Supermarkets full of sh1t food

jj880 · 30-03-2020 01:06AM

Better Than Christ wrote: »

Some shit food is lovely though. It might ultimately kill you, but it's lovely. I'm talking about those frozen ham 'n cheese jambons, Birdseye fish fingers (on white bread with proper butter), SuperQuinn sausages, Heinz alphabetti spaghetti.

I'm finding in this weird and unsettling period, it's nice to eat comfort food that reminds me of simpler and happier times.

Anyone know if you can still get Angel Delight anywhere? Haven't seen it in a while.

Definitely. Picked up a few packs of cheese slices the other day when panic buyers had cleaned out Aldi - "Cheesy Singles" on the packet. Hadnt had them since I was a child.

Also got few bags frozen hash browns, bbq sauce and floury baps. Sometimes its hard to beat the simple stuff.

RandomViewer · 30-03-2020 01:07AM

Compared to even a few decades ago I think our supermarkets are very good but you'll always get a fussy cxxt

Rubberchikken · 30-03-2020 01:11AM

Our foods fine.
And we only give the best dog food to our dog. Tbh I think she eats better than I do and I don't mind:)

jj880 · 30-03-2020 01:16AM

lucalux wrote: »

Advice is to boil them for one minute. I got norovirus from frozen raspberries late last year, only looked it up after that, and realised the advice on boiling them still stood.

Maybe ive just been lucky then. Theyre so handy to get the smoothie ice cold. Think i will start boiling them then add ice instead.

angeldelight · 30-03-2020 01:16AM

jj880 wrote: »

I have been putting straight from the freezer into my smoothies for years with no problems. I use both organic from my garden into the freezer and the bags of frozen fruit from Aldi.

If you are worried you could rinse under hot water in a sieve for about 10 seconds. I would say cooking them first is not required.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ah grand because you've been fine and in your expert opinion rinsing in hot water is sufficient we should all ignore the FSAI notice that is in place to boil all frozen berries for one minute prior to consumption. You should let the FSAI know

RobertKK · 30-03-2020 01:17AM

Fruit, veg, meat of various sorts, fish, dairy products, eggs, oats, flour, tea, some herbs and spices, pasta, rice, sugar, tomatoes - in any form or a sauce. Tinned food if isolated, handy in an emergency with no nearby shops.
But most food is processed too much, try and stick to the raw ingredients as much as possible.

One comfort food...homemade apple tart.
Just need flour, butter, an egg, water, cooking apples, sugar.
It is nicer than any in the shops, homemade is the best.
No need for highly processed comfort foods with ingredients one would never have in their own home.

Pinch Flat · 30-03-2020 01:19AM

I can only get plain olives. My usual kalamata nowhere to be seen. I'm outraged.

Fann Linn · 30-03-2020 01:22AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

I can only get plain olives. My usual kalamata nowhere to be seen. I'm outraged.

Kalamata with feta available in Dunnes.
But they're the evil one's according to some posters!

nthclare · 30-03-2020 01:24AM

Yesterday I went to the Cheese Press in Ennistymon and they were selling a lot of goodies and some really good bread and cheese on special offer.

Its a really good town to shop in, the local butcher is good too, they've all that Halal sauce it's delicious.

Its a quite town at the moment and Supervalue and Aldi had staff members pointing out the hand gel for people to use coming and going.
And the friendly door man in Supervalue is a right good banter.

The local pharmacies in villages in Clare are selling hand sanitizer at an affordable cost.

Living rurally won't stop anyone from getting the virus but we are probably at an advantage to urban dwellers.

Seen posts from Dublin and Cork the last few days and the queues are horrific..

jj880 · 30-03-2020 01:33AM

angeldelight wrote: »

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ah grand because you've been fine and in your expert opinion rinsing in hot water is sufficient we should all ignore the FSAI notice that is in place to boil all frozen berries for one minute prior to consumption. You should let the FSAI know

I was asked should frozen fruit be cooked first. I would consider cooking fruit to be a lot more than boiling for 1 minute. I was obviously unaware of the FSAI notice and have already said I will boil my fruit from now on.

So roll your eyes up your hole and while yer at it quote where I said "we should all ignore the FSAI".

There's always 1 arsehole in every thread these days.

An Ri rua · 30-03-2020 01:43AM

pwurple wrote: »

What else are you missing?

Oh I dunno. Something exotic! Something tasty!! I know!

Bats!

RandomViewer · 30-03-2020 01:45AM

An Ri rua wrote: »

Oh I dunno. Something exotic! Something tasty!! I know!

Bats!

There was a documentary on Pangolins on earlier, why anyone would want to eat that worries me

YFlyer · 30-03-2020 01:48AM

RandomViewer wrote: »

There was a documentary on Pangolins on earlier, why anyone would want to eat that worries me

Honey Bun was great.

An Ri rua · 30-03-2020 01:52AM

Jayzee. wrote: »

Only thing edible these days is fresh vegetables and meat

Rest of it you couldn't give it to the dog

It's fair to say, given the current pandemic, our man Jayzee has 99 problems but a b1tch ain't one. Cos he's clearly got b1tchin down pat..

Shefwedfan · 30-03-2020 07:25AM

nthclare wrote: »

Yesterday I went to the Cheese Press in Ennistymon and they were selling a lot of goodies and some really good bread and cheese on special offer.

Its a really good town to shop in, the local butcher is good too, they've all that Halal sauce it's delicious.

Its a quite town at the moment and Supervalue and Aldi had staff members pointing out the hand gel for people to use coming and going.
And the friendly door man in Supervalue is a right good banter.

The local pharmacies in villages in Clare are selling hand sanitizer at an affordable cost.

Living rurally won't stop anyone from getting the virus but we are probably at an advantage to urban dwellers.

Seen posts from Dublin and Cork the last few days and the queues are horrific..

Come on now, my family live rural and it was the exact same in local shops as it was in Dublin

Day of announcement, first one, no trolleys outside the Aldi and people panick buying

Brother went into local town yesterday and same s**t still going on

EmmetSpiceland · 30-03-2020 09:25AM

Leg End Reject wrote: »

There was a warning a few years ago as many were contaminated. They're so handy so that's good to know, thank you.

Yeah, there was a fear around “E. coli”. As far as I know it’s still there but, as jj880 said, I’m still using them for smoothies.

Maybe the “blending” does something that just eating them directly from the packet doesn’t? Either way, I’ll still sneak the odd berry straight from the packet.

nthclare · 30-03-2020 09:45AM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Come on now, my family live rural and it was the exact same in local shops as it was in Dublin

Day of announcement, first one, no trolleys outside the Aldi and people panick buying

Brother went into local town yesterday and same s**t still going on

Not in Ennistymon. Its my local town.

Are you doubting my sincerity?

Feisar · 30-03-2020 10:16AM

I would rate our food as OK.

The problem is the race to the bottom in terms of price. A chicken costing circa €25 is going to be a different product to one costing €3.99.

fryup · 30-03-2020 12:00PM

Andrewf20 wrote: »

I dont see it tbh. The food in ireland is generally very good vs alot of places I went to in the world.

ala china - bat burgers, pangolin stew

Church on Tuesday · 30-03-2020 12:46PM

There is no such thing as "****" food.

Be grateful for what's there.

Greyfox · 30-03-2020 01:03PM

Jayzee. wrote: »

Only thing edible these days is fresh vegetables and meat

You need to look harder, the supermarkets are full of nice food.

30-03-2020 01:17PM

angeldelight wrote: »

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ah grand because you've been fine and in your expert opinion rinsing in hot water is sufficient we should all ignore the FSAI notice that is in place to boil all frozen berries for one minute prior to consumption. You should let the FSAI know

Never heard of this, was just eating frozen berries on Saturday delicious when still frozen and great for smoothies. Also know a good few pubs who put frozen berries into gin and tonics etc.

Boiling them would ruin them imo.

Ultrflat · 30-03-2020 01:29PM

Jayzee. wrote: »

Only thing edible these days is fresh vegetables and meat

Rest of it you couldn't give it to the dog

I can't decide whether you don't know how to cook or you rely on pre-made crap to sustain you.

freshpopcorn · 30-03-2020 01:31PM

Davis Tasteless Stirrup wrote: »

Never heard of this, was just eating frozen berries on Saturday delicious when still frozen and great for smoothies. Also know a good few pubs who put frozen berries into gin and tonics etc.

Boiling them would ruin them imo.

That FSAI notice went around a few years ago.
I think some people caught some type of virus or type of hebititis off them.
Some packets even say to boil them.

lucalux · 31-03-2020 01:55AM

Just to add to the conversation of berries, it's imported berries the warning is for, Irish ones seem to pose no risk according to FSAI.
If the label doesn't state the origin assume they're imported.

The risk was of Norovirus and Hepatitis A.

https://www.fsai.ie/faq/frozen_berries.html

As to bars putting frozen berries in their drinks, as Nox said, well I hope they're using Irish berries for their own sake, as well as their customers.

Lots of people can get lucky but I know I rarely get a sick stomach/food poisoning but after sneaking a few frozen raspberries while baking something, I got violently ill. Projectile kinda ill. Threw out the whole lot after

Hoboo · 31-03-2020 02:03AM

Feisar wrote: »

I would rate our food as OK.

The problem is the race to the bottom in terms of price. A chicken costing circa €25 is going to be a different product to one costing €3.99.

A wild organic chicken is €19. What chicken is €25?

corks finest · 31-03-2020 08:01AM

YFlyer wrote: »

English mustard is good.

Espeically on Lidls low fat family ham pack

corks finest · 31-03-2020 08:03AM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

There is no such thing as "****" food.

Be grateful for what's there.

Wise words,any bland seemingly dull food can be transformed into something nice

Ipso · 31-03-2020 08:09AM

RandomViewer wrote: »

There was a documentary on Pangolins on earlier, why anyone would want to eat that worries me

Their scales are made from the same thing as your finger nails. I’d sell mine to someone with more money than sense.

31-03-2020 08:20AM

Feisar wrote: »

A chicken costing circa €25 is going to be a different product to one costing €3.99.

yea,
It's going to be a Turkey.

Supermarkets full of sh1t food

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