I couldn't help noticing that fig rolls were on offer at 45p in Sainsburys yesterday

Own brand of course but the Mcvities were around three times the price.
Not usually given to house brands but I tossed them in the trolley and found them to be pretty acceptable fayre with this mornings brew.
It's a fig roll of course, no 5 series v ford focus style parallels but all the same, it's pretty difficult to see how Mcvities can rinse the consumer in such an inflated way.

I love those ******* things. My little daughter makes them at school almost every week, it seems like. I can devour a whole kilo of them in a sitting, with a Pilsner or two :-\

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

Own brand of course but the Mcvities were around three times the price.
Not usually given to house brands but I tossed them in the trolley and found them to be pretty acceptable fayre with this mornings brew.
It's a fig roll of course, no 5 series v ford focus style parallels but all the same, it's pretty difficult to see how Mcvities can rinse the consumer in such an inflated way.

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

I love those ******* things. My little daughter makes them at school almost every week, it seems like. I can devour a whole kilo of them in a sitting, with a Pilsner or two :-\

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I didn't realise anyone had bought or eaten a fig roll since Suez, to be honest. They just seem like an austerity biscuit.

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Originally Posted by Burney

I didn't realise anyone had bought or eaten a fig roll since Suez, to be honest. They just seem like an austerity biscuit.

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Oh, no. Every baker around here sells them, in various guises. Delish.

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Originally Posted by 7sisters

Own brand of course but the Mcvities were around three times the price.
Not usually given to house brands but I tossed them in the trolley and found them to be pretty acceptable fayre with this mornings brew.
It's a fig roll of course, no 5 series v ford focus style parallels but all the same, it's pretty difficult to see how Mcvities can rinse the consumer in such an inflated way.

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Any water filter news there? I need a new water filter jug and I'd like to get away from Brita. There must be an option in the market, surely?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Any water filter news there? I need a new water filter jug and I'd like to get away from Brita. There must be an option in the market, surely?

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Move up North and have soft water so no need for filters.... lake district here you come

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Originally Posted by Pokster

Move up North and have soft water so no need for filters.... lake district here you come

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I was looking at some house prices up there.

Fúck. Me. It'd be cheaper to move to Mayfair.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Any water filter news there? I need a new water filter jug and I'd like to get away from Brita. There must be an option in the market, surely?

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I have a built-in water softening system. For some reason, this involves buying vast quantities of salt every few months and tipping it by the bag into the mysterious machine.

It seems a lot of trouble for having drinkable tapwater, but there you are. The wife seems to like it. :shrug:

you shouldn't really drink the softened stuff, b

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Originally Posted by Burney

I have a built-in water softening system. For some reason, this involves buying vast quantities of salt every few months and tipping it by the bag into the mysterious machine.

It seems a lot of trouble for having drinkable tapwater, but there you are. The wife seems to like it. :shrug:

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Oh, I wouldn't drink water from a tap, I'm afraid. That's what the bottled stuff is for.

It's just for cooking, you know.

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Originally Posted by IUFG

you shouldn't really drink the softened stuff, b

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No, it has a special tap for precisely that purpose. It's pretty good, to be fair.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Oh, I wouldn't drink water from a tap, I'm afraid. That's what the bottled stuff is for.

It's just for cooking, you know.

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Oh, we decant it into a nice bottle and put it in the fridge first. We're not animals.

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Originally Posted by Burney

No, it has a special tap for precisely that purpose. It's pretty good, to be fair.

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as you were, then

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Originally Posted by Burney

I have a built-in water softening system. For some reason, this involves buying vast quantities of salt every few months and tipping it by the bag into the mysterious machine.

It seems a lot of trouble for having drinkable tapwater, but there you are. The wife seems to like it. :shrug:

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Salt is bad for you all the same, as we repeatedly seem to be told.

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as you were, then

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I think the stuff that comes out of the blue tap has got the salt in and we just use that for washing, etc. The stuff that comes out of the green tap is all filtered and whatnot.