From: Steve Firth on
On 24 Feb 2007 10:47:51 GMT, Adrian wrote:

> I refuse point blank to eat petrol station sandwiches, because I really
> don't see the point in eating something that tastes of *absolutely*
> nothing.

If only they did taste of absolutely nothing. Most of them taste of vomit.
Indeed most pre-prepared food in the UK tastes like vomit to me, especially
the microwave meals sold in supermarkets.

I once asked in a garage if they had any sandwiches without mayonnaise and
they looked at me as if I were mad.

Still, Belgium and France manage to sell sandwiches in service stations
which are actually worse than the ones sold in the UK which is something of
an achievement.
From: Steve Firth on
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:52:07 -0000, Knight Of The Road wrote:

> Unpasteurised farmhouse Pont L'Eveque and Dairylea are not the same thing.

For a start Dairylea doesn't lie in the fridge planning to take over the
world by night. Whereas Pont L'Eveque has probably mugged a couple of
pensioners on the trip back from the supermarket and is now planning to
create its evil empire in a Volcano not far off the coast of Japan.

I once got asked to leave a French hotel after buying Pont L'Eveque at a
market in Brittany. We had the cheese wrapped in three layers of polythene
stored in the bath under six inches of cold water weighted down with a
housebrick.

Other guests were wandering the corridors demanding to know why the drains
were broken.
From: Tim S Kemp on
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:

> I once asked in a garage if they had any sandwiches without
> mayonnaise and they looked at me as if I were mad.

I'm consistantly shocked by the way mayo has replaced other fat based
spreads for sandwiches. Even worse though is the inappropriate use of them -
for example an egg mayo sandwich which has in its ingredients "low fat
spread" has to be wrong. In the same way the a triple cheese with mayo
instead of butter is also wrong.

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From: SteveH on
Tim S Kemp <news(a)timkemp.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

> > All pies, lard and tripe.
>
> Cheap fuel with a loyalty scheme that rapidly brings in 5 quid morrisons
> vouchers that you can spend on DVDs and stuff. I find it OK.
>
> Plus my sister in law works in the cafe at one of the Hull morrisons and
> it's good for a breakfast.

To be fair, you are a Northern Monkey ;-)
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From: Tim S Kemp on
Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:57:10 -0000, Knight Of The Road wrote:
>
>> "Abo" <no(a)spam.thanks> wrote
>>
>>
>>> Well yeah, if you want chicken kievs or a pack of lard. Try getting
>>> a fresh Oakham chicken from Asda and see where you get.
>>
>>
>> Also, try buying chicken kievs in Kiev and see what you get. The
>> last one I bought had prunes in it.
>
> It probably came with nourishing Caesium 137 as well.

For that inner warmth
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