Snacks! Reviews/'reviews' welcome

Sherbet lemon

When I was a mad eighteen year old student who went out every night, Kopparberg was my drink of choice; for a while, I was half man, half Swedish cider. I drank it for the same reasons that Buskalilly did - it would get you mashed without even noticing that it was anything other than fruit juice. I don't know why they felt there's a need for an extra-strong, 7% proof version, but for the regular stuff, aye, 70% sounds fair for the pear flavour.

Summer Fruits would get mid 90s, IIRC. Apple flavour (the one with the factory on the label, for some reason) would get mid 20s.

The Strawberry and Lime(?) is my favourite. Though personally I slightly prefer Rekorderlig.

Strawberry & Lime is beast. Rekorderlig is like the new kid on the block. Kopparberg brings back so many happy memories, like the time I drank so much of it I forgot I made a date with the Social Sciences' department's resident ride at her flat and then forgot to attend said date later that evening. Could have been ball deep, but that was funny to me at the time.

I didn't actually have the 7% one, that's j just the picture I found

Yup, the summer fruits Kopparberg is epic. The only thing stopping me having all my nights out - and in - on the stuff is the expense.

ZeroJones wrote:

Yup, the summer fruits Kopparberg is epic. The only thing stopping me having all my nights out - and in - on the stuff is the expense.

I remember the glory days when Kopparberg was first released in the UK, and everywhere sold it dirt-cheap. Wetherspoons sold the big 500ml bottles for £2.09 for a while. My mates and I became known to the staff as 'The Kopparberg Boys', because we'd come in at 6pm on a Friday and drink the place out of the stuff. Hand on heart, I'm not making that up. Too expensive now though.

Not a snack, but neither's Kopparberg.

Crispy Rice (Iranian Style)



Had this in an Iranian restaurant recently. The main course was horribly greasy: this was the starter.

Pros:

• It's rice, and I like rice normally. There is no better carbohydrate than grains of lovely fluffy rice in a nice sauce, except maybe for pasta.

Cons:

• Looks like it got ripped off the bottom of the pan.
  
• Tastes like it got ripped off the bottom of the pan.
  
• Nearly broke my teeth. Less "crispy", more "rock solid".
  
• Covered in spinach-meat sauce that tasted like seaweed.

Verdict: It's like a brick made of rice.

10%

Balladeer wrote:

Not a snack, but neither's Kopparberg.

Cripsy Rice (Iranian Style)

Had this in an Iranian restaurant recently. The main course was horribly greasy: this was the starter.

Pros:

• It's rice, and I like rice normally. There is no better carbohydrate than grains of lovely fluffy rice in a nice sauce, except maybe for pasta.

Cons:

• Looks like it got ripped off the bottom of the pan.
  
• Tastes like it got ripped off the bottom of the pan.
  
• Nearly broke my teeth. Less "crispy", more "rock solid".
  
• Covered in spinach-meat sauce that tasted like seaweed.

Verdict: It's like a brick made of rice.

10%

Yup. Crip-sy rice is about as boggin' as it gets. Those American gangs are truly unsavoury fellows.

DOUBLE REVIEW SPECIAL~!

Golden Wonder Chunky Cheesies



Pros:

15p a bag
Generous quantity
Packed full of flavour...

Cons:

...but they taste like something - anything - that isn't cheese
One bag isn't enough on it's own
Mascot isn't as admirably bad as Mighty Onion-O

54%

Golden Wonder Mighty Onion-O's



Pros:

15p a bag
Generous quantity
Mascot is admirably bad,
Packed full of flavour...

Cons:

...but I don't know why you'd want that particular flavour, and neither did I
One bag isn't enough on it's own

55%

Golden Wonder have some of the most distinctive crisps on the market, but these aren't among them.

Percy Pig birthday cake!


Pros:

• A mere £10!
  
• Percy flavoured icing!
  
• It's ALL edible.
  
• the sponge/jam/cream combo never tasted so good.
  
• Icing melts in your mouth.
  
  Cons:
  
  
• May be too sweet for some
  
• Claims there are 20 portions, there aren't.
  
• It's too cute to be a cake, makes me feel guilty when I eat it with those innocent little eyes.
  

Aside from the immense amount of sugar (not that I'm complaining) and it's underestimation of my portion sizes this is the best cake I've had within living memory, you should give it a go even if you haven't anything to celebrate.

92%

The very idea of a Percy Pig cake makes me feel (a) green with envy and (b) green with the thought of that much sugar.

Sounds like NintenDUCK pigged out.

Moviprep laxative: For a recent 'Procedure' I underwent I had to take two litres of Moviprep's finest laxative mixed with water.

PROS:

-Their f***ing aren't any.
-Okay perhaps the only pro is they make the procedure easier

CONS:

-Tastes like the most disgusting orange drink ever
-Fails to get cold (despite being in fridge)
-Is like sea water in taste and texture that it's lukewarm and salty
-Mixed with anything and it still tastes like sucking on an old fishermans used sock
-Makes you poo... A lot.
-Gives you stomach cramps for four hours.
-After the first litre it becomes very hard to swallow and makes you gag.
-Did I say it was disgusting?

SCORE: -95%

Well, SPL, I always thought you were full of shit, and this just proved it.

Not anymore by the looks of things

Quote :

It's too cute to be a cake, makes me feel guilty when I eat it with those innocent little eyes.

Imagine how ye'd feel after this then....

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=m71U2jJp09w

full?

Good response.

NintenDUCK wrote:

full?

What is your damage little boy? you have a sick & twisted perspective.

While we're on the topic of sweet pink things, has anyone tried these?



I noticed them for the first time in Marks and Sparks today and couldn't resist pigging out.

Pros:

• They are as pinkily, grapely, rasberrily as sweet as the original Percy Pigs
  
• They have a sour coating of sugar on them which makes your senses come alive
  
• They are a fiendishly twisty shape so you can roll them over and over in your mouth to get bursts of flavour at every turn

Cons:

• They are as sticky as candy-floss and you either need to wash yer hauns or give yer fingers a good sook between each one
  
• Oh my goooooood, like lich'rally, they are going to make me saaaaaaay faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

Overall score: 91%

I'm back! Been away from this thread for too long (kind of, I do admit I have been lurking, reading your reviews, in busier times).

I did notice Marks have been putting out new Percy Pig foods, like yoghurts and these shortcake biscuits, haven't tried any yet mind. With Percy Pig being plain adorable it always made me wonder why they licensed the Hello Kitty franchise for some of their snacks.

Fox's Chocolatey...chocolate


These are a pleasant surprise. There's more chocolate than biscuit in these (leading me to believe Fox's manufacture a similar type of biscuit which Marks and Spencer stock), but both the chocolate and the shortcake taste really good. Melt in the mouth good. You only get eight per pack but each biscuit is fairly filling. After a week I'm still on my original pack of eight (down to two left), if that's any indication.

Pros
Milk chocolate isn't too sugar-y or bitter
Shortcake melts in the mouth
Rich

Cons
If it were winter and freezing you might down an entire pack a day instead of just one biscuit
Rich
Hold these for too long and the chocolate starts to melt

82%

Tuna & cheese panini melt

Pros
Great crunch to it
It's tuna
It's cheese
Melted

Cons
Due to being grilled the tuna smelled a bit funky


I got this at local lunch spot hence no picture, really liked it though even if I'm not a fan of hot tuna.

78%

Can't knock a panini melt. Haggis and Cheese is ace.