking111 · 08/12/2024 15:35

FancyBrickHam · 08/12/2024 15:32

They are £2 food and used to contain horse

1986 beach in Portugal on a Sunday. Local families came down, BBQ of horse meat was popular.

Printedword · 08/12/2024 15:34

Lorna Sage is very good on the novelty of frozen and tinned food in post war era in her biography BadBlood

ForPearlViper · 08/12/2024 15:34

I grew up in a house where everything was cooked from scratch by my Mum. I think we were working class but, as Mumsnet hadn't been invented, it wasn't such a hot topic! Even at university we all cooked in my houseshare.

I didn't have a Crispy Pancake until I was 22. I LOVE Crispy Pancakes.

Mum also baked and to this day has a reputation for being a good baker. We whined for 'shop bought' cakes. If I'm offered a cheap shop bought Battenburg vs a lovingly made home made cake (and if it were possible to do so without offending) I'd pick the Battenburg every time. The more synthetic the better, I like that yellow and pink to glow in the dark.

DonningMyHardHat · 08/12/2024 15:33

I do wish the UPFs brigade would fuck off and sto draining
the fun out of everything 🙄

justasking111 · 08/12/2024 15:33

TheShellBeach · 08/12/2024 12:23

Who remembers Crispy Cod Pieces?

Yummy.

🤣🤣

I recall cod balls

FancyBrickHam · 08/12/2024 15:32

They are £2 food and used to contain horse

Bringithere · 08/12/2024 15:32

TonTonMacoute.
That is a delightful story . How wonderful to give that less of a shit and be so confident of your place in society

susiedaisy1912 · 08/12/2024 15:30

Findus CP weren't allowed in our house as my mum said they were junk food and expensive however we regularly had fray Bento pies and it served w kids and 2 adults. I may or maynot eat a whole one to myself occasionally

Printedword · 08/12/2024 15:29

I had them as a child and they always made me feel ill. I think it was flavour enhancer which has mustard base and I’m allergic

usernother · 08/12/2024 15:26

I grew up eating both. I'm v working class. We used to have a fray bentos pie between 4 of us for tea (see, I'm so working class I don't say dinner). I can only presume they were a lot bigger in the olden days, or that this was one of the reasons we were all so skinny.

Negativefeedback1 · 08/12/2024 15:25

Bringithere · 08/12/2024 14:55

my theory is that these food items are eaten by aristocracy and council dwellers, on the basis neither give a shit what others think of their dietary choices. Everyone in between would be shopping for these at 3am, wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap and sneaked back into the house in a thick, dark tote, lest anyone sees the labels through the carrier.

I think this is right, it’s the people who are not quite there who have aspirations to be.
I remember having Findus crispy pancakes as a child sometimes. I was very brought up as very much upper class though.

readingmakesmehappy · 08/12/2024 15:24

Maybe generational? I had them as a kid in the 90s but can recall seeing them in a shop any time soon.

ghostfacethriller · 08/12/2024 15:23

The working classes and uppers/gentry are absolutely fine to eat crispy pancakes and frey bentos and generally whatever they fancy, but if a middle class person wants to eat the aforementioned delicacies, then they absolutely MUST assume an attitude of irony before tucking in. Just to be on the safe side, middle class people should really stick with eating whatever the latest fad foods are. 😁

Printedword · 08/12/2024 15:22

TheShellBeach · 08/12/2024 12:17

No, no.
They only eat the Haddock fish fingers.

And not "own brand".
😂

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They are the best ones. But do remember never as main meal, only as fish finger sarnie for lunch 🤣

adriftinadenofvipers · 08/12/2024 15:18

HangingOver · 08/12/2024 12:19

I was raised on Findus Crispy Pancakes. How did they manage to stay hotter than the sun on the inside for so long when I wanted to eat it!!

I loved them as a child but they've ruined them now!! Tinned stewed steak was always welcome too!

RedToothBrush · 08/12/2024 15:18

I ate findus pancakes as a kid.

I liked them then.

Now I think they are gross. So I wouldn't buy them.

I have not changed class.

The world has moved on, and if I was to eat a frozen prepacked item, I would not choose a findus pancake.

They can stay in the 80s/90s thanks.

TeaAndStrumpets · 08/12/2024 15:17

Bringithere · 08/12/2024 14:55

my theory is that these food items are eaten by aristocracy and council dwellers, on the basis neither give a shit what others think of their dietary choices. Everyone in between would be shopping for these at 3am, wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap and sneaked back into the house in a thick, dark tote, lest anyone sees the labels through the carrier.

I've often thought this about clothing. Colourful silk Pucci and cheerful polyesters for upper and lower, beige plain boring linen for for the middle who want to look classy.