Findus Crispy Pancakes

gypsy79

Does these monstrousities still exist?

Where have people seen them lately?

BoJack Horseman

Yes of course they are still there.

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

Agent Coulson

Haven't seen Mccain Micro Chips lately either.

BoJack Horseman

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Haven't seen Mccain Micro Chips lately either.

They are still OK as snacks go.

mac_09

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

whiskeyman

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

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

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

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

They look and taste (probably) like a dockers omlette

My name is URL

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

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.

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

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

Worth it mind.

Menas

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

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

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

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

fleet_admiral

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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

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

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

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

gypsy79

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

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?

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

Surely you had sumptuous midnight feasts?

I don't think she went to Hogwarts.

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

Surely you had sumptuous midnight feasts?

Jolly pork pies and ginger beer Timmy!

vicwatson

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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

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

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

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

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

anncoates

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

anncoates

anncoates wrote: »

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

You read Malory Towers?

Dyr

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

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You read Malory Towers?

Who didn't.

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

KeithM89

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

I like them on bread and butter.

Dyr

Deleted User wrote: »

You read Malory Towers?

dorrie the witch was where it was at

anncoates

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.

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

Who didn't.

Boys, mostly.

anncoates

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

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Boys, mostly.

Pffft..... Boys eh!

anncoates

Deleted User wrote: »

Boys, mostly.

So they say.

Rasheed

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

Rasheed

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

Candie wrote: »

Did you read Malory Towers?

No
My parents are monsters

anncoates

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.

Rasheed

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

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

Early 70's the web has spoken...

Kermit.de.frog

Is Findus lasagne the one made out of horse?