Barmbrack.

aujopimur

I've just eaten a whole barmbrack, no ring, stick, bean, pea or rag, zilch.
I feel I've been ripped off, plus I'm feeling sick.

gozunda

aujopimur wrote: »

I've just eaten a whole barmbrack no ring, stick, bean, pea or rag, zilch.
I feel I've been ripped off, plus I'm feeling sick.

Ah you should have tried a Barnbrack...they are much better imo

shopaholic01

Maybe you ate it? Check your poo in the next couple of days.

I don't think they all have a ring - unless they say it on the wrapping.

BBDBB

OP didnt use his loaf

9959

aujopimur wrote: »

I've just eaten a whole barmbrack, no ring, stick, bean, pea or rag, zilch.
I feel I've been ripped off, plus I'm feeling sick.

You probably ate a Barm Cake.
Was it nice?

Immaculate Pasta

Lovely stuff.

Shryke

If there's no ring in your brack it means you've been marked for death this Halloween.

TheBody

You better check your ring in the morining in case the ring gets stuck in your ring!!

1ZRed

You ate a full one hoping that you'd be guaranteed the ring, with marriage down the line, but it didn't happen.

These things don't lie, OP. You've missed your chance for good.

CrazyRabbit

Probably don't include rings any more due to health & safety madness. Society has to protect its idiots after all.

El Guapo!

TheBody wrote: »

You better check your ring in the morining in case the ring gets stuck in your ring!!

Ringception

aujopimur

1ZRed wrote: »

You ate a full one hoping that you'd be guaranteed the ring, with marriage down the line, but it didn't happen.

These things don't lie, OP. You've missed your chance for good.

I've been down the marriage route before, no luck there I'm afraid.
I was hoping for riches or at least the stick so that I could use it for some self discipline.

fryup

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Probably don't include rings any more due to health & safety madness. Society has to protect its idiots after all.

its not madness, a young child could easily choke on them..i'm amazed they're allowed put them in to be honest

anyway they still come with them..i got one this week with a ring in it

awec

I bought my first ever brack today. Didn't know about this ring stuff either.

kneemos

Stick your finger up your hole in the morning and it will come out with a ring on it.

Dangerous Man

Sounds like something Bi-Polar Joe would do.

SEPT 23 1989

Barney Brack

Risteard

Ah Barnbrack. I remember for the first 1 or 2 years in primary school around Halloween the teacher would bring in some and give a slice to everyone in the class.

I was a coeliac so couldn't eat it, so she would give me a slice anyway to rummage through and see if I got the ring.:pac:

The Big Red Button

fryup wrote: »

its not madness, a young child could easily choke on them..i'm amazed they're allowed put them in to be honest

anyway they still come with them..i got one this week with a ring in it

Well FFS

If you buy a Halloween Brack, advertised as being a Halloween Brack and having a ring in it, it's hardly any surprise that's it's going to contain a ring!!!!

aujopimur

kneemos wrote: »

Stick your finger up your hole in the morning and it will come out with a ring on it.

I'm too fat to reach, would anybody oblige, I'd let them keep the ring.

KKkitty

Growing up my dad used to slice the barnbrack so the youngest of the family would get the ring. Miss those times

OneArt

When I first moved to Ireland my brother and I used to think it was called boring brack.

I couldn't fathom why everyone got excited about something that was meant to be boring.

gozunda

OneArt wrote: »

When I first moved to Ireland my brother and I used to think it was called boring brack.

I couldn't fathom why everyone got excited about something that was meant to be boring.

Because the commercial variant in no way bears any similarity to the real thing which is fantastic.

Find a genuine old recipe and make it at home and add a coin, ring whatever

The homemade version is fantastic - you bought the pretend one

I suppose you didn't know any better though..

MadsL

"There is an animal called a Barmbrack, or did I dream it?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjBO26qjYM

a fat guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY

fryup

chatterpillar wrote: »

Well FFS

If you buy a Halloween Brack, advertised as being a Halloween Brack and having a ring in it, it's hardly any surprise that's it's going to contain a ring!!!!

yes i know its no surprise that it contains a ring:rolleyes:

but that doesn't get away from the fact that its still a hazard... a young child could easily choke on one...well couldn't they???

Real Life

fryup wrote: »

its not madness, a young child could easily choke on them..i'm amazed they're allowed put them in to be honest

anyway they still come with them..i got one this week with a ring in it

this kind of attitude is why we cant have nice things anymore. If youre afraid of a child choking on it then dont let the child have it.

gozunda

fryup wrote: »

yes i know its no surprise that it contains a ring:rolleyes:

but that doesn't get away from the fact that its still a hazard... a young child could easily choke on one...well couldn't they???

That's why children are supervised by their parents, minders etc when playing, outdoors, indoors etc

If you wish to feed Barnbrack to your kids then you supervise and knowing that there is a ring in the cake act with forethought as you are the responsible adult

fryup

gozunda wrote: »

If you wish to feed Barnbrack to your kids then you supervise and knowing that there is a ring in the cake act with forethought as you are the responsible adult

in the perfect world that would be the case.....but you can just imagine the scenario of a busy mum or dad rushed off their feet inadvertently giving their child a slice of brack with a ring in it...could easily happen is all that i'm saying:cool:

homeless student

hate brack, can never enjoy it fully as I keep thinking im gonna break my teeth on the tacky ring they put in it.and before anyone says then dont buy it, I dont, but as I like it, I take it when its offered to me because I like it.

Fuinseog

aujopimur wrote: »

I've just eaten a whole barmbrack, no ring, stick, bean, pea or rag, zilch.
I feel I've been ripped off, plus I'm feeling sick.

recession.

I remember giving a slice to a foreign friend of mine who had never seen the likes. when he started choking I told him there might be a ring in the cake.

Maggie 2

gozunda wrote: »

Ah you should have tried a Barnbrack...they are much better imo

Maybe you should learn to spell. It IS BARMbrack.

Fuinseog

Maggie 2 wrote: »

Maybe you should learn to spell. It IS BARMbrack.

I actually call it a bairin breac. anything else is a bastardization.

Maggie 2

Fuinseog wrote: »

I actually call it a bairin breac. anything else is a bastardization.

You're BARMY!

bijapos

fryup wrote: »

its not madness, a young child could easily choke on them..i'm amazed they're allowed put them in to be honest

fryup wrote: »

yes i know its no surprise that it contains a ring:rolleyes:

but that doesn't get away from the fact that its still a hazard... a young child could easily choke on one...well couldn't they???

Yes, they do choke to death on them. Growing up in the 70's I remember thousands of kids being killed every halloween by choking to death on rings and coins in the brack. We'd have a week break for halloween and instead of 28 of us in the class, after halloweeen there would be only 10 or 12 of us left, all the others died eating brack. Crazy times. Glad they banned it to protect todays kids from such slaughter.

If you're really worried about your kids give the fruit cake instead of brack.

OneArt

gozunda wrote: »

Because the commercial variant in no way bears any similarity to the real thing which is fantastic.

Find a genuine old recipe and make it at home and add a coin, ring whatever

The homemade version is fantastic - you bought the pretend one

I suppose you didn't know any better though..

Well of course not, we were brought up fighting lions for fresh meat. None of this fancy baking carry on.

(May or may not be true of South Africans)

fryup

bijapos wrote: »

Yes, they do choke to death on them. Growing up in the 70's I remember thousands of kids being killed every halloween by choking to death on rings and coins in the brack. We'd have a week break for halloween and instead of 28 of us in the class, after halloweeen there would be only 10 or 12 of us left, all the others died eating brack. Crazy times. Glad they banned it to protect todays kids from such slaughter.

gosh, sorry to hear that

gozunda

Maggie 2 wrote: »

Maybe you should learn to spell. It IS BARMbrack.

Dear expert do try and keep up there are variants in how this is spelt. Try the OED for instance. BARNBRACK / BARMBRACK
Depends on your IQ to not know otherwise...

gozunda

OneArt wrote: »

Well of course not, we were brought up fighting lions for fresh meat. None of this fancy baking carry on.

(May or may not be true of South Africans)

Buy a recipe book then cooking lion is not too difficult ...

Wilberto

aujopimur wrote: »

I've just eaten a whole barmbrack, no ring, stick, bean, pea or rag, zilch.
I feel I've been ripped off, plus I'm feeling sick.

Since when did they start putting sticks, rags or zilchs into them...... Whe only ever used to look for the ring, the pea, and possibly bean (can't even remember if the bean was usually there either!!)



And please, someone enlighten me, WTF is a zilch???!!! :pac::D:eek

gozunda

fryup wrote: »

in the perfect world that would be the case.....but you can just imagine the scenario of a busy mum or dad rushed off their feet inadvertently giving their child a slice of brack with a ring in it...could easily happen is all that i'm saying:cool:

Well if you can't adequately supervise the little darlings DON'T have any! Or at least don't feed them cakes marked with the words "may contain a ring" and then don't supervise them. ... Would you send your kid off for a swim on the beach and be 'too busy' to supervise them.

Abi

Most of them are dry and awful. If you don't make your own I think its Gateaux's version of it that is the most moist. Its nice with a bit of butter and a cúpan tae

eastbono

Wilberto wrote: »

Since when did they start putting sticks, rags or zilchs into them...... Whe only ever used to look for the ring, the pea, and possibly bean (can't even remember if the bean was usually there either!!)



And please, someone enlighten me, WTF is a zilch???!!! :pac::D:eek

Fado fado...a ring, pea, bean, stick, rag and Im sure one other being so old I cant remember and none of this health and safety issues... much more fun than the ones today with just a boring old ring in them. And of course on hallowen night we went dunking... apples in a dish of water with money in them and we had to get them by sinking our teeth in them and then we also had them hanging from the ceiling with the same idea and Im in my early 50s not my 80s lol.

Wilberto

eastbono wrote: »

Fado fado...a ring, pea, bean, stick, rag and Im sure one other being so old I cant remember and none of this health and safety issues... much more fun than the ones today with just a boring old ring in them. And of course on hallowen night we went dunking... apples in a dish of water with money in them and we had to get them by sinking our teeth in them and then we also had them hanging from the ceiling with the same idea and Im in my early 50s not my 80s lol.

Oh, so they're reducing the amount of things that are in them rather than increasing them.....fair enough, I must have missed that point!!!


Don't worry though, I'm only in my 20's and I remember bobbing for apples, and the one from the ceiling aswel. Never went trick or treating before but living in the middle of nowhere there was little point!!!

eastbono

Wilberto wrote: »

Oh, so they're reducing the amount of things that are in them rather than increasing them.....fair enough, I must have missed that point!!!


Don't worry though, I'm only in my 20's and I remember bobbing for apples, and the one from the ceiling aswel. Never went trick or treating before but living in the middle of nowhere there was little point!!!

Its all these health and safety things.... next thing you know there wont even be any fruit in it......erm...... oops this has happened already going by the one I picked up yesterday. Tbh your were not deprived much trick or treating is a relatively new thing ha ha ha about 30 years old now I suppose.