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What the FUCK have they done to scampi fries?

85 replies

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 15:55

As if it isn't bad enough that they discontinued cheese moments, the scampi fri has apparently been replaced by this monstrosity that tastes like it's been deep fried for an hour then blasted with a gallon of vinegar.
I haven't had scampi fries in decades and now this is what is put before me?

I haven't been this disappointed since the cabana bar was discontinued.

What the FUCK have they done to scampi fries?
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KurtWilde · 18/11/2021 15:57

I haven't been this disappointed since the cabana bar was discontinued

I feel your pain.

Haven't had a scampi fry in ages, used to love them. Should I avoid then?

Newnameforabit · 18/11/2021 16:01

Oh god , I loved the nice ‘n spicy ones
Why mess with perfection ?

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 16:01

@KurtWilde

I haven't been this disappointed since the cabana bar was discontinued

I feel your pain.

Haven't had a scampi fry in ages, used to love them. Should I avoid then?

Yes.
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XenoBitch · 18/11/2021 16:02

Aw no, I loved Cheese Moments. Wondered why I had not seen them in ages.

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 16:02

@Newnameforabit

Oh god , I loved the nice ‘n spicy ones Why mess with perfection ?
God knows. At this point it's starting to feel personal. 😁
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IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 16:03

Cheese moments were amazing
I could have kept the line profitable all by myself!

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vampirethriller · 18/11/2021 16:09

What! No more Cheese Moments??

TheGirlWhoLived · 18/11/2021 16:13

So you mean scampi niknaks (I love nice and spicy but scampi was the work of the devil)
Or the scampi fry that is in a yellow pack with the pork scratching at the pub!?

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 16:17

Oh scampi Nik naks. I'd forgotten about them. I loved them too! They've gone as well then? 🤬🤬

No I mean the scampi fries. The pub snack boards would have them, the cheese moments and the bacon rasher things

They used to taste nice. This foul thing is so disgusting I've had to have a Brazil nut toffee bar to get the taste out of my mouth.

And half the teeth out of my mouth too. That shit is HARD!!

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KurtWilde · 18/11/2021 16:24

I used to help my mum clean a pub when I was 12ish and she always bought me a bag from behind the bar as payment. It was a simpler time. When I got my first real job at 16 I was devastated to find they paid in actual cash Grin

ImSoMagical · 18/11/2021 16:26

Ooooh cheesy criss crosses were my go to, failing that scampi fries! I also was devastated to lose cabana bars!

KurtWilde · 18/11/2021 16:28

I wonder if we could petition to bring back cabanas

Blossomandbee · 18/11/2021 16:55

Oh I miss cheese moments. Most people have never heard of them. There is no similar substitute either 😩

vampirethriller · 18/11/2021 16:59

Scampi n Lemon Niknaks are still here but they're a pale imitation of themselves. They used to reek so much they were banned at lunch in my school because afternoon assembly was a fish fest. They were amazing.
Vaguely fishy now. No hint of lemon. Just a bag of disappointment.

Sparklingbrook · 18/11/2021 17:04

Whoever got rid of Cheese Moments is a terrible person. Also Phileas Fogg's Shanghai Nuts. Angry

Stop messing with the snacks!

Garriet · 18/11/2021 17:18

They discontinued cheese moments?

This is the opposite of the thread that keeps giving.

ArblemarchTFruitbat · 18/11/2021 17:38

Cheese NikNaks need to come back.

TheWomandestroyed · 18/11/2021 17:57

So many people don't seem to remember Cabanas, I often ponder what happened to them.

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 18:26

They stopped making cabanas in the 90s the evil bastards. I used to do a midnight dash to the 24hr petrol station more often than I care to admit.

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Pinkywoo · 18/11/2021 18:28

We had to stop stocking cheese moments at the pub I worked at, the staff kept eating them before the customers had a chance!

HeyupitsChristmas · 18/11/2021 18:29

It is absolute rudeness that you can no longer get Cheese Moments or Phileas Fogg Les Mignons Morceaux.

I am disgruntled and disappointed.

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 18:32

Isn't it just?
They take all the good stuff and leave us with the crime against taste buds that is the peanut butter KitKat 🤬

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MistySkiesAfterRain · 18/11/2021 18:35

Ah scampi niknaks. Am I the only one who harboured illusions that these types of crisps were healthy, like Skips actually had prawny benefits to them?

IncompleteSenten · 18/11/2021 18:36

Nope
Seafood is good for you and a Terry's chocolate orange is one of your 5 a day and nobody can convince me otherwise.

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KayDog · 18/11/2021 19:27

shoparoundthecorner.co.uk/shop/p/cabana-bar

This site sells cabana bars so at least you could still get them, I've never had one, what are they like?