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AidaP is scraping Mumsnet threads, and grading them

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BambooLampshade · 28/04/2026 21:15

Honestly, this man is obsessed. He has now created a program to scrape and grade Mumsnet threads from this board.

What is this?

Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads.

I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

Aida (@aidap.bsky.social)

What is this? Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads. I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

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TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 30/04/2026 19:41

Magpiecomplex · 30/04/2026 19:39

Ok, how am I the first person to say that I try to avoid standing on fig rolls? Too sticky.

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Better to stand on a sticky fig roll than on a Sticklebrick/bit of Lego.

Magpiecomplex · 30/04/2026 19:39

MassiveWordSalad · 30/04/2026 08:53

Where do we stand on fig rolls? I’m a fan, personally. Has anyone ever made them from scratch?

Ok, how am I the first person to say that I try to avoid standing on fig rolls? Too sticky.

EdithStourton · 30/04/2026 19:11

NotAtMyAge · 30/04/2026 18:20

DH loves them. I most certainly don't. 😉

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Fig rolls are disgusting.
As are squashed fly biscuits.

Figs and raisins, fine. But all sorts of wrong in biscuits.

EdithStourton · 30/04/2026 19:10

Beowulfa · 30/04/2026 10:03

I was amazed the first time I went to New Zealand that they do different Cadbury bars there. How is that fair? My favourite was Moro Gold- very good chewy consistency.

There is also a rival brand called Whittakers that do great big slabs, including coconut flavour which I haven't seen anywhere else. Presumably because all the coconut heretics, like the raisin-whingers on this thread, mess up some sales wonk's bar chart.

I'm going to be spending the day looking up NZ food stockists in the UK aren't I?

Only just seen this.
Whittaker's is wonderful, but I did not know there was a coconut version.

I want some. Now.

NotAtMyAge · 30/04/2026 18:44

lcakethereforeIam · 30/04/2026 11:15

Raisins soaked in tea reminds me I have nascent plans to try making bara brith. I've got a recipe bookmarked for dark chocolate and ginger bara birth but I feel I should make the original first before going all heretical. Do you think it could be made using sultanas instead of raisins. Only I've already got a bag of the former.

What was the nature of a Cadbury Stroller?

Does anyone else remember Quirks? They were like pastel smarties with a mint flavour. I bloody loved them.

I make it with mixed dried fruit,which included candied peel.

DialSquare · 30/04/2026 18:38

Shedmistress · 30/04/2026 17:19

If you ever make your own wine, you can save the fruit mush afterwards and use it in cakes. I used to make a lovely plum wine, and then put the plums afterwards into baked goods. After a few weeks soaking in its own alcohol, it made some bloody lovely Christmas treats.

Please don’t give some of our visitors any ideas of putting plums in baked goods!

DeanElderberry · 30/04/2026 18:27

I've just had three dried figs for dessert.

Better to stop now I suppose.

NotAtMyAge · 30/04/2026 18:20

MassiveWordSalad · 30/04/2026 08:53

Where do we stand on fig rolls? I’m a fan, personally. Has anyone ever made them from scratch?

DH loves them. I most certainly don't. 😉

NotAtMyAge · 30/04/2026 18:13

Datun · 30/04/2026 08:29

Are they not all interchangeable? Currents, raisins, Sultanas.

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Indeed they aren't. Different sizes, different colours and different tastes and they give different results when used in baking. Definitely not interchangeable.

NotAtMyAge · 30/04/2026 18:08

PachacutisBadAuntie · 30/04/2026 07:44

See I thought that and then I looked up what currants are and they're a kind of fancy raisin.

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A very small one. The smallest of the dried fruits.

BettyBooper · 30/04/2026 17:29

Shedmistress · 30/04/2026 17:19

If you ever make your own wine, you can save the fruit mush afterwards and use it in cakes. I used to make a lovely plum wine, and then put the plums afterwards into baked goods. After a few weeks soaking in its own alcohol, it made some bloody lovely Christmas treats.

Thank you so much for this!

TWETMIRF · 30/04/2026 17:26

Aida is a type of fabric used for cross stitch. It's full of holes, just like gender ideology

Helleofabore · 30/04/2026 17:26

oldtiredcyclist · 30/04/2026 15:43

Blimey, you lot have expensive tastes, my lovely wife is happy with £8.99 pink Cremant de Loire from Lidl.

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The Hungarian bubbles they had in last week for the Wine Tour is very good and only a pound more.

Lidl also had a sparkling Grillo in the other day to, that would be worth a try but not to go with Arabella's bounties.

Helleofabore · 30/04/2026 17:23

Waitwhat23 · 30/04/2026 17:03

I like the Cremant from Iceland (supermarket not country). I think it's £11 ish. I may have to try your wife's recommendation.

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If you get in now, there is a Hungarian fizz at Lidl for a tenner that is excellent value.

MarieDeGournay · 30/04/2026 17:23

Easytoconfuse · 30/04/2026 16:13

Have you tried soaking them in rum for a couple of weeks and then coating them in dark chocolate? I do apricots and cherries in brandy too...

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An abomination soaked in rum for a couple of weeks and then coated in dark chocolate is just a rum-soaked, dark-chocolate-covered abomination😝
'Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar'
[a 👏for recognising where that quote is from]

I'll have some of your apricots soaked in rum, though, if I may, Easy, they sound delicious, without the dark chocolate though because ..

...I don't like dark chocolate

<ducks and runs for cover having alienated not just the raisinfolx but now also the notoriously zealous darkchocolatefolx>

Shedmistress · 30/04/2026 17:19

If you ever make your own wine, you can save the fruit mush afterwards and use it in cakes. I used to make a lovely plum wine, and then put the plums afterwards into baked goods. After a few weeks soaking in its own alcohol, it made some bloody lovely Christmas treats.

Catiette · 30/04/2026 17:19

My collapse is now complete. I'd been happily eating (fairly - never very, I'm me!) well for weeks, and then this thread came along. Damn you, Poppets and your glorious resurrection, for starting this. Since my early morning Walnut Whip weakness, I've cracked completely with a large pack of Maltesers under my bulging belt, and am now on the hunt for something else. Help! (Or... thank you?! 😅)

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 30/04/2026 17:19

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drspouse · 30/04/2026 17:05

Those after raisins soaked in something, Aldi fruit tea loaf is dirt cheap, and the first two ingredients are sultanas and tea, so it's actually probably good for you.

I had marmite and vegan Philadelphia sandwiches with cucumber for lunch.

Waitwhat23 · 30/04/2026 17:03

oldtiredcyclist · 30/04/2026 15:43

Blimey, you lot have expensive tastes, my lovely wife is happy with £8.99 pink Cremant de Loire from Lidl.

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I like the Cremant from Iceland (supermarket not country). I think it's £11 ish. I may have to try your wife's recommendation.

Waitwhat23 · 30/04/2026 16:59

There is absolutely no difference between currants, sultanas and raisins. They are equally despicable. That is my line in the sand.

INeedAPensieve · 30/04/2026 16:56

ArabellaScott · 30/04/2026 14:59

Bloody Brilliant Bounty Bombs for Bigots.

Omg Arabella I want some please....

INeedAPensieve · 30/04/2026 16:55

oldtiredcyclist · 30/04/2026 15:43

Blimey, you lot have expensive tastes, my lovely wife is happy with £8.99 pink Cremant de Loire from Lidl.

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I wouldn't knock that @oldtiredcyclist; as I said earlier on this thread, there's a good YouTube channel by Tom Gilbey and he rates supermarket wines and his recommendations for Lidl and Aldi cremants saw us through Christmas! :-)

WeMeetInFairIthilien · 30/04/2026 16:24

You utter utter horrors.

I've been trapped, literally trapped, all day with class after class of smelly teenagers (it's hot here), and all I could think about was dark chocolate bounties.

You are all to blame, and need to think very seriously about your behaviour whilst I run off to the corner shop

borntobequiet · 30/04/2026 16:14

DeanElderberry · 30/04/2026 10:45

Or put your raisins in tea, bring it to the boil, cool and sweeten the mix and proceed to make a tea brack / boiled cake.

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I like a boiled cake.

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