Findus Crispy Pancakes

gypsy79 · 30-09-2014 3:44pm #1

Does these monstrousities still exist?

Where have people seen them lately?

BoJack Horseman · 30-09-2014 3:46pm

Yes of course they are still there.

Dissapointingly though they aren't as nice as nostalgia remembers them to be.

Agent Coulson · 30-09-2014 3:46pm

Haven't seen Mccain Micro Chips lately either.

BoJack Horseman · 30-09-2014 3:47pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Haven't seen Mccain Micro Chips lately either.

They are still OK as snacks go.

mac_09 · 30-09-2014 3:47pm

Ha! Been looking for pancakes everywhere! Not in my local Tesco :-(

whiskeyman · 30-09-2014 3:48pm

God, I'll kill for these now.
Lovely when you cut a small slice in them, and squeeze all the mince filing out, and mop that up with a slice of bread... then be left over with the odd rubbery, yet crispy, coating.

gypsy79 · 30-09-2014 3:48pm

I was looking for them in a couple of different Tesco's with no success. Even in the massive one in Clearwater.

They werent nice even back then.....food has moved on. It isnt nostalgia. They were probably nice reletive to other food stuffs years ago

But I know someone who has never tried. Actually didnt know they existed.

Lapin · 30-09-2014 3:48pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Yes of course they are still there.

Dissapointingly though they aren't as nice as nostalgia remembers them to be.

Well Mr Horseman.

Findus Beef Flavoured Crispy Pancakes were never the same since the horse meat scandal.

Simonigs1.0 · 30-09-2014 3:49pm

Lapin wrote: »

Well Mr Horseman.

They were never the same since the horse meat scandal.

I don't think there was ever actually "meat" in them tbh

fleet_admiral · 30-09-2014 3:50pm

They look and taste (probably) like a dockers omlette

My name is URL · 30-09-2014 3:50pm

Them yokes sometimes used to explode when you'd cut into them. But they were quick and easy to cook so the chance of severe facial burns must have been worth it for mammies

hoodwinked · 30-09-2014 3:52pm

i know supervalu sell them,

you do see them around alright although i think the Chicken, corn and ham is the main flavour now a days.

30-09-2014 3:54pm

Woah woah woah woah.

People need to be careful not to be flippant about this.

Where still sells FINDUS crispy pancakes?

None of your green isle nonsense now.

lee_baby_simms · 30-09-2014 3:56pm

Eating a couple of these would probably shave a day or two off your life expectancy.

Worth it mind.

Menas · 30-09-2014 3:56pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Woah woah woah woah.

People need to be careful not to be flippant about this.

Where still sells FINDUS crispy pancakes?

None of your green isle nonsense now.

Especially for you. Not sure they do mail order though...

http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/findus-crispy-pancakes-cheese-6-pack-330g/p/54693

The Backwards Man · 30-09-2014 3:56pm

Burned the mouth of me manys a time when I had to go play at other houses as a kid, they seem to have been part of a staple diet in manys a household.

BoJack Horseman · 30-09-2014 3:56pm

Lapin wrote: »

Well Mr Horseman.

Findus Beef Flavoured Crispy Pancakes were never the same since the horse meat scandal.

It wasn't any fear of cannibalism on my part.

The coating didn't taste great.

Badly Drunk Boy · 30-09-2014 3:58pm

I only ever had the chicken curry version. They were dangerous, burning the mouth off you if you weren't careful.

fleet_admiral · 30-09-2014 4:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Woah woah woah woah.

People need to be careful not to be flippant about this.

Where still sells FINDUS crispy pancakes?

None of your green isle nonsense now.

Iceland sells them

Fallschirmjager · 30-09-2014 4:09pm

Fairly sure I saw then in dunnes recently...made me chuckle, was going to buy them and force the kids to eat them to show them the horror of the 70's in Ireland....to be fair they could from the same batch, I am sure the beef flavour, you all forget that gritty like substance that was 'meat' in the beef one, are like twinkies, only them and cockroaches survive a nuclear war....

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:10pm

I think they were best appreciated within the smorgasbord of 70s domestic poverty when things like Crispy Pancakes, Pot Noodles and Instant Mash were affordable yet futuristic snacks.

fleet_admiral · 30-09-2014 4:11pm

Funny thing is, maybe 90% of us here ate them in the 80's and 90's yet we are still here

30-09-2014 4:14pm

gypsy79 wrote: »

Does these monstrousities still exist?

Where have people seen them lately?

Last Friday of every month, boarding school.

And they were an improvement on most of the meals. Our favourites were the cheesy ones with miniscule bits of what was advertised as ham but was probably bits of recycled shoes. Our dream was to have them with chips, but all we ever got was lumpy mash with them

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:15pm

Candie wrote: »

Last Friday of every month, boarding school.

And they were an improvement on most of the meals. Our favourites were the cheesy ones with miniscule bits of what was advertised as ham but was probably bits of recycled shoes. Our dream was to have them with chips, but all we ever got was lumpy mash with them

Surely you had sumptuous midnight feasts?

30-09-2014 4:16pm

anncoates wrote: »

Surely you had sumptuous midnight feasts?

I don't think she went to Hogwarts.

30-09-2014 4:16pm

anncoates wrote: »

Surely you had sumptuous midnight feasts?

Jolly pork pies and ginger beer Timmy!

vicwatson · 30-09-2014 4:17pm

30-09-2014 4:17pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't think she went to Hogwarts.

It's a very good school and I enjoyed it, but I think it's fair to say it probably had more in common with Mountjoy than Hogwarts.

I am pie · 30-09-2014 4:18pm

I saw some guy on tv making his own version. As for the original, somethings are left beautifully preserved in memory and never experienced again.

Don't ruin it for yourselves by hoovering up crispy fried speed frozen ebola bombs.

Dyr · 30-09-2014 4:19pm

the ones you get nowadays aren't a proper job at all, the secret is that crispy pancakes were'nt meant to be really crispy but rather soft.

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:19pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Funny thing is, maybe 90% of us here ate them in the 80's and 90's yet we are still here

My wife was brought up in a very healthy household (farm with a fair bit of their food from there) and admitting a childhood of oven chips, pot noodles, crispy pancakes and Smash instant mash is akin to revealing a crack habit or criminal record.

vicwatson · 30-09-2014 4:19pm

Ah yeh, two slices of batch white, two crispy pancakes and queue burn the crap out of your mouth !

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Hogwarts.

Candie wrote: »

Hogwarts.

Wrong generation.

http://www.childrensclassics.com.au/media/ccp0/prodlg/first-term-at-malory-towers-enid-blyton.jpg

30-09-2014 4:21pm

anncoates wrote: »

http://www.childrensclassics.com.au/media/ccp0/prodlg/first-term-at-malory-towers-enid-blyton.jpg

You read Malory Towers?

Dyr · 30-09-2014 4:21pm

Were crispy pancakes really a part of the 70s? I seem to remember them coming into my consciousness with a bang when they came out with a promotion for the black hole film, which was '79 so more the 80s really.

BoJack Horseman · 30-09-2014 4:23pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You read Malory Towers?

Who didn't.

Aah.... Lacrosse & midnight feasts....

KeithM89 · 30-09-2014 4:23pm

Made the mistake of picking up the wrong ones, ended up with some chicken and sweetcorn mulch that looked and tasted like warm, thick vomit.

mickstupp · 30-09-2014 4:23pm

I like them on bread and butter.

Dyr · 30-09-2014 4:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

You read Malory Towers?

dorrie the witch was where it was at

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

You read Malory Towers?

My sister had them.

It was the 80s. You took your literature about girls in short skirts where you could find it.

30-09-2014 4:24pm

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Who didn't.

Boys, mostly.

30-09-2014 4:25pm

anncoates wrote: »

Wrong generation.

http://www.childrensclassics.com.au/media/ccp0/prodlg/first-term-at-malory-towers-enid-blyton.jpg

I'm not that old!

I actually read those books when I was in primary school. They may or may not have had anything to do with my agreeing to go to boarding school.

I used the word 'Beastly' a lot for a long while afterwards.

BoJack Horseman · 30-09-2014 4:25pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Boys, mostly.

Pffft..... Boys eh!

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:26pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Boys, mostly.

So they say.

Rasheed · 30-09-2014 4:28pm

I never had them. Between that and not getting milk every day at school, what else have I missed out on?

30-09-2014 4:29pm

Rasheed wrote: »

I never had them. Between that and not getting milk every day at school, what else have I missed out on?

Did you read Malory Towers?

Rasheed · 30-09-2014 4:30pm

Candie wrote: »

Did you read Malory Towers?

No

My parents are monsters

anncoates · 30-09-2014 4:32pm

Rasheed wrote: »

I never had them. Between that and not getting milk every day at school, what else have I missed out on?

Having a surefire way to make excruciating small talk with people in their 30s and 40s at parties until you can escape to the bar.

30-09-2014 4:32pm

Rasheed wrote: »

No
My parents are monsters

Yes, they are.

If you read The Chalet School, it was more or less the same thing. More more than less.

Fallschirmjager · 30-09-2014 4:44pm

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findus

Early 70's the web has spoken...

Kermit.de.frog · 30-09-2014 4:49pm

Is Findus lasagne the one made out of horse?

Findus Crispy Pancakes

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