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Christmas food? It was only last week I was moaning about Christmas items in the shops already and yet yesterday evening there I was stood in the middle of Aldi struggling to resist picking up a Christmas pudding and mini stollen bites! I only did resist out off a feeling of hypocrisy and letting myself down for succumbing to capitalist consumeristic pressures. What to do?
Ultra processed crap.
I've stoically marched past the mince pies thus far. On my way to the crisps.
Definitely getting there though
Ultra processed crapalicious, I think you'll find
What to do?
Put up a Christmas tree and fill yer boots with the sweet Christmas food.
If you start eating it now, you’ll be bored of it by Christmas.
Is this verified?
It’s never too early for mini stollen bites. I had most of a pack within 24 hours of buying them a week ago
Is this verified?
This does seem like the sort of claim which needs testing.
I'm still eating hot cross buns now the world has seen sense to stock them year round. I'll happily cross the streams and have a mince pie chaser!
I've already finished my first pack of mince pies
I’m a complete sucker for mince pies. Left my job last week and they know of my weakness hence bought me eight boxes. Already got through two.
I’m a complete sucker for mince pies. Left my job last week and they know of my weakness hence bought me eight boxes. Already got through two.
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I thought this was going to be a thread about Alex Salmond.
mincemeat pies .. gag.
Is it too early for…
I am about to order my team's panettonne and pandoro in good time for Xmas.
I WFH with my better half
The only question is lid or no lid.
Heat pie
Remove lid
Spoon on thick brandy cream
Replace lid
Nom
Repeat.
The marzipan has been purchased for the first stollen, it usually takes me one or 2 tries to get it right. My OH is very happy with my stollen ineptitude.
Not sure whether I'll make mince pies this year but I'll probably be persuaded to.
I accidentally, unwittingly had my first mince pie yesterday. As the seal was now broken, I had a second
I see the forum is grouping relevant threads together for convenience. There'll be a diabetestrackworld one along soon 😉
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Is it too early for…
Christmas food?
This. Is. A. Disgrace!
We haven't even had Halloween or bonfire night yet.
I hadn't even thought of Christmas until I saw that M&S are doing double wrapped pigs in blankets.
I’m just going to leave this here….
I’m looking forward to the full Christmas blow out. But it will be on the big day only. Mainly looking forward to opening a tub of mini twiglets and a bag of dry roasted peanuts, some quality street and a mince pie or two. However not looking forward to the pebble dash on Boxing Day.
The Mince Pies in our local Co-Op are now in the 'queuing' aisle.
I was going to get a pack of the extra-special ones when I was in at lunch, except the use-by date was 20th October 2024 and only I eat them - 6 in 4 days is a bit much even for me.
except the use-by date was 20th October 2024 and only I eat them – 6 in 4 days is a bit much even for me.
So if you ate one a day you'd have the last one two days after the use-by date? That would worry me not one bit, it's a mince pie, not a sushi roll.
You seem to be confusing. days with hours there. Six in four hours is normal isn't it?
Six in four hours is normal
For a lightweight
This. Is. A. Disgrace!
Oh have I made a grammatical error?
I knew the theme of this thread before I even clicked on it. The correct answer is nom, nom, nom. We've had apple Stollen bites in the house for a fortnight.
Ultra processed crap.
Haven't you just described half the contents of the food isles in the supermarket. All breads, biscuits, ready meals, crackers, cakes etc.
My tesco has pigs in blankets and mince pies that are best before mid december. This is the problem I was put on this earth to help with
didnthurt, absolutely. This is why Ozempic etc has been invented. A man made drug to deal with the aftermath of the ultra processed shit storm that is the norm in our super markets.
I’ll still eat some of it on Christmas Day though. But only on the big day. Before or after is just gluttony.
Slackers.
I had my first mince pies of the season almost a month ago. Booths seems to stock them from mid-Sept.
I always like the idea of Mince Pies, but after one, I'm usually done.
Before or after is just gluttony
I'm not proud but sometimes I'm a glutton at times other than Christmas.
We’ve had apple Stollen bites in the house for a fortnight
The only appropriate response to that is how have they lasted a fortnight?
Some people aren't really getting the point of this thread at all.
We may have had more than one purchase.
Mainly looking forward to opening a tub of mini twiglets and a bag of dry roasted peanuts, some quality street and a mince pie or two.
Break out the Twiglets, Marjorie, midnight mass is over and it's time to PARTAYYYY!
didnthurt, absolutely. This is why Ozempic etc has been invented. A man made drug to deal with the aftermath of the ultra processed shit storm that is the norm in our super markets.
I’ll still eat some of it on Christmas Day though. But only on the big day. Before or after is just gluttony.
What a miserable post in an otherwise light hearted thread. Do you feel bad whilst eating your once per year quota of processed filth? Right, I'm off to eat a full tube of Pringles to make up for your lack of gluttony.
What a miserable post in an otherwise light hearted thread.
It's fine; and I didn't read it as miserable. There's no rules saying how people may respond here.
Bought a packet of these today, they're actually rather good.
They did mince pie and Christmas pudding versions a few years back. I'm no fan of either Mimce apirs of Christmas pudding due to the texture of them, but I was all over those things
Definitely not too early...
