Anyone bought their favourite food and have it suddenly taste like crap?

jeanjolie · 09-08-2017 10:18PM #1

Yesterday, I bough some salt and vinegar Pringles from Spar for €2.50. I thought I'd be enjoying a good snack but...

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Well to be fair, at least I didn't find a rat in my crisps like some English guy did, but these crisps tasted completely stale. I thought it might have had to do with the Red Bull dulling my taste but even after coming back and trying them for two hours, they tasted like ****.

Today I bought some from Supervalu and compared with the ones in Spar. It wasn't just my imagination, they really were stale. I don't think this is the first time it's happened to me (and yes, it was the same flavor)

Anyone experienced this with Pringles or their other favorite foods?

messy tessy · 09-08-2017 10:20PM

Moros. I remember them being MUCH nicer.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 09-08-2017 10:21PM

No. Never happened to me.

You just got a stale pack. You should have brought them back to the shop.

BBD or UBD were ok I assume.

Rumpy Pumpy · 09-08-2017 10:22PM

Snax were the worst. From crisp classic to little miserable cardboard wafers.

Food scientists are the enemy of humanity.

Ol' Donie · 09-08-2017 10:23PM

Pringles ain't what they used to be. They really ain't.

northgirl · 09-08-2017 10:24PM

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Snax were the worst. From crisp classic to little miserable cardboard wafers.

Food scientists are the enemy of humanity.

There's a weird chemical element to them now too.

Ol' Donie · 09-08-2017 10:25PM

messy tessy wrote: »

Moros. I remember them being MUCH nicer.

Do they still make Moros? Those Boost bars are the single edible thing Cadbury's produce these days.

Except Double Deckers, which have changed but are still tremendous.

Academic · 09-08-2017 10:25PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

Yesterday, I bough some salt and vinegar Pringles from Spar for €2.50. I thought I'd be enjoying a good snack but... .

Well to be fair, at least I didn't find a rat in my crisps like some English guy did, but these crisps tasted completely stale. I thought it might have had to do with the Red Bull dulling my taste but even after coming back and trying them for two hours, they tasted like ****.

Today I bought some from Supervalu and compared with the ones in Spar. It wasn't just my imagination, they really were stale. I don't think this is the first time it's happened to me (and yes, it was the same flavor)

Anyone experienced this with Pringles or their other favorite foods?

So you're asking if anyone has ever purchased something that turned out to be stale? Yes, many people have, but with proper counseling they've gone on to live outwardly normal lives, though secretly they will bear the scars for the rest of their lives.

Stay strong, my friend. We are here for you.

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Estrellita · 09-08-2017 10:26PM

Nothing tastes like it used to imo. Everything has been cheapened down, watered down, made smaller you name it. Glass bottles of milk years ago with the lovely creamy top, are now litres of watery píss. 50% extra anything they are just giving you back what they took out and are charging you more for.

I used to be gumming for a lovely cup of Barry's tea, well it's nothing but piddle now. Not bad enough to turn me into a Lyons woman or anything, let's not get crazy here. But I'm not one but impressed. A'tall a'tall.

jooksavage · 09-08-2017 10:28PM

As I child I was noshing into a bag of Snax and almost broke my teeth on a piece of plastic, completely coated in dust and masquerading as a crisp. Ever since I can't go near then.

MilesMorales1 · 09-08-2017 10:29PM

What are those crispy pancakes called, they were savoury, forget the name. I loved them as a kid, had one recently and they were just awful, made me retch.

Colser · 09-08-2017 10:30PM

What happened to the crunchy bits on the outside of a Brunch.wouldn't bother buying them now and they used to be my favourite.

Rumpy Pumpy · 09-08-2017 10:37PM

Colser wrote: »

What happened to the crunchy bits on the outside of a Brunch.wouldn't bother buying them now and they used to be my favourite.

Yip, another classic ruined. No real milk at all in HB ice cream these days.

Monster Munch is another one. Used to be a spicy bag of pure happiness, especially licking the dust from the inside of the bag. Now these pale puffy things that taste of nothing.

biko · 09-08-2017 10:40PM

I used to have breakfast in McDonalds years ago and happened upon a McD the other morning.
Went in and ordered what I remember ordering back then..

It was disgusting

Ol' Donie · 09-08-2017 10:47PM

biko wrote: »

I used to have breakfast in McDonalds years ago and happened upon a McD the other morning.
Went in and ordered what I remember ordering back then..

It was disgusting

That's it!

I was racking my brain thinking I had a big one of these experiences lately.

That was it. It's just...different. Just simply not as nice.

And it pisses me off, because I used to love them.

Academic · 09-08-2017 11:47PM

I’m old enough that I first tried Pringles when they first came out. All that was available was the single potato-like flavour at that point.

I didn’t understand the attraction, to be honest. I very much preferred the taste of ordinary crisps. Those of you who did prefer Pringles, can you say why? Was it the reduced level of unhealthy things like fat and salt?

everlast75 · 09-08-2017 11:49PM

Jersey cream biscuits

LushiousLips · 09-08-2017 11:54PM

MilesMorales1 wrote:

What are those crispy pancakes called, they were savoury, forget the name. I loved them as a kid, had one recently and they were just awful, made me retch.

I think they're actually called crispy pancakes lol

Noveight · 09-08-2017 11:55PM

Monster Munch used to be unreal. Boring now, not nearly as spicy.

Tauriel · 09-08-2017 11:57PM

Whenever I see "New And Improved Recipe" I tend to roll my eyes because although it may be a new recipe, it sure as hell ain't improved.

I loathe seeing those words on the packaging of anything that I use to like.

lazybones32 · 09-08-2017 11:58PM

Pringles can be hit and miss. Original (ready salted) are the only ones i've never noticed any change in flavour...mostly cos i rarely eat them. All others can be a lottery.

Beanntraigheach · 09-08-2017 11:59PM

"Big Al's" products have changed for the worse in recent years.
They used to be really nice, especially the Chicken Tenders.
Now it's like chewing on a mouthful of rubbery buttock.

twirlagig · 10-08-2017 12:02AM

Noveight wrote: »

Monster Munch used to be unreal. Boring now, not nearly as spicy.

Used to love them years ago when there would be really orangey spicy ones in them!

10-08-2017 12:08AM

Lucozade

cumulonimbus · 10-08-2017 12:29AM

Supernoodles. I loved these in my student days.
Ever since they "improved" them, they are not so super.

Outlaw Pete · 10-08-2017 12:35AM

Hellman's used to be the bollox. Now it's rank.

Alanhooly · 10-08-2017 12:36AM

Lucozade tastes completely different now, much less sugar in it apparently.

I remember when I was younger being devastated that 'hot lips' no longer tasted the same

Junkyard Tom · 10-08-2017 12:50AM

I think we might be confusing maturing tastes with cibusnostalgique.

The Backwards Man · 10-08-2017 12:54AM

Yellow Man is crap these days.

Anyone else like the old yellow man?

DeiseDoll · 10-08-2017 12:56AM

A bit off topic but crisp related - my favourite crisp as a child was Sam Spudz Smokey Bacon. I haven't seen them for years but I'd love to try them again for pure nostalgia purposes.

KingJamsie · 10-08-2017 01:00AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Lucozade

The new recipe, after taste of ass

Anyone bought their favourite food and have it suddenly taste like crap?

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