Kit Kats are dead to me

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Good when I was a kid, a bit crap in recent years, awful now.

What other foods have turned to rubbish?

I'm in Scotland and I bought Brannigan's regularly until about 4 or 5 years ago. Then I stupidly forgot about them. I regret that now.

I opened one yesterday and ended up giving it to my kid.
Not yum at all anymore.

@beachcitygirl yellow cap coke is kosher coke and available during Jewish holidays. It's made with sucrose instead of corn syrup

I'm sorry that you have Bell's palsy. I had it a few years ago and it did affect my taste buds for a few weeks. Not sure though if it was the Bell's, the anti-viral medication or just the fact that my face looked so crooked and it was difficult to eat.

As for the chocolate, YES! Here in the States, most all of it just tastes like chocolate flavored wax. We do have a good chocolatier not too far from the house that is still pretty good. I used to enjoy Godiva but haven't had it in a while. They sold boxed chocolates that always had a white chocolate star with raspberry filling. I loved those and the chocolate covered cherries.

A pint of Guinness and a packet of beef and mustard Brannigan’s in Ye Olde White Harte on a Friday afternoon after sixth form.

Those were days. Those were the fucking days…

Now I’ve had to give up booze and Brannigan’s no longer exist.

I had a a Ceramic bar not so long ago- never again. In the 1980s they were obviously not the good quality chocolate but they did used to be seen and creamy tasting. Now they are just gritty and waxy.

Caramac obviously- NOT CERAMIC

Chocolate these days might as well be ceramic, for all the taste there is in it, so I’d let the typo stand.

'Safety Flake' - that's brilliant!

In a thread on MN about how to treat a cold, there were a lot of suggestions for hot Ribena. Can’t abide the stuff, but especially when hot, because of the sweeteners.
Someone suggested buying Rocks squashes, as they still use sugar in their recipe. I think someone also suggested an M&S version too.

I can recommend Rocks blackcurrant hot or cold.

@ComeOnThenFanny ·
Tony's Chocoloney is the way to go. It's really expensive, I only get it when it's on offer - but my god, it's worth it.

True. I always hated Kitkat anyway.

Cheers!

Is your life still worth living? 😳

I agree, Lindt is bland, unchocolatey and too sweet for me.

If they start to export in bulk and become ultra-successful and profitable some awful multinational will take them over and ruin their chocolate.

Difficult to say, really.

But don't know about you... but the Flakes used to "shatter" when we bit into them. Had to hold the opened wrapper to catch the pieces ....in case a morsel escaped 😂A mega feat on the school bus!
Now I can bite them in half with hardly any mess and in two bites are gone.

I'm sure they're using palm oil in those aswell or they wouldn't bind. There not the crunch in those that there used to be.
Notably these companies are all registered in Dublin where the Corporation Tax is 12.5%!
WTF are our Government doing by raising our Corp tax rate!
But lets not go there

We used to crush Flakes up before we unwrapped them, and then pour the chocolatey rubble into our eager little gobs.

On a similar note, is it still socially acceptable to tip the last fragments from a bag of crisps straight into your mouth? And what happened to crisp packets that you could blow up and burst?

You can keep your TimTams. Sorry but they really aren't nice.

Yeah, never got the TimTams hype. I'm not much into biscuits though. I think they have a bit more bite than a Penguin, if that's what people like. They both seem a bit dull to me.

Increasingly I've noticed the the contents of these have changed from Gelatine base to starch base to satisfy the Vegetarian / vegan cohort. And proudly displaying the relevant accreditation stamp on the packet.

Saves the companies money having to make two types.

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‘It's a single-celled protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins and minerals. Everything the body needs.’

That's the one.

And if it's not that, then it'll be Soylent Green.