TRAs going after MN sponsors- BirdsEye

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A few weeks ago I read about a plan to target MN sponsors in order to shut us down. Looks like it is starting with Birdseye. Anyone fancy going over and saying their bit?

Has anyone said yet about cooking potato waffles in the toaster? Genius
Also, spinach and chickpea mix? How have I missed this???

Perfect little portions of veggie goodness? What have I slept through?

'Also, spinach and chickpea mix? How have I missed this???'

I think because it's only been out a few months.

Why don't we all identify as men

Is it even allowed? It seems Transmen are currently in the process of getting demoted to "transmascs". So, not men after all actually.

I still have the waffly versatile song in my head... send help

I have a chest freezer. I bet hardly any of the TRAs can say that

Exclusionist!

clutches the nearest MN's pearls

Oh yes, the gluten-freeness of the waffles. A pack of them in the freezer along with Lidl or Tesco gluten-free sausages is my insurance against the "oh shit i forgot to go shopping" moments.

clutches the nearest MN's pearls

Gerrofff ! They came out of a cracker and the string will break if you keep grabbing at them.

I have appearances to keep up over here you know !

Has anyone said yet about cooking potato waffles in the toaster?

I don't have to, my microwave has a grill in it. The sausages and waffles, still frozen, go on the grill for cooking in combo mode. Dinner in six minutes, as long as you don't mind the waffles being crunchy on one side only.

I have a chest freezer. I bet hardly any of the TRAs can say that
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Exclusionist!*

I thought it was 'breast freezer' that was exclusionist?

Potato waffles in the toaster. Mmmmmmm...memories of being a student...happy, inclusive, memories.

I don't have to, my microwave has a grill in it.

So does mine. But I've never used it. Mostly cos I've never worked out how to clean it well enough in the holes that cover it to make me less fearful of billowing smoke.

I am considering taking a wire brush to it as a last resort. Before chucking cos I hate things that are so badly designed from a Proper Cleaning POV. See also stupid knobs on hob. Designed to trap crud where you can't get at it with anything bigger than a toothpick.

Dear Birdseye. You hold sway. Please go and shout at kitchen appliance designers . I will go a step beyond peas and fishfingers and only buy Approved by Birdseye appliances if you start a "make the bastard things cleanable with no twiddly, unreachable bits" campaign.

Fish fingers, waffles and peas aplenty in my freezers. That's right. Two of the beauties all just waiting for my shopping...

Where does one get these birds eye pulse mixtures? Never seen them. Maybe the big Asda will have them.

JellySlice

A quick check of the feeds probably cancel out anything they say, most of them are so obsessed they come across as nuttier than squirrel poo.

Off topic but I don't have a microwave so how do the grills in them have holes CesiraAndEnrico? I can't picture it. The grill in my oven is a tube thing winding around at the top.

I haven't seen the bean mixes either, I must look out for them.

I've written to Birds Eye using their website form. Took forever. For anyone planning to do so, it's 1,000 characters max. I'm on my phone. A lot of faff. Anyway:

I understand Birds Eye is being targeted by trans activists about Mumsnet (www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3363404-TRAs-going-after-MN-sponsors-BirdsEye).

As you may know, there are plans to change the law to allow people to change sex legally just by making a declaration, a system called Self ID. Many on Mumsnet think it's wide open to abuse. Sex offenders will inevitably exploit such a glaring loophole.

Zero common sense is being applied. Last week the papers reported on Karen White, a rapist who sexually assaulted four women after being put in a women's prison. If Self ID passes more such cases are inevitable.

The trans lobby is well organized and persistent, and frame our debates as transphobic. But being concerned about women's safety and privacy is not anti trans.

Mumsnetters are mostly mums and mostly do the grocery shopping. I always have Birds Eye products in my freezer. We are your target audience. Please listen.

Hoping they may even look at this thread.

My fridge is stacked out with Birds Eye but I have no cooking tips

Off topic but I don't have a microwave so how do the grills in them have holes

There's a fixed metal looking plate with tiny holes in it directly in front off the grill element. God knows why. Cos Italians Do It More Complicated and Harder To Clean ? (you should see some of the ironing systems here, Rolls Royce Style with price tag to match, many twiddly bits)

Bane of my existence. Cos if you do the clean microwave with the heated bowl of water trick, the metal looking thing with tiny holes drips condensation (which got stuck behind it) down for ages.

And the colour of the drips is not encouraging.

Oh well. More Birdseye fish fingers for us, cos the normal oven works without stressing me out. I did try fishfingers in the micro. but they came out looking like I'd tried to mummify them.

Another one chiming in here to say: I’m a woman (the cunty kind), I do ALL THE FUCKING SHOPPING, for four people, and I buy shitloads of Bird’s Eye fishfingers and potato waffles because my 2 year old is an extremely fussy eater if it’s not something that’s come out of his nose.

These look pretty nice veggie too! twitter.com/BirdsEyeUK/status/1037007613324603396?s=20

CesiraAndEnrico aah, I get it! I was browsing the Lakeland catalog at my mum's and there was an "Italian style" ironing table. I was tempted to take a punt on it for £20 to use it for crafts then I realised I'd misread and it was £199 not £19.99. Maybe it was just as well then!

WhatTheWatersShowedMe It's as well they're cute at that age to make up for the excess of bodily fluids

Omg, I want fish fingers now.

We really need an "Under Birds Eye" emoticon.

This all kicked off back in July, and Birds Eye studiously ignored the howls of the trans-activists. Apart from the famed "Potato" tweet. T'was glorious. Hope they don't capitulate.

I think mums are the target market for fish finger sales, rather than trans-activists, so we'll probably be ok.

I made a passionate case for the superiority of Birds Eye frozen peas on the previous thread. Their potato waffles are also in a different league to every own-brand I've tried.