On 15/12/2021 10:54, Dave Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 4:26:49 PM UTC, wessie wrote:
>> YTC#1 <b...@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in news:spagc3$crg$1...@dont-email.me:
>>> On 14/12/2021 14:52, Champ wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:38:09 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>>> <salad....@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:31:16 +0000, Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:31:35 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>>>>> <salad....@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, exactly. The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment
>>>>
>>>>>>> Peek.
>>>>
>>>>>> Ah, yes, of course
>>>>
>>>>> I used to pass their Bermondsey factory every morning on the 07:29 to
>>>>> Cannon St.
>>>>
>>>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>>>>
>>>
>>> Expressing that desire would probably fail the interview :-)
>>>
>>>
>> there's at least one confectionery factory that says, "eat as much as you
>> like" which lasts a couple of days before someone can't stand the product
>>
>> although, being a fitter in a cheese factory never put my brother off
>> cheese, despite having to get inside the machines when they broke
>
> I had a friend that used to wander around the country fixing production line chillers in the food industry.
>
> This was back in the mid 90s.
>
> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>
> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.
>
> I'm claiming ignorance is bliss in my defence.
>

I once spent a week cleaning chewing gum of seats in Anfield, never went
there again.

--
Bruce Porter
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http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
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Dave Brown <browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote in
news:65fc418c-7458-4d7f-bcaf-dff4dda3f733n@googlegroups.com:

> On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 4:26:49 PM UTC, wessie wrote:
>> YTC#1 <b...@ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in
>> news:spagc3$crg$1...@dont-email.me:
>> > On 14/12/2021 14:52, Champ wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:38:09 +0000, Salad Dodger
>> >> <salad....@idnet.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:31:16 +0000, Champ <ne...@champ.org.uk>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:31:35 +0000, Salad Dodger
>> >>>> <salad....@idnet.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>>> Yes, exactly. The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment
>> >>
>> >>>>> Peek.
>> >>
>> >>>> Ah, yes, of course
>> >>
>> >>> I used to pass their Bermondsey factory every morning on the
>> >>> 07:29 to Cannon St.
>> >>
>> >> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>> >>
>> >
>> > Expressing that desire would probably fail the interview :-)
>> >
>> >
>> there's at least one confectionery factory that says, "eat as much as
>> you like" which lasts a couple of days before someone can't stand the
>> product
>>
>> although, being a fitter in a cheese factory never put my brother off
>> cheese, despite having to get inside the machines when they broke
>
> I had a friend that used to wander around the country fixing
> production line chillers in the food industry.
>
> This was back in the mid 90s.
>
> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded
> like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>
> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few
> days there.
>
> I'm claiming ignorance is bliss in my defence.

the Ribena factory is just down the road in the Forest of Dean. Vegans
really should not drink the stuff...

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:54:18 -0800 (PST), Dave Brown
<browniebrownz@googlemail.com> wrote:

>I had a friend that used to wander around the country fixing production line chillers in the food industry.
>He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.

heh. There's a famous quote[1] from Bismark:

“Laws are like sausages. It is best not to see them being made"

In the modern world, it probably applies to most foodstuffs. When I
was 17 I had a mate who briefly worked in a pie factory. He said he
wouldn't eat shop-bought pies after that.

[1] of course, like most famous quotes, it turns out Bismark probably
didn't say it, and almost certainly didn't coin it:
https://www.professorbuzzkill.com/bismarck-laws-and-sausages/
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:01:47 -0800, Turby <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote:

>On 12/14/2021 6:52 AM, Champ wrote:

>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>You WANT to get fat?

No, not actively - but I do just really love biscuits
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

wessie wrote:
> there's at least one confectionery factory that says, "eat as much as you
> like" which lasts a couple of days before someone can't stand the product

I once bought a wholesale box of Mini Eggs in the hope it'd cure me. 4kg lasted me less than a week, and when I finished the box I wanted nothing more than another bag of Mini Eggs. Love those little fuckers.

Also, used to work with a few blokes who'd previously worked at BAT. They said they'd been able to smoke as many as they liked for nothing while on the premises, but nothing was allowed out of the gate.

On 15/12/2021 16:50, Champ wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:01:47 -0800, Turby <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/14/2021 6:52 AM, Champ wrote:
>
>>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>
>> You WANT to get fat?
>
> No, not actively - but I do just really love biscuits
>

Fig Rolls for me.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 15/12/2021 16:50, Champ wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:01:47 -0800, Turby <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/14/2021 6:52 AM, Champ wrote:
>
>>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>
>> You WANT to get fat?
>
> No, not actively - but I do just really love biscuits

+1

I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite though. Possibly stem ginger[1].

[1] I was really disappointed when they no longer gave them away in the
BA[2] lounges.

[2] Flying - did we really used to do that?

--
/Simon

On 14/12/2021 14:52, Champ wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:38:09 +0000, Salad Dodger
> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:31:16 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:31:35 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Yes, exactly. The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment
>
>>>> Peek.
>
>>> Ah, yes, of course
>
>> I used to pass their Bermondsey factory every morning on the 07:29 to
>> Cannon St.
>
> I dream of working in a biscuit factory

It'll be harder than think - and certainly not a piece of cake.

--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

siwilson <siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote in news:j1v4erFs9gsU1
@mid.individual.net:

> On 15/12/2021 16:50, Champ wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:01:47 -0800, Turby <xsurf@xmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/14/2021 6:52 AM, Champ wrote:
>>
>>>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>>
>>> You WANT to get fat?
>>
>> No, not actively - but I do just really love biscuits
>
> +1
>
> I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite though. Possibly stem ginger[1].
>

stem ginger coated in dark chocolate are lovely

of non-posh biscuits at 50p a pack in Aldi, you can't beat a dark chocolate
digestive

On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>
> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.

My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger van at
Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a couple came
up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No thanks I
used to work in a factory making them"

--
Ian

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of
the last priest"

On 15/12/2021 22:16, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> On 14/12/2021 14:52, Champ wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:38:09 +0000, Salad Dodger
>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:31:16 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:31:35 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Yes, exactly.  The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment
>>
>>>>> Peek.
>>
>>>> Ah, yes, of course
>>
>>> I used to pass their Bermondsey factory every morning on the 07:29 to
>>> Cannon St.
>>
>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>
> It'll be harder than think - and certainly not a piece of cake.
>

Crumbs, that is hard to follow.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 4:18:08 AM UTC, Boots wrote:
> On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
> > He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
> >
> > He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.
> My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger van at
> Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a couple came
> up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No thanks I
> used to work in a factory making them"
>

Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
I make my own these days - https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award winning mince used by many a starred chef.

browni...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
> I make my own these days - https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award winning mince used by many a starred chef.

White label burgers from Turner & George. Accept no substitutes.

On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 11:12:02 AM UTC, ogden wrote:
> browni...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
> > I make my own these days - https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award winning mince used by many a starred chef.
> White label burgers from Turner & George. Accept no substitutes.

Yeah, have tried. Nice for a pre-manufactured burger.
I do prefer the Blue Label as they're closer to what I like in a loose dirty Oklahoma style smash burger.
If you ever find yourself in Brizzle search out Danny's Burgers, a good mate and National Burger Award Winner (Burger Chef of the year 2021) using Oli's meet, oh, and his pop up is at a brewery, which is handy ;-)

On 16/12/2021 11:08, Dave Brown wrote:
> On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 4:18:08 AM UTC, Boots wrote:
>> On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
>>> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>>>
>>> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.
>> My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger van at
>> Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a couple came
>> up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No thanks I
>> used to work in a factory making them"
>>
>
> Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
> I make my own these days - https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award winning mince used by many a starred chef.
>

Our local butcher makes some pretty good ones. I tend to steer away from
supermarket ones as well.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 12/15/2021 8:15 PM, Boots wrote:
> On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
>> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>>
>> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few days there.
>
> My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger van at
> Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a couple came
> up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No thanks I
> used to work in a factory making them"
>
Yeah. I worked on a chicken ranch. No more poultry for me.

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS, ST1100 (in memoriam)

On 16/12/2021 14:10, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 16/12/2021 11:08, Dave Brown wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 4:18:08 AM UTC, Boots wrote:
>>> On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
>>>> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which
>>>> sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
>>>>
>>>> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few
>>>> days there.
>>> My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger
>>> van at
>>> Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a
>>> couple came
>>> up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No
>>> thanks I
>>> used to work in a factory making them"
>>>
>>
>> Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
>> I make my own these days -
>> https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged
>> beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award
>> winning mince used by many a starred chef.
>>
>
> Our local butcher makes some pretty good ones. I tend to steer away from
> supermarket ones as well.

The Vegetarian Butcher makes some nice ones.

Richmond veggie sossidges are nicer than Heck veggie sossidges.

On 16/12/2021 10:06, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 15/12/2021 22:16, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
>> On 14/12/2021 14:52, Champ wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:38:09 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:31:16 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:31:35 +0000, Salad Dodger
>>>>> <salad.dodger@idnet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, exactly.  The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment
>>>
>>>>>> Peek.
>>>
>>>>> Ah, yes, of course
>>>
>>>> I used to pass their Bermondsey factory every morning on the 07:29 to
>>>> Cannon St.
>>>
>>> I dream of working in a biscuit factory
>>
>> It'll be harder than think - and certainly not a piece of cake.
>
> Crumbs, that is hard to follow.

It was exceedingly good.

On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 8:53:19 PM UTC, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 16/12/2021 14:10, YTC#1 wrote:
> > On 16/12/2021 11:08, Dave Brown wrote:
> >> On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 4:18:08 AM UTC, Boots wrote:
> >>> On 15/12/2021 18:54 Dave Brown penned these words:
> >>>> He visited Ginster's to upgrade some of their equipment which
> >>>> sounded like a grand day out to me, not being shy of a pie or a pasty.
> >>>>
> >>>> He never ever ate a Ginsters pasty ever again after spending a few
> >>>> days there.
> >>> My first full time job after leaving school was working in a burger
> >>> van at
> >>> Newlands Corner before my apprenticeship started. Recall one day a
> >>> couple came
> >>> up to order food and drinks, she asked him if he wanted a burger.."No
> >>> thanks I
> >>> used to work in a factory making them"
> >>>
> >>
> >> Heh, I've never trusted supermarket burgers.
> >> I make my own these days -
> >> https://meatmattersltd.co.uk/?product=aged-beef-mince ex dairy aged
> >> beef mince from Oli, needs nothing bar a pinch of salt, truly award
> >> winning mince used by many a starred chef.
> >>
> >
> > Our local butcher makes some pretty good ones. I tend to steer away from
> > supermarket ones as well.
>
> The Vegetarian Butcher makes some nice ones.
>
> Richmond veggie sossidges are nicer than Heck veggie sossidges.

Keep telling yourself that. That's how it works....

I recently did a cook up for a sales meeting at work, just smash burgers, hot dogs, and some salad type malarkey.

I got some vegan hot dogs from the sausage man. (Great dogs btw https://sausageman.co.uk/product-category/sausages his Iberico Pork Bratties are the bomb).

It was the equivalent of tasting warmed through playdough. Utterly rank. I have to admit if you can adapt to a vegan lifestyle, then I have a *lot* of respect for you !!

Champ wrote:

> >> Italy was only unified by Garibaldi [1] in the 19th century as
> well, >>
> >> [1] insert biscuit joke here
>
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMuSA63eoA
>
> Yes, exactly. The Peak Freans Trotsky Assortment

That episode of the Young Ones was described by Alexei sayle as the
moment alternative comedy died.

Filmed on the Portishead branch.

--
Simon

WUN wrote:

> Greene King Brewery - sadly - was not.

I would suggest that was a good thing.

--
Simon

On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 5:05:19 PM UTC, sweller wrote:
> WUN wrote:
>
> > Greene King Brewery - sadly - was not.
>
> I would suggest that was a good thing.

Nothing wrong with a well kept pint of Abbot.

--
WUN

WUN <nigel.eaton@gmail.com> wrote in news:5891ca95-4f56-42d1-8b03-
3a37378355d5n@googlegroups.com:

> On Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 5:05:19 PM UTC, sweller wrote:
>> WUN wrote:
>>
>> > Greene King Brewery - sadly - was not.
>>
>> I would suggest that was a good thing.
>
> Nothing wrong with a well kept pint of Abbot.
>

AOL

but the business practices of the plc leave a lot to be desired, from
brewery takeovers and the loss of many beers to some horrendous pub chaims
like Hungry Horse.

Ace wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:34:10 +0000, Pete Fisher
> <peter@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 14/12/2021 16:26, wessie wrote:
> >> there's at least one confectionery factory that says, "eat as much
> as you >> like" which lasts a couple of days before someone can't
> stand the product >>
> >
> > Very much the experience of an old work colleague that started out
> > as a lab technician at Mars confectionery.
>
> Absolutely not my experience when working at Mars confectionery. They
> had trays of the stuff at vatious strategic points around the (all
> open-plan, even the MD's) offices, with samples straight off the
> production line before shipping, as an added final QA.
>
> Siome self-control is required for health reasons, but getting sick of
> chocolate wasn't a common issue AFAIWA.

I used to deliver chocolate in tankers and the stuff that went to Mars
(for the covering) was of very high quality ie. high cocoa butter
content and very expensive.

--
Geoff