😮 ghastly 🎄 supermarket party food.

MissAdventure

I wouldnt know, because I can't stand sausage rolls, actually.
Thats the daftest part.

😂😂😂

Gregg's were in the newspaper for something or other at the time, comparing their sausage roll to jesus or something.

That's what sparked the discussion.
It was thoroughly unpleasant, though, as was being followed about the forum for months afterwards with snide comments.

It's just a pity, a thread like this sparks more interest than one asking if anyone has been shown kindness, or chatting to people who are obviously lonely and in need of a bit of kindness themselves.

NotSpaghetti

Astitchintime

There isn't much by way of commercially produced party food that actually appeals to me. Reading the ingredients can be very alarming - 5 or more ingredients is a sound indication that the food is ultra-processed and something to avoid as far as I am concerned.

There will be 5 or more ingredients in nearly everything I cook!
Even a flan has 5 or more,
Stuffed mushroom,
Vol-au-vent,
Samosa,
Baklava...
Even a simple risotto or Victoria Sponge has 5 or more!

5 or more ingredients is a sound indication that the food is ultra-processed and something to avoid as far as I am concerned.

This always makes me laugh because if every component of even just those five ingredients were to be listed, as they are on any processed food, they would be extensive.

Eggs
Meat, plain vegetables, jus made with water (wine is processed)
Fruit

Could become a rather boring diet.

Flour, sugar, butter have all been processed.
Eggs.

Then mix, bake - ultra-processed?

Haha but you bought one from Greggs! It was probably for someone else though.
To be honest MissA, I’m not a fan of sausage rolls either. I neither make nor buy them. Nor eat them. But I had to make them in Domestic Science once at school, including the dratted pastry from scratch.

I’d rather have some of the things mentioned in here than the Biotiful Kefir Overnight oats I’ve just been given.
I need a Baileys to take the taste away, but it’s too early!

I think I've seen Delia using ready roll pastry before, and singing its praises.

I wouldnt know, because I can't stand sausage rolls, actually.
Thats the daftest part.

Nobody in their right mind makes puff/flaky pastry these days. The bought version is so good, just why would you?

MissAdventure

The first couple of months I was first on gransnet I was taken to task about a Gregg's sausage roll, of all things!

Every time I see those words, I want one!!
However, I haven't eaten one for years.

The only thing to beat a Gregg's sausage roll are my friend's sausage rolls, she adds all kinds of tasty bits and pieces to the sausage meat but I think even she buys the readymade puff pastry.

MissA

The first couple of months I was first on gransnet I was taken to task about a Gregg's sausage roll, of all things!

I agree FGT, I won’t be buying or eating any of it. My grandmothers would definitely recognise the food I’ll be eating.

Well, ads can't cater to appeal to everyone, I guess, but most people with the smallest amount of imagination would be thinking about celery, cherry tomatoes, and all the things that go with erm... picky bits.

It's sort of like being shown a picture of a bucket full of mashed potatoes, and how appealing that looks.

Then imagining it on a plate, with delicious organically reared meat, tiny buttered petit pois, caramelized onions, and a rich gravy topping it off

MissAdventure

All together now!

Picky bits, picky bits, pickies all the way!
Oh what fun, to stuff ourselves, with beige food off a tray, hey!

As I say, these kind of threads always bring out the food snobs...

Astitchintime

There isn't much by way of commercially produced party food that actually appeals to me. Reading the ingredients can be very alarming - 5 or more ingredients is a sound indication that the food is ultra-processed and something to avoid as far as I am concerned.

There will be 5 or more ingredients in nearly everything I cook!
Even a flan has 5 or more,
Stuffed mushroom,
Vol-au-vent,
Samosa,
Baklava...
Even a simple risotto or Victoria Sponge has 5 or more!

From experience, the good old retro classics always go down very well - cheese and (fresh) pineapple hedgehogs, and sausages on sticks. Because there happened to be some that needed using up (I’d used frozen packs as ice packs en route) - I once served a load of sausages on sticks as canapés at an al fresco lunch at a chateau in France - guests of BiL who owned the place were mostly French neighbours.

The Ss on sticks all vanished within a couple of minutes!

pascal30

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Here’s one ad.
If you picked up a paper plate and a plastic fork would this array of party food really tempt you?

very greige,, where are all the colours of fresh veg and fruit..

well obviously we would MissAdventure, but the advert is not appealing without them...

That's what you serve with them.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Here’s one ad.
If you picked up a paper plate and a plastic fork would this array of party food really tempt you?

very greige,, where are all the colours of fresh veg and fruit..

As I say, for health reasons, people need to look at what they're drinking.

Kate1949

I love a sardine and tomato paste sandwich on white bread and butter. How's that for rubbish?

very popular in Portugal.. I like it too

There isn't much by way of commercially produced party food that actually appeals to me. Reading the ingredients can be very alarming - 5 or more ingredients is a sound indication that the food is ultra-processed and something to avoid as far as I am concerned.

I remember when quiches first came out, every buffet table was replete with them. I went one better, I made mini quiches 😂

What would you have to drink, fgt?
Most spirits and wines are processed or ultra processed, you know.

All together now!

Picky bits, picky bits, pickies all the way!
Oh what fun, to stuff ourselves, with beige food off a tray, hey!