Saturday 26 September 2009

I Believe In Authenticity

Tomorrow is Back2Church Sunday, and after the Baptismal Service we have a Bring'n'Share Lunch. So this morning I went off to the Cash'n'Carry to get some Bits'n'Pieces of This'n'That [Oh dear, where has my usual pedantry about the English Language gone all of a sudden - Down'n'Out, obviously!]

I was slightly taken aback to see one product on sale in the cheese section [memo to self, wrap up well for future Makro Trips, they have built a specially super-cooled area for refrigerated produce now - it was full of customers whose teeth were chattering]

There it was - I had to put it in my trolley and photograph it. [Then replace it on the shelf, before anyone noticed my weird behaviour]

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Anyone for some 'mild grated flavour' on their jacket potato? I think not! And this huge bag was only 15p cheaper than the genuine grated cheese beside it. Who buys this stuff, and why?

I am afraid that pseudo-food like this just leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. Unlike our lunch today - which was, of course, pie'n'chips.

7 comments:

  1. There are weird things at the market these days! I must admit to loving cheese a little too much, though. What's pie and chips?

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  2. What was in that packet??
    Imagine a baked potato with , er, 'flavour' on it. Too awful to contemplate!
    (or even spud'n'flavour'?)

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  3. Sorry PP - Pie'n'chips is a British expression - it is a meat pie with fried potatoes [chunky french fries] - certainly NOT Mom's Apple Pie with Lay's Potato Chips!!

    ED - the pack appeared to contain some sort of processed food made of skimmed milk, vegetable oil, orange colouring and starch. I suspect it would taste like grated soap!

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  4. Ooh, fake cheese! Well, okay, there are some cheese products that are sort of fun, like Velveeta. Do y'all have Velveeta over there? My mom used it when I was a wee girls in the '60s and early '70s. Melts like a dream. Probably takes years off your life.

    But fake grated cheese takes things too far, I say. I mean even real prepackaged grated cheese is pushing things (tho I occasionally succumb). But fake? What self-respecting housewife would stoop so low?

    Thanks, as always, for more photos of British foodstuff. So fun!

    frances

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  5. Eew! Grated soap sounds about right. I can safely say you wouldn't find it in France - it is true that people just won't buy bad food here, so it simply isn't produced. Have a great back to church Sunday!

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  6. No, I don't think we have Velveeta here in the UK [it sounds more like a face cream than a cheese]
    My Mum used to buy stuff called Cheese Whiz back in the early 60s[I don't eat cheese, so never tried it] I think that was American too -do they still make it?
    Floss - I think you are right - the Belgians and French are much more particular about good quality ingredients.

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  7. Ughhh, fake cheese... how much would you like to bet it tasted like rubber?

    I have a bit of an aversion to rubber cheese - even real cheese - when I was young my friend and I had a contest to see who could bounce their 'babybel' cheese the furthest down the stairs. Seeing how far they can bounce really put my off eating them.

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