Goodbye Snickers and Starburst...?

Gavin Scott · Thu 29 May, 2008 19.53

"Vanilla" is synonymous with bland, I accept. Unless you really like the flavour. Which I do.

A fudge donut would be my other Greggs treat.

I don't think I've ever tried an arctic roll.

Nini · Thu 29 May, 2008 19.56

I'll approve of the fudge doughnut, very moreish. Arctic rolls in my opinion are so boring though if you like vanilla it might be a hit, essentially a frozen solid cylinder of that cheap ice cream which is more ice than cream with a thin sponge layer around it.

Ebeneezer Scrooge · Thu 29 May, 2008 19.57

I never understood why when down in Bristol, I had vanilla slices (food of the gods, whatever nini thinks) which were approximately twice the size of those from up here in Leeds. Both from Greggs too.

Gavin Scott · Thu 29 May, 2008 20.31

There's a long established bakery in St Andrews (up in Fife) who produce the best fudge donuts known to man.

An Edinburgh patisserie has a tray of them delivered in the morning and they're usually sold out within the hour. I used to send drivers for the firm the long way round their delivery run to bring me some back.

I know what arctic roll is now you've described it. Its dull.

Sput · Thu 29 May, 2008 20.49

Nini wrote: I question where you put your bread now, clearly isn't where we leave ours. Oddly enough, never actually had a Secret or at least don't remember it well.

Why a bread bin of course! Surely EVERYONE has a bread bin!

Nini · Thu 29 May, 2008 20.59

You'd think I'd have already known that, just not frou-frou or olde world for a bread bin yknow. Gav, thanks to more talk of the doughnut variety I'm now seriously jonesin' for a bag of fudge doughnuts, you swine.

Still not one for the vanilla slice, bad memories.

Gavin Scott · Thu 29 May, 2008 21.27

Nini wrote:You'd think I'd have already known that, just not frou-frou or olde world for a bread bin yknow. Gav, thanks to more talk of the doughnut variety I'm now seriously jonesin' for a bag of fudge doughnuts, you swine.

Still not one for the vanilla slice, bad memories.

Nini, if you ever venture to my city I shall furnish you with said donut. I'd pop one in a jiffy bag but it may not survive the journey.

Ebeneezer Scrooge · Thu 29 May, 2008 21.37

Gavin Scott wrote: I'd pop one in a jiffy bag but it may not survive the journey.

To the post box?

Gavin Scott · Thu 29 May, 2008 21.39

Ebeneezer Scrooge wrote:
Gavin Scott wrote: I'd pop one in a jiffy bag but it may not survive the journey.
To the post box?

To the jiffy bag.

Ebeneezer Scrooge · Thu 29 May, 2008 21.45

Touché

Pete · Thu 29 May, 2008 21.46

I don't have a bread bin. I wanted one but then it turned out they were pricey, or at least the nice ones were. Plus by that time I realised there was no room for the thing on my bench therefore rendering it redundant.

Bread lives ontop of my never used espresso machine so that I actually remember I have the stuff and therefore potentially can actually use some of it before it goes off.

The best bread for dates imo is the hovis crustless 50/50 loaf and the big kingsmill 50/50 loaf. Both of which are pricey but the latter of which is on offer in tesco. Or was on tuesday anyhow.