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@crazy-horse said in Happiness Scale:
Cream freezes are what I miss the most. Now it's mostly sugary crap, like what McDs dishes up.
You don't have gelato shops every fucking where up in the bogan north?
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@taniwharugby said in Happiness Scale:
@canefan burger rings in particular have changed, they give off an almost bleach type smell now.
THere are however some outstanding chip (crisps for our UK followers) flavours out there now though, from a wide range of brands.
I agree. The top of the tree for me are proper crisps, and those wakachangi ones are pretty good. Nice and crunchy
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@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
@taniwharugby said in Happiness Scale:
@canefan burger rings in particular have changed, they give off an almost bleach type smell now.
THere are however some outstanding chip (crisps for our UK followers) flavours out there now though, from a wide range of brands.
I agree. The top of the tree for me are proper crisps, and those wakachangi ones are pretty good. Nice and crunchy
I'm questioning whether you're actually a NZer now.
Edit: Haha, now the pic has popped up I understand.
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@nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
@taniwharugby said in Happiness Scale:
@canefan burger rings in particular have changed, they give off an almost bleach type smell now.
THere are however some outstanding chip (crisps for our UK followers) flavours out there now though, from a wide range of brands.
I agree. The top of the tree for me are proper crisps, and those wakachangi ones are pretty good. Nice and crunchy
I'm questioning whether you're actually a NZer now.
Please refer to the picture I just posted above. Its the name of the product
Edit: this lag is killing me š
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@nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@crazy-horse said in Happiness Scale:
Cream freezes are what I miss the most. Now it's mostly sugary crap, like what McDs dishes up.
You don't have gelato shops every fucking where up in the bogan north?
We do, but as a proud Bogan they are way too fancy for me.
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@victor-meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
@catogrande said in Happiness Scale:
@victor-meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
@majorrage said in Happiness Scale:
A few bags of jet planes are in the pantry too ā¦.
"Pantry" instead of food cupboard? My, we are getting anglicised.
East of the Tamar, weāve not had pantries since 1954. Just saying.
Almost as long as you've been getting cream teas wrong.
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Have you lot even considered that all these favoured childhood confections were always just a bit shit and itās you that has changed?
I came to this conclusion when I tried Wagon Wheels for the first time in years and was appalled. My kids loved them though.
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@catogrande said in Happiness Scale:
Have you lot even considered that all these favoured childhood confections were always just a bit shit and itās you that has changed?
I came to this conclusion when I tried Wagon Wheels for the first time in years and was appalled. My kids loved them though.
No, absurd idea
Seriously though, the Rashuns we get here in Oz were still good as of a month ago. I need to try again to see if changed. Won't be happy!
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@catogrande said in Happiness Scale:
Have you lot even considered that all these favoured childhood confections were always just a bit shit and itās you that has changed?
I came to this conclusion when I tried Wagon Wheels for the first time in years and was appalled. My kids loved them though.
Well, these still taste as great as I remember.
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@Catogrande said in Old people talk about the olden days:
**Have you lot even considered that all these favoured childhood confections were always just a bit shit and itās you that has changed?
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I came to this conclusion when I tried Wagon Wheels for the first time in years and was appalled. My kids loved them though.No.
Had to get four Easter Eggs for the kidsā¦ā¦me being me and leaving it to the last minute everywhere had sold out so I though āfuck itā and got them all a box of Cadbury Roses each. Itās still chocolate right ?
I remember these being awesome and all the grown ups tried a couple and came to the conclusion that the āgoodā ones these days are worse than the ācrapā ones from the old days.
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Speaking of Easter eggs, I really miss the chocolate coated marshmallow ones. The ones with the pink marshmallow and yellow "yolk" were the real deal.
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@Catogrande nah, some stuff they do change the recipe, sometimes cost cutting, others, who knows why.
But what they do more is reduce the size and charge you the same price, so stealth inflation.
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@Catogrande said in Old people talk about the olden days:
Have you lot even considered that all these favoured childhood confections were always just a bit shit and itās you that has changed?
I came to this conclusion when I tried Wagon Wheels for the first time in years and was appalled. My kids loved them though.
No mate - k bars and buzz bars still up there. Can still remember biting down on a k bar and it pulled one of my loose teeth out.
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@taniwharugby said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@Catogrande nah, some stuff they do change the recipe, sometimes cost cutting, others, who knows why.
But what they do more is reduce the size and charge you the same price, so stealth inflation.
We have this chocolate muffin recipe that we cook at Easter as it involves putting a Cadbury caramello egg in the centre to give it a nice warm gooey centre when cooked. The recipe makes 12 muffins and the small caramello eggs came in a packet of 12 so only needed to buy one packet right. Except not this year - get the packet opened and 10 eggs! Everyone knows (except Cadbury obviously) that eggs come in dozens, real or chocolate you piston wristed gibbons!
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@voodoo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@majorrage said in Old people talk about the olden days:
Nothing beats a fish burger from an old school NZ Fish & chip shop.
Massive bun, fillet of fish, tartare, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato, pickle.
Reckon it must have come in at night on 2,000 calories.
(spot the guy on a diet)
In Palmy, Golden Takeaways skipped the tomato, lettuce and pickle, but whacked 3 full pieces of fish in - all for $3.80. So big you didn't need chips so you had coins leftover to play Shinobi while you waited
Funnily enough, a guy at the pub last night was talking about this very burger.
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@Smudge said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@voodoo said in Old people talk about the olden days:
@majorrage said in Old people talk about the olden days:
Nothing beats a fish burger from an old school NZ Fish & chip shop.
Massive bun, fillet of fish, tartare, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato, pickle.
Reckon it must have come in at night on 2,000 calories.
(spot the guy on a diet)
In Palmy, Golden Takeaways skipped the tomato, lettuce and pickle, but whacked 3 full pieces of fish in - all for $3.80. So big you didn't need chips so you had coins leftover to play Shinobi while you waited
Funnily enough, a guy at the pub last night was talking about this very burger.
One of my favourite food moments was going to a fish and chip shop somewhere nr Takapuna a decade or so ago and having a glass of Sauvignon Blanc while they cooked my takeaway.
Heaven
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For some reason Iāve been hammering wine gums since Iāve been in NZ. Also been getting three years of rush munros eating in too.
Also, the expected expensiveness, petrol aside, hasnāt played out at all. Brunch, lunch and dinner have all been similar to Oz prices.
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@Nepia but dont all you Aussies earn a squillion dollars more than us poor kiwis?
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@taniwharugby @nepia Ooh wait, I just need to get my popcorn...
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