The Irreverent Transfer Window Thread (& biscuits, bread and any other nonsense to pass the time)

[KentExile]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

rich tea biscuits

taste like sawdust and fall apart at the sight of the tea cup or supreme dunking biscuit with a sweet aftertaste

 

Nice biscuits are also very... err nice

[Armchair supporter supremo]

3 hours ago, KentExile said:

Shit, which one am I?

Well they do say true physcopaths and crazy people never believe they're crazy 🤷😅

[Armchair supporter supremo]

Quick review. 

Those fake 'Lotus biscof' style biscuits they sell in aldi are almost as good as the real thing.

3.5 out of 5

'Great dunkers, better matched with coffee than tea though'

[philipl]

3 hours ago, rigger said:

I like blue cheese on my digestives,

Plain with a very crumbly Stilton.

Oh happy memories.

[Roverthechimp]

McVities Ginger Nuts dunked in tea in my starting lineup as a steady, reliable performer in the Championship.

M&S Extremely chocolatey for the big cup games or should we make the premierleague 

 

[philipl]

Sadly Brexit has done for all the M&S chocolaty wonders but we do occasionally get a consignment of Fox's biscuits which have managed to self declare on 19 forms to escape Blighty and make it to Malta.

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Quick review. 

Those fake 'Lotus biscof' style biscuits they sell in aldi are almost as good as the real thing.

3.5 out of 5

'Great dunkers, better matched with coffee than tea though'

Their version of the spread is also a game changer’

[philipl]

Back before my first marriage I took a young lady to a lovely restaurant in Annecy.

I completely lost it on the cheese board- Epoisses, Vacherin de Mont d'or and Reblochon all in their most perfect gooey stinky perfection accompanied by a perfectly golden Sauternes.

Poor girl realised cheese could give me far more pleasure than ever she could.

[wilsdenrover]

14 minutes ago, philipl said:

Back before my first marriage I took a young lady to a lovely restaurant in Annecy.

I completely lost it on the cheese board- Epoisses, Vacherin de Mont d'or and Reblochon all in their most perfect gooey stinky perfection accompanied by a perfectly golden Sauternes.

Poor girl realised cheese could give me far more pleasure than ever she could.

I hope you at least let her try. 😁

[Penwortham Blue]

5 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

Gotta say guys & gals, I've had a right good giggle (and one or 2 LOLs) reading the last few pages.

Anyway, I've got a couple here for you to try (or not)

Crumpet Pizzas - Admittedly alcohol fuelled this one, you know, when you come in and the only places you think to look are the bread bin & the fridge. So, here I am with a block of cheese in one hand, a pepperami in the other looking longingly at the crumpets in the bread bin. Doesn't need much imagination to work out what I did - sliced cheese, sliced pepperami, on crumpet, under the grill - awesome!

Next one is something my Grandad used to do when I was a kid. Try not to gip, trust me it tastes great - dunking your toast in your cup of tea (NOT coffee, has to be tea). Admittedly, you do get an oil slick on the top of your brew which isn't the best, but the dunked toast....😋

I like crumpets but not a patch on pikelets. Another firm bread bin favourite after a night out, potato cakes 😋 

[KentExile]

13 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

I like crumpets but not a patch on pikelets. Another firm bread bin favourite after a night out, potato cakes 😋 

not had one in years, and now really want one

[Oldgregg86]

What do people in Blackburn call puddings in the chippy. In Wigan we call them Babis yeds as in  babis yed n chips love for the fact it looks like a bald babies head . Just curious if anyone else had any weird things like that along with the famous Wigan kebab, a pie on a barm/tea cake/muffin/etc/etc

Edited July 26, 2023 by Oldgregg86

[simongarnerisgod]

42 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

I like crumpets but not a patch on pikelets. Another firm bread bin favourite after a night out, potato cakes 😋 

potato cakes have to covered in best butter,literally smothered so the plate gets full and you can dip up the leftover butter with some bread🙂

[Upside Down]

8 hours ago, K-Hod said:

Not sure why the tea cake chat causes so much confusion tbh.

Currant teacake- contains currants.

Teacake- contains no currants.

A lot of out of towners apparently don't know what teacakes and dabs are.

Then come on a Blackburn Rovers forum and try and tell us that they're called muffins or some other shit.

Fuck off you tourists.

[KentExile]

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

A lot of out of towners apparently don't know what teacakes and dabs are.

Then come on a Blackburn Rovers forum and try and tell us that they're called muffins or some other shit.

Fuck off you tourists.

Award for most angry post ever written about a bread related product

I love it!

[jim mk2]

Potato cake with a fried egg on top - heaven.

Fish from the chippy must have the skin off. Down south they leave it on. Heathens 

[Oldgregg86]

Dya think there is a jam then cream or cream then jam on the Plymouth and Exeter transfer threads 😂

[jim mk2]

Both are in Devon so there it should be cream with jam on top. Prefer the Cornish way personally

[Mattyblue]

10 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

What do people in Blackburn call puddings in the chippy. In Wigan we call them Babis yeds as in  babis yed n chips love for the fact it looks like a bald babies head . Just curious if anyone else had any weird things like that along with the famous Wigan kebab, a pie on a barm/tea cake/muffin/etc/etc

Just a steak pudding, but sometimes a rag pudding (if cooked in a rag cloth , obvs).

Now pea wet is a fecking strange Wiggin phenomenon!

[Ossydave]

On 26/07/2023 at 09:46, wilsdenrover said:

Who remembers pop tarts and are they still a thing?

Yes, Aldi recently brought put a knock off version for a fraction of the price too. I'm told they're better as well but I'm savoury not sweet so can't think of anything worse...

[Oldgregg86]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Just a steak pudding, but sometimes a rag pudding (if cooked in a rag cloth , obvs).

Now pea wet is a fecking strange Wiggin phenomenon!

Haha yeah it’s not one I ever got on board with but all my latics mates do that. I never did fit in 😁

[DeeCee]

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

Both are in Devon so there it should be cream with jam on top. Prefer the Cornish way personally

Having the crack with this on another forum with mates in Exeter and Totnes. 

 

 

 

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

Yes, Aldi recently brought put a knock off version for a fraction of the price too. I'm told they're better as well but I'm savoury not sweet so can't think of anything worse...

I do recall them being quite sickly but I might give them another go!

[philipl]

Much more fun than the transfers thread. So many food memories coming back when it suddenly struck me that within half a mile of home there are: 

- supermarkets with Italian, Spanish, Thai, Malay, Polish, Russian, Chinese sections

- Bulgarian food shop

- a fantastic large Asian food supermarket

- brilliant Dutch fish and Chips

- Estonian, Hungarian, Lebanese, Greek, Australian, Brazilian, Peruvian restaurants (plus all the Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Indian and fusion places, even Maltese...)

- M&S selling all their own brand stuff sourced outside the UK

Basically Britain has disappeared off the face of the retail earth in the last 7 years.

PS whenever I am in the UK, I make a point of eating a Melton Mowbray pork pie- is it just me having inflated memories of how good they used to be or have they gone down hill terribly?

[Gav]

6 minutes ago, philipl said:

Much more fun than the transfers thread. So many food memories coming back when it suddenly struck me that within half a mile of home there are: 

- supermarkets with Italian, Spanish, Thai, Malay, Polish, Russian, Chinese sections

- Bulgarian food shop

- a fantastic large Asian food supermarket

- brilliant Dutch fish and Chips

- Estonian, Hungarian, Lebanese, Greek, Australian, Brazilian, Peruvian restaurants (plus all the Italian, Turkish, Chinese, Indian and fusion places, even Maltese...)

- M&S selling all their own brand stuff sourced outside the UK

Basically Britain has disappeared off the face of the retail earth in the last 7 years.

PS whenever I am in the UK, I make a point of eating a Melton Mowbray pork pie- is it just me having inflated memories of how good they used to be or have they gone down hill terribly?

Have you moved from Malta to Sheffield Philipl?