Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 The following are banned from my house at xmas havng being tortured with them during my childhood: Ritz crackers Vol au vons Primula cheese spread Pringles Twiglets Roses Quality Street Heroes Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Cheese footballs. Rancid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Cheese footballs. Rancid. Haha I love them! Don't get them until my yearly shop to Iceland when they'll be about 50p a tub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Ha! I was expecting brussels sprouts and turkey - both of which I enjoy hugely. I echo your list bar possibly Roses / Quality Streer, usually get one tin of something like this at Christmas, though more for show tbh. I will add: Ginger fancies (biscuits etc.) Those foreign sea shell-shaped chocolates. Crystallised fruit All bought because the shops pack the shelves with them at Christmas rather than anybody actually liking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Haha I love them! Don't get them until my yearly shop to Iceland when they'll be about 50p a tub! Mini Cheddars, on the other hand, are like crack cocaine to me. I'm pretty sure there's no upper limit on the amount I could eat if I had them to hand. I might actually become the first human ever to die as a result of a mini cheddar / foam shrimp speedball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Nuts in their shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Pate in a sausage shape shrink wrap After eight mints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I defy anybody to turn their poundshop flashing rudolph nose up at this fabulous creation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03bq0fn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Mini Cheddars, on the other hand, are like crack cocaine to me. I'm pretty sure there's no upper limit on the amount I could eat if I had them to hand. I might actually become the first human ever to die as a result of a mini cheddar / foam shrimp speedball. I am the same with those green foil-wrapped chocolate-coated minty biscuits; Viscounts, Yoyos etc. If I had one then accidentally dropped the packet in the street because a sniper started shooting passers-by from an upstairs window I would in all likelihood risk getting shot to get the rest of the packet. It's my worst addiction by a country mile. Going cold turkey by never buying them is the only answer, I am two and a half years mint chocolate biscuit free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Nuts in their shells. Actually got a bit of nostalgia for a bowl of nuts and a nut cracker...don't think people do that anymore do they? but in the 60s and early 70s no household was without them at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Anything frozen, in a ring, from Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Actually got a bit of nostalgia for a bowl of nuts and a nut cracker...don't think people do that anymore do they? but in the 60s and early 70s no household was without them at Christmas. a bowl of nuts. Most of them so hard you need breaker bars on your nut crackers as well as light eye protection and a hard hat. And when you are lucky enough to break one open you've embedded chunks of shell in the nut you're going to have to spit out later and you'll still be hoovering up shell for months. but the worst thing is when you smash your way into Fort Knuts and the frickin' thing is empty. The bowl of uncracked nuts will still be sat on my parent's sideboard come Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Tinned Meat. Memeories of Park Hamper et al as a kid. Hampers full of tins and packets you'd never otherwise see or eat. Pear's Ham, Fray Bentos pies etc. the sorts of things you wouldn't give house room to nowadays. Straight in food bank collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Tinned Meat. Memeories of Park Hamper et al as a kid. Hampers full of tins and packets you'd never otherwise see or eat. Pear's Ham, Fray Bentos pies etc. the sorts of things you wouldn't give house room to nowadays. Straight in food bank collection. Raise your tinned meat to tinned meat pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Raise your tinned meat to tinned meat pie. Do you mean the Goblin ones? I don't think I've ever had one of those. Fray Bentos, yes of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Anything frozen, in a ring, from Iceland. Please elaborate!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Do you mean the Goblin ones? I don't think I've ever had one of those. Fray Bentos, yes of course. Worked for several months in the factory in Urmston, Manchester that made Goblin products. Christ, the smell (and sight) of that meat arriving at the end of the "hamburger" line will stay with me forever. Most soul-destroying place I've ever worked (and there have been some serious contenders) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Please elaborate!? http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-king-prawn-ring-200g/p/54162 http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-luxury-seafood-platter-620g/p/59712 http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-luxury-king-prawn-ring-with-seafood-sauce-300g/p/59568 There's normally more. Iceland idea of luxury is to bung stuff in a ring, with a pot of sauce in the middle. Badly defrosted Iceland seafood - Well, we defrosted it a couple of days ago. Im sure itll be OK - lets spend New Year on the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-king-prawn-ring-200g/p/54162 http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-luxury-seafood-platter-620g/p/59712 http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-luxury-king-prawn-ring-with-seafood-sauce-300g/p/59568 There's normally more. Iceland idea of luxury is to bung stuff in a ring, with a pot of sauce in the middle. Badly defrosted Iceland seafood - Well, we defrosted it a couple of days ago. Im sure itll be OK - lets spend New Year on the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19 year mortgage 8itch Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Worked for several months in the factory in Urmston, Manchester that made Goblin products. Christ, the smell (and sight) of that meat arriving at the end of the "hamburger" line will stay with me forever. Most soul-destroying place I've ever worked (and there have been some serious contenders) I did not know that. Add Fruit Cocktail to the list. From a tin of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 a bowl of nuts. Most of them so hard you need breaker bars on your nut crackers as well as light eye protection and a hard hat. And when you are lucky enough to break one open you've embedded chunks of shell in the nut you're going to have to spit out later and you'll still be hoovering up shell for months. but the worst thing is when you smash your way into Fort Knuts and the frickin' thing is empty. The bowl of uncracked nuts will still be sat on my parent's sideboard come Easter. You can do it with your hand. Sometimes you need to use two in combination and take advantage of the crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Nuts in their shells. That's a good call - you'd think they'd work out a lot cheaper but I doubt they do given the time it takes to get into them/wastage etc. Pure novelty value I guess. That said, I'll probably buy some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Add Fruit Cocktail to the list. From a tin of course! No fighting over the cherry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 You can do it with your hand. Sometimes you need to use two in combination and take advantage of the crack. Have we gone off topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 No fighting over the cherry! I love preserved cherries (and not a nod to the older 'lady' from the Deluded thread) Morrello in booze, Glacier. Whatever. Great. The cherry from tinned fruit salad just tastes of sugar water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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