Crisps with sandwiches et al in cafés.

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 10:44PM #1

This seemed to be the done thing during the boom years. You'd get your sandwich or wrap and there'd be some crinkle-cut crisps chucked on the side. I haven't experienced it for a while now, and am quite glad about that because, damn, they were hard to resist, and it could transform a healthy-ish meal to a downright crappy one (though some sandwiches were, and still are farcical in size). I took to asking for them not to put any on my plate. Ireland generally got fatter during the "Tiger" years and I think it's little things like this that didn't help matters.

Does this still happen anywhere? Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

John Doe1 · 01-12-2011 10:46PM

Interesting question:rolleyes:

ArtSmart · 01-12-2011 10:47PM

yeah, really annoyed me that, esp if Pringles (impossible to resist.)

another (of many) bonus of dead tigger.

Jess16 · 01-12-2011 10:47PM

LadyGardener wrote: »

Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

Bertie and yes, it's fabulous

KilOit · 01-12-2011 10:47PM

Still happens at my work canteen, but we're the public sector and we're still all millionaires ;-)

superstoner90 · 01-12-2011 10:47PM

LadyGardener wrote: »

Does this still happen anywhere?

yes i do it at home

maxfresh · 01-12-2011 10:48PM

I think the crisps made the sandwich seem like good value at 8 euro

orourkeda · 01-12-2011 10:48PM

What? Sandwiches instead of pints?

Kevin Duffy · 01-12-2011 10:48PM

I fúcking hate getting crisps on a plate like that. I didn't ask for them, I won't eat them and they could charge me less for the sandwich if they stopped wasting crisps on every plate like that.

hondasam · 01-12-2011 10:50PM

I make my own lunch.

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 10:53PM

John Doe1 wrote: »

Interesting question:rolleyes:

And it elicited an interesting response!

Eroticfishcake · 01-12-2011 10:59PM

I used to like the addition of crisps at the side of the sambo. What really p1ssed me off though is if any part of these crisps touched off the scouldy dressing on the excuse for a salad also on the side. Soggy soft crisps make me mad :mad:

pragmatic1 · 01-12-2011 10:59PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

I fúcking hate getting crisps on a plate like that. I didn't ask for them, I won't eat them and they could charge me less for the sandwich if they stopped wasting crisps on every plate like that.

First world problem right there. People giving you extra food.

aujopimur · 01-12-2011 10:59PM

This is giving me the urge to make a cut loaf real butter tayto sandwich mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 11:12PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

First world problem right there. People giving you extra food.

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

flutterflye · 01-12-2011 11:26PM

Freshly baked roll + butter + cheese and onion crisps (Tayto or King, whichever) = Lots of mmm....

wonderfulname · 01-12-2011 11:29PM

You still buy sandwiches in cafes? And you're giving out about celtic tiger spending?

RichieC · 01-12-2011 11:29PM

LadyGardener wrote: »

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

Get out with your facts!

they used to put like 7 crisps on your plate in the sandwich bars... 7 fking crisps. not worth even considering.

pragmatic1 · 01-12-2011 11:35PM

LadyGardener wrote: »

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

Yeah but no one puts a gun to your head demanding you eat the crisps. If you get fat because you eat too much its of your own doing. Sucks to be you.

abouttobebanned · 01-12-2011 11:37PM

True story...they're catering crisps...and they're delicious. Can't be bought by mere mortals like you and me.

tbh · 01-12-2011 11:37PM

Somebody used the expression 'et al' in an AH Thread title?

superstoner90 · 01-12-2011 11:39PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Sucks to be you.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::D:D:D:D

bridster007 · 01-12-2011 11:43PM

flutterflye wrote: »

Freshly baked roll + butter + cheese and onion crisps (Tayto or King, whichever) = Lots of mmm....

Add a few slices of bananna and then you are in business...

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 11:46PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Yeah but no one puts a gun to your head demanding you eat the crisps. If you get fat because you eat too much its of your own doing. Sucks to be you.

Yikes! Relax. This thread is based on a general observation, there is no need to be a dick.

I'm not fat BTW.

wonderfulname wrote: »

You still buy sandwiches in cafes? And you're giving out about celtic tiger spending?

Only occasionally. Usually make my own lunch.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-12-2011 11:47PM

They still do it in the dive I eat in every day.

Kevin Duffy · 01-12-2011 11:50PM

LadyGardener wrote: »

I'm not fat BTW.

We'll be the judges of that. You know the drill, make with the pics or....

Arnold Layne · 01-12-2011 11:57PM

The tasty crisps, with all the salt, were probably more healthier than the sandwich of processed meat you ate.

Sweaty ham from a sealed pack in a sandwich, you can't bate it

LadyGardener · 01-12-2011 11:59PM

Arnold Layne wrote: »

The tasty crisps, with all the salt, were probably more healthier than the sandwich of processed meat you ate.

Sweaty ham from a sealed pack in a sandwich, you can't bate it

That's if you eat ham sandwiches.

Meanwhile, I wouldn't say crisps are healthier as such, I say there's not much in it between white processed bread and crisps. The crisps are just superfluous, is all.

stovelid · 02-12-2011 12:12AM

Is LadyGardener a reference to pubic hair trimming?

Biggins · 02-12-2011 12:13AM

Still done in a few places I know locally.

flutterflye · 02-12-2011 12:14AM

bridster007 wrote: »

Add a few slices of bananna and then you are in business...

Ewwww.....!!! :eek:
What is wrong with you man??!!
That is just wrong.

Crisps with sandwiches et al in cafés.

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