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When did Viennetta stop being posh ??

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RubbingHimSourly · 27/09/2019 19:19

I'd been talking to the DC about the sort of things we had as kids so decided this fridays food night (( always have a theme on a friday, usually Mexican / Chinese whatever )) it's a bit of an event, we set the table and use napkins, candles etc.

Yes. I'm a sad twat.

Anyways, tonight we had orange juice as a pre starter, served in posh glasses from the charity shop.

egg mayonnaise.

Chicken in a basket. (( Baskets stolen acquired from subway ))

And choice of arctic roll or and Viennetta for dessert.

It occurred to me when I brought out my picked up from Heron foods for £1 viennetta that Viennetta is no longer an event. When it used to be. So much so I can remember the first time I had it at a friend's house. And racing home to tell my mum. In a oooooooohhhhhh, we had Viennetta and it's not even a special occasion. I mean they were posh, they had other luxuries such as pop man deliveries and branded crisps but even so.

Anyways, when did Viennetta become just meh. And was it a luxury, almost aspirational dessert when you were a kid ?? Or was I just deprived ?? Grin

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ItsJustTheOneSwanActually · 27/09/2019 19:20

About 1985 Grin

Fuzzyend · 27/09/2019 19:21

About 1981 I should think!

Sounds an excellent menu OP.

Hydrogenbeatsoxygen · 27/09/2019 19:22

When was it ever posh?

RubbingHimSourly · 27/09/2019 19:23

ItsJust

It still looks the part tho. I mean it's a few steps up from a tub of ice cream with its fancy layers and bits. And yet there it is, being flogged for a quid in Heron foods :(

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Chasingsquirrels · 27/09/2019 19:23

The title made me laugh and brought back memories RubbingHimSourly 🙂

In answer, about 1987? (Northwest English town).

Passthecherrycoke · 27/09/2019 19:23

The thing is, I’m not sure it was ever that expensive, but there was just something so decadent about it

LizziesTwin · 27/09/2019 19:24

Viennettas were really fancy unless you are too young to remember them being introduced!

legalseagull · 27/09/2019 19:25

Oh it was SO posh in our house in the mid 90's. It was only ever purchased when the queen friends visited for their tea.

RubbingHimSourly · 27/09/2019 19:25

Pass. I think it's the crunches.

I think it was quite expensive when it first came out, it was a good few years before I reached the lofty heights of Viennetta

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eeksville · 27/09/2019 19:26

I'm not sure it ever was. My parents made me think it was because we used to get such a tiny slice which was torture. When I got older & saw it for £1 in Iceland I was shocked! I got over the shock, bought it & scoffed the lot.

avokado · 27/09/2019 19:27

It's like after 8's.. they used to seem so unattainable abc such a rare treat. Now I buy them in Lidl all the time (well, usually the fake ones)

RubbingHimSourly · 27/09/2019 19:29

For anyone doubting viennettas lofty origins.

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Passthecherrycoke · 27/09/2019 19:29

I bet it was, say, £3.99 at a time you could get a massive tub of cheap supermarket ice cream for £1. So it was a lot more expensive, but it was only £3 more! Can you imagine people considering magnums posh now?

Maybe they had a cool ad campaign like milk tray?

IndianaMoleWoman · 27/09/2019 19:30

I know of a teenager (friend of friend’s son) who got detention when he was caught eating a Vienetta in class, the logistics of which are mind boggling.

Wurzelsnewhead · 27/09/2019 19:31

A Vienetta is ALWAYS posh (not the mint one though). We used to get Neapolitan in a cardboard box, then Vienettas came along- different level altogether!
Memory lane- we used to think After Eight mints were posh too- each one individually wrapped 👑 .

EdWinchester · 27/09/2019 19:31

It was never, ever posh.

donquixotedelamancha · 27/09/2019 19:31

About 1981 I should think!

Nah, still reasonably posh in the late 80s, surely? Naf by the 90s.

I mean it's a few steps up from a tub of ice cream

It's precisely two steps below a tub of actual ice cream, being made from the cheapest ingredients available to the chemical company which produces it.

mintyroller · 27/09/2019 19:32

I know of a teenager (friend of friend’s son) who got detention when he was caught eating a Vienetta in class, the logistics of which are mind boggling.

Grin Brilliant.

Fluffiest · 27/09/2019 19:32

Did you used to be able to get it with KFC? I'm sure that I have 90s memories of my parents giving us a treat of KFC and the excitement of viennetta was amazing!

Saucery · 27/09/2019 19:32

It was one of those things I promised myself I would do when I was a grown up, eat a whole Vienetta to myself. No as easy as it looks, let me tell you Envy

janj2301 · 27/09/2019 19:33

I'm even older. Our POSH starter was prawn cocktail and POSH desert black forest gateaux

NotTonightJosepheen · 27/09/2019 19:33

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JuniperNarni · 27/09/2019 19:33

I miss chocolate viennetta Sad

Wurzelsnewhead · 27/09/2019 19:34

Avokado 😂 but do the Lidl rip offs have the posh logo on them?

RippleEffects · 27/09/2019 19:34

I think it's gone full circle it's been so long it's due a revival. You're actually a trend setter.

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