The packaging on black and white pudding is a joke

Badly Drunk Boy · 14-12-2015 05:55PM

Kev W wrote: »

I actually read today that it isn't! Turns out they fill the bags with nitrogen, which helps the crisps stay fresh for longer.

Air is mostly nitrogen. So crisp bags are filled with mostly, mostly air.

the_pen_turner · 14-12-2015 05:58PM

somebody need to do something about the pudding wrapper. its a total deign nightmare.

you basically force you knife through the packaging to get to the pudding.
I have never seen anyone ever wash a pudding wrapper before opening it. but I always see people dropping puddings, rolling around In the the shopping trolley or handled by people.

I often see people wash the pan, get a clean knife and cutting board then put the dirty pudding on the cutting board to open it then put the pudding on top of the now dirty board.

god only knows what bacteria are on the wrapper. and as a result on the food on the inside.

if a slice fell on the floor or even off the board they would throw it away

14-12-2015 06:00PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

you basically force you knife through the packaging to get to the pudding.
I have never seen anyone ever wash a pudding wrapper before opening it. but I always see people dropping puddings, rolling around In the the shopping trolley or handled by people.

But if you're cooking it in a frying pan then you're killing the bacteria so...meh!

the_pen_turner · 14-12-2015 06:03PM

Deleted User wrote: »

But if you're cooking it in a frying pan then you're killing the bacteria so...meh!

that's true I suppose.

Buona Fortuna · 14-12-2015 06:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What's the best kind of pudding just for on toast with butter?

Don't be giving me yer clonakilty rubbish now, clonakilty is lovely for a breakfast salad or something. But for just on toast it has to be a smoothy woothy one. I used to love Hicks of Dun Laoghaire, but it's just not the same anymore since they sold their recipe to some big boys

Kelly's

http://www.kellysbutchers.com/kellys-puddings

Coat22 · 14-12-2015 06:07PM

Streaky Rashers - the pack says 10 but what you get is 2 clumps of bacon which you then have the prize apart surgically to find the 10 separate rashers.

In the meantime by the time you've peeled rasher number 3 apart the first 2 are either cooked or maming you with hot fat so in the end you just lash the rest in and end up with 3 rashers and one lump of thick bacon (and a burned hand)

kneemos · 14-12-2015 06:17PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

somebody need to do something about the pudding wrapper. its a total deign nightmare.

you basically force you knife through the packaging to get to the pudding.
I have never seen anyone ever wash a pudding wrapper before opening it. but I always see people dropping puddings, rolling around In the the shopping trolley or handled by people.

I often see people wash the pan, get a clean knife and cutting board then put the dirty pudding on the cutting board to open it then put the pudding on top of the now dirty board.

god only knows what bacteria are on the wrapper. and as a result on the food on the inside.

if a slice fell on the floor or even off the board they would throw it away

Bacteria are good for you.

the_pen_turner · 14-12-2015 06:22PM

kneemos wrote: »

Bacteria are good for you.

I agree up to a point.
there are loads of bacteria that can kill you or make you really sick

suicide_circus · 14-12-2015 06:27PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I do that sometimes too, makes no difference to the cooking of it, you can eat even it raw you know.

It's the inevitable consumption of melted plastic that concerns me

seamus · 14-12-2015 06:27PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

you basically force you knife through the packaging to get to the pudding.
I have never seen anyone ever wash a pudding wrapper before opening it. but I always see people dropping puddings, rolling around In the the shopping trolley or handled by people.

I often see people wash the pan, get a clean knife and cutting board then put the dirty pudding on the cutting board to open it then put the pudding on top of the now dirty board.

And then you cook the pudding, which kills any bacteria it has gathered in the course of all this.

And you wash the knife before using it for anything else, and you have a separate chopping board for your meat and non-meat, right? Because otherwise you're lining yourself up for food poisoning.

The_Valeyard · 14-12-2015 06:46PM

What really grinds my gears are those f*cking children's toys which are impossible to open because of all the packaging and plastics wires holding the thing in place. It takes ages to get it out!!! You look completely incompetent around nieces and nephews.

ScumLord · 14-12-2015 06:54PM

Kev W wrote: »

I actually read today that it isn't! Turns out they fill the bags with nitrogen, which helps the crisps stay fresh for longer.

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Air is mostly nitrogen. So crisp bags are filled with mostly, mostly air.

They're shafting us on the air. No carbon dioxide? No oxygen? That's not air.

seamus wrote: »

And you wash the knife before using it for anything else, and you have a separate chopping board for your meat and non-meat, right? Because otherwise you're lining yourself up for food poisoning.

No, I'm training my immune system to be ninjas.

The Backwards Man · 14-12-2015 06:57PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

It's the inevitable consumption of melted plastic that concerns me

You peel it off before you eat it?

nullzero · 14-12-2015 06:59PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Knew a lad in college who used to slice up the pudding and fry it in the PLASTIC casing.

Mmmm.... carcinogenic.

looksee · 14-12-2015 07:00PM

Scissors packed in a bubble pack that you need a scissors to open...

mynameis905 · 14-12-2015 07:02PM

Ruu wrote: »

Find that most resealable bags of anything are rubbish. 'Now with new resealable bag!' *groan*

This, a million times this. Could they not just stay with the original packaging ffs?

BenedrylPete · 14-12-2015 07:06PM

Any of the so called 'easy close' chocolate bars from cadburys.

Yes they probably are easy to close - thats if you ever manage to get the fcking thing open.

easy close. yeah so is a fcking bank vault.

hugely headwrecking when you've got a horn on for some chocolate.

fleet_admiral · 14-12-2015 07:38PM

White pudding is absolutely disgusting. Clonakilty and Ashe's are lovely black puddings

looksee · 14-12-2015 07:53PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

White pudding is absolutely disgusting. Clonakilty and Ashe's are lovely black puddings

Well you are entitled to your opinion...

thinks

...no you're not

fred funk }{ · 15-12-2015 12:06AM

Deleted User wrote: »

What's the best kind of pudding just for on toast with butter?

Don't be giving me yer clonakilty rubbish now, clonakilty is lovely for a breakfast salad or something. But for just on toast it has to be a smoothy woothy one. I used to love Hicks of Dun Laoghaire, but it's just not the same anymore since they sold their recipe to some big boys

Supervalue in Killiney SC have started to sell it again. It's the only place selling it apart from Hicks. Had some last weekend and it was delish, like years ago.

SafeSurfer · 15-12-2015 12:14AM

Have you ever tries to get the wrapper off a Chupa Chup lollipop? It's nearly impossible if you don't have a scissors or knife. Trying to open them for the kids while driving has resulted in manys the near miss.

SafeSurfer · 15-12-2015 12:15AM

looksee wrote: »

Scissors packed in a bubble pack that you need a scissors to open...

Larry David. If they were packaged in bubble wrap he would be delighted.

Liamalone · 15-12-2015 12:21AM

Fray Bentos pies, the ones in the tins, them hurs have killed many a tin opener

c_man · 15-12-2015 12:24AM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

White pudding is absolutely disgusting.

No judgement here, but you sir should be shot. For the good of the nation.

Robsweezie · 15-12-2015 01:05AM

The juice that leaks out of the hot dog packets

Tarzana2 · 15-12-2015 01:08AM

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

When I buy my bags of air there seems to be some crusty potatoey type debris down the bottom of the packaging

Kind of annoying

Mmmm... crusty potatoey type debris.

Tarzana2 · 15-12-2015 01:12AM

I find the package fiddly and gross. But, seeing as pudding is a pointless foodstuff to me, I rarely have to deal with it.

seamus wrote: »

Protip: In this scenario, stab the end of the knife into the packaging first to get you started and then your chopping knife will slice cleanly straight through the wrapper and the pudding without having to do a furious back-and-forth motion.

I can't believe someone would have to point this out. Surely that's really obvious?

15-12-2015 01:18AM

The most annoying packaging is the so-called Peel and Reseal thing that bacon or sliced cheese is sold in. Both claims are filthy lies.

It doesn't peel, it rips. It doesn't reseal, it flaps.

Armchair Andy · 15-12-2015 01:28AM

I normally just throw a bit of clingfilm on the end of the pudding and bang it back into the frying box. No hard ends to be worrying about.

Those slice pans with the yellow sticky plastic ring which you're supposed to be able to reseal, if I caught the huur who came up with that idea!!

ArtSmart · 15-12-2015 01:46AM

warpdrive wrote: »

How have none of the brands come up with a decent way to package them so they can be as easy and mess free to open as the sasuages they accompany?

What other food packaging annoys you?

It's pudding. The secret is in the name.

Just peel the wrapping off like an orange. Sheesh.

The packaging on black and white pudding is a joke

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