Bollocks to HP sauce then.
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Cheaper in every sense of the word. Except price, probably. Remember guys, cheaper production means higher profits and happy shareholders not lower consumer prices!guythp wrote:But.. production has merely been moved abroad so, sure, people are out of work, but we'll no doubt be able to get CHEAPER HP sauce soon! Woohoo!
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I wonder how much long established food products have changed over the years in reality.betamax wrote:Cheaper in every sense of the word. Except price, probably. Remeber guys, cheaper production means higher profits and happy shareholders not lower consumer prices!guythp wrote:But.. production has merely been moved abroad so, sure, people are out of work, but we'll no doubt be able to get CHEAPER HP sauce soon! Woohoo!
Unfortuntely there's no real way of telling by taste because even if you do thikn you remember things tasteing better years ago you're probably being fooled as your taste appreciation is supposed to change over the years.
It's like the ministry of truth but for food. There's no way of telling.
Weird thing was, at the ideal home show a few years ago, me and the missus went up to one of those overpriced food product stands and tried some sausage they were flogging for a fiver for 8.
These were just normal pork sausages, nothing fancy but as soon as we tried a bit we both immediately burst out with something to the effect of " Wow, these are exactly how sausages tasted years ago!".
I wish I'd made a note of the company. Even at a fiver it would have been worth getting some just for nostalgia value.
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I think you now can understand at least something about my constant
disappointment for things sold out of Italy as "Italian food/flavour"
Bollocks to that, 90% of the "Italian stuff" around the world probably not
even seen Italy by accident and unfortunatelly some if it IS really produced
by some sub-companies in Italy but with a quality standard aimed
"at the foreing market" (i.e. it would be so crap in Italy nobody would buy it as it happends in fact).
It's a real shame/pity when something "so traditional" gets spoiled/moved
for pure economic reasons
I wonder then exactly "why in Holland has to be cheaper", if the labour
cost is really so cheaper there and/or if the ingredients used and/or the
process is cheaper/not the same.
There's a change in tastes sure but it's an IMPOSED change in tastes, it's
not true that "people don't like the good stuff" but it's true that "it's really
hard to find the real good stuff".
It's really a pure shame when something so traditional and "regional"
is moved .. yes sure .. like to say that "The famous ham of Sauris will be
manufactured in Poland" .. ok .. but it won't be "the famous ham or Sauris"
any more .. it will be "a good (hopefully) ham made in Poland".
So if HP sauce is not manufactured any more in UK .. well .. it's not
really "HP sauce with the house of parliament" any more, they should
call it "Dutch sauce" then and put a windmill.
Bah .. welcome to the 2006 ..
disappointment for things sold out of Italy as "Italian food/flavour"
Bollocks to that, 90% of the "Italian stuff" around the world probably not
even seen Italy by accident and unfortunatelly some if it IS really produced
by some sub-companies in Italy but with a quality standard aimed
"at the foreing market" (i.e. it would be so crap in Italy nobody would buy it as it happends in fact).
It's a real shame/pity when something "so traditional" gets spoiled/moved
for pure economic reasons
I wonder then exactly "why in Holland has to be cheaper", if the labour
cost is really so cheaper there and/or if the ingredients used and/or the
process is cheaper/not the same.
There's a change in tastes sure but it's an IMPOSED change in tastes, it's
not true that "people don't like the good stuff" but it's true that "it's really
hard to find the real good stuff".
It's really a pure shame when something so traditional and "regional"
is moved .. yes sure .. like to say that "The famous ham of Sauris will be
manufactured in Poland" .. ok .. but it won't be "the famous ham or Sauris"
any more .. it will be "a good (hopefully) ham made in Poland".
So if HP sauce is not manufactured any more in UK .. well .. it's not
really "HP sauce with the house of parliament" any more, they should
call it "Dutch sauce" then and put a windmill.
Bah .. welcome to the 2006 ..
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*pointless*Spoongod wrote:Awesome! What a hapy day! Now HP beans will start tasting more like crappy Heinz beans to save on costs (Yes, Heinz beans are THE WORST BEANS EVER and if you think different you need help, soon). And the Brown sauce will probably go down a similar route. Oh joy. Joyeous fucking joy of joyeous joyness! Wooty-doodly-doo! So happy I could shit, really.
BUT HEY I JUST JUST GOT ONE MORE POST COUNT!!!! WOOT!!!
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You sure that's just weed you're coming down from?Saint Sandy wrote:
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@ kalmar: see also:
http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=5 ... a9708a79d6
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Even when EVERY frigging post is a bag of pointless frozen-wank-jazz just to up the post count?kalmar wrote:" Mutual Respect
The Yakyak forum is an open community. Every user is entitled to their own personal opinions, however, mutual respect is expected and though we encourage frank and open discussion, abuse or personal insults directed towards another user will not be tolerated."
K thanks.
Personal opinions + frankness?
ok ~ post counts are a bank of toss and encourage pointless noise, ok?
"And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure."
See also about half a dozen other threads.. Peculiar behaviour that 
@Sandy: yeah, I expect quite a few people feel that way about your recent posts too fella. Put a lid on it.
@Sandy: yeah, I expect quite a few people feel that way about your recent posts too fella. Put a lid on it.
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~ posts new thread ~kalmar wrote:See also about half a dozen other threads.. Peculiar behaviour that
@Sandy: yeah, I expect quite a few people feel that way about your recent posts too fella. Put a lid on it.
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Get a mincer, some intestines, and make your own. Don't be tempted to leave out the fat, it'll be in the recipe for a reason. Utterly gorgeous.AlbertKatraz wrote: These were just normal pork sausages, nothing fancy but as soon as we tried a bit we both immediately burst out with something to the effect of " Wow, these are exactly how sausages tasted years ago!".
I wish I'd made a note of the company. Even at a fiver it would have been worth getting some just for nostalgia value.


