Bourbon creams

Yes the biscuit's, what has happened. I last had Bourbon's in about 1999 possibly earlier as I am not a biscuit fan, but today in Sainsburys, I spotted them and bought them, their own brand, and when I opened them, the disappointment started, no sugar coating, then they dammed things fell to bits, they did taste like bourbons but did lack the encrusted sugar, so that's my trip down memory lane well and truly stuffed today, I won't be buying anymore.

What's your failed trip down memory lane.

ps another one of mine is CherryB

Co-op might have the bourbon you are looking for.

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Originally Posted by Dangermouse64

What's your failed trip down memory lane.

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Heinz tinned spaghetti - tried it about 5 years ago and it was revolting, nothing like I remembered from a teenager in the 1980s

Haven't the heart to try tinned ravioli

Ribena....................

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Originally Posted by blackal

Ribena....................

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+1...

since the sugar tax, I cannot stand it. Probably the idea I guess, but anyway.

I love Ribena Light.

I didn’t think I would, but I find full sugar drinks far too sickly these days.

Still like a Garribaldi

Lion bar tastes completely different and crap these days. Probably fill of E numbers in the old days.

I'm not much of a fish eater, Mrs Smith is although you could hardly call the fish-finger sandwiches soaked in vinegar She consumes before gym on Tuesdays anything resembling fish imo.
But I did like Birds Eye Crispy Cod Fries and I would like to have a word with whoever decided BE should stop making them, barstards.
Also not had any Oxtail soup for a few years and we bought a can a couple weeks ago. I tried it last week and was surprised how greasy it seemed, probably because we don't eat much meat these days. Only had half the can and chucked the rest.

Women.

Ah Bourbons the King of biscuits!

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Originally Posted by vulcangascompany

Ah Bourbons the King of biscuits!

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Deffo on the sauce there, its the Hobnob!

Fresh strawberries. They look far better than they used to but appear to me to have 90% less taste.

And Lilt - how could I possibly have actually like that in my youth?

Frazzles… I tried some this weekend for the first time in years, grim things now, you don’t even get the burping / repeating fake bacon flavour for 12 hrs after eating a packet now. I loved them as a kid.

Still shocked that Frazzles are vegetarian

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Originally Posted by MCFastybloke

Deffo on the sauce there, its the Hobnob!

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Nope. Jammy dodger is king, it's even got one of your five a day on it

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Originally Posted by Dangermouse64

... in Sainsburys, I spotted them and bought them, their own brand, and...

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thats yer problem right there

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Originally Posted by MCFastybloke

Still like a Garribaldi

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points for effort

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Originally Posted by unclealec

Women.

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yup

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Originally Posted by vulcangascompany

Ah Bourbons the King of biscuits!

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prince perhaps but not king

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Originally Posted by MCFastybloke

Deffo on the sauce there, its the Hobnob!

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nope

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Originally Posted by subseastu

Nope. Jammy dodger is king

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aw hell no!


what is wrong with you lot - chocolate digestive - OBVIOUSLY!

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Originally Posted by bigbaddes

what is wrong with you lot - chocolate digestive - OBVIOUSLY!

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I guarantee you if there is a mixed plate of biscuits with a jammie dodger, garribaldi, bourbon cream, hobnob and a chocolate digestive then 99% will pick the chocolate digestive no matter what they claim the king of biscuit is. 1% will pick up the garribaldi out of curiosity as they haven't eaten one in a decade.

On the plus side Nice N Spicy Nik Naks are as good as ever. And a quid for a 6 bag multipack in Tescos.

Pot Noodle...I remember loving these as a kid. Tried one a couple of years ago and it turned my stomach.

A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down used to be one on my favourite websites.

Lots of biscuit lore, but I don't think it has been updated for a very, very long time.

Happy days!

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Originally Posted by Christian

Pot Noodle...I remember loving these as a kid. Tried one a couple of years ago and it turned my stomach.

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I bought some posh pot noodles they other day
Ok it was a Vietnamese Pho pot but it was really good!

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Originally Posted by Sinnlover

Frazzles… I tried some this weekend for the first time in years, grim things now, you don’t even get the burping / repeating fake bacon flavour for 12 hrs after eating a packet now. I loved them as a kid.

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TUC do a bacon flavoured cracker and it is surprisingly more-ish.

Had some Amazon own brand bourbons a few weeks back. Tasted savoury, no sugar at all, genuinely awful.

Assume it's because they were about 30p own brand jobs and the sugar tax kicking in.

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Originally Posted by Cornholio

A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down used to be one on my favourite websites.

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Have you seen how they make tea?! One tea bag between two and they don't appear to take the tea bag out before adding the milk.

**shudder**

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Originally Posted by ryanb741

On the plus side Nice N Spicy Nik Naks are as good as ever. And a quid for a 6 bag multipack in Tescos.

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…but scampi NikNaks were far better.
“Smell my fingers”

20+ years of sugar, salt and fat reduction is what has happened. Oh and retailer greed in margins.

The amount I had to strip out when I was a buyer years ago in order to meet SCR pledges / government guidelines even back then, was ruining product so I can only imagine what it is like now.

To meet my retailers pledge on a No Added Sugar cereal that would appeal to kids, I could offer ‘oats’ or ‘puffed rice’ (sugar puffs without the sugar). They launched despite my protest and were removed from sale the same year as more were going out of date than selling.

A fun, indulgent category like biscuits, with a generic product like a bourbon will likely only come from 1 of 3 manufacturers in the UK. All will be given the same brief, and when retailers switch manufacturer they usually take ‘their’ recipe with them.

Generic non premium biscuits are often sold at cost / loss by the manufacturer for a stab at the more premium & lucrative private label offerings. This will be part of an overall annual plan of spend & profit agreed by both parties.

Alas they will likely be as crap wherever you get them from. Used to be one of my favourite biscuits too. Oh and custard creams and everything else from cheap selection tins has all had the same fate!

When I was little my Dad used to buy me Magic Roundabout biscuits that had a free plastic character with them.
For a trip down memory lane, close your eyes and Sports biscuit’s taste exactly the same.

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Originally Posted by ryanb741

On the plus side Nice N Spicy Nik Naks are as good as ever. And a quid for a 6 bag multipack in Tescos.

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I find them a mere shadow of their former self. All the fun flavours and colours have been removed lol. Oh and the packs are tiny these days!

I did order a full card of Scampi Fries from Amazon, the sort you used to see in pubs. What I did learn was I have zero self control with those in the house and working from home.

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Originally Posted by Christian

Pot Noodle...I remember loving these as a kid. Tried one a couple of years ago and it turned my stomach.

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The Kebab one is actually quite good, but the Bad Boy is the best for me.

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I did order a full card of Scampi Fries from Amazon, the sort you used to see in pubs.

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The pictures on those cards aren't what they used to be either.

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Originally Posted by Carlton-Browne

Have you seen how they make tea?! One tea bag between two and they don't appear to take the tea bag out before adding the milk.

**shudder**

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A jolly good point. That is truly heinous.

but today in Sainsburys, I spotted them and bought them, their own brand,

Own brand, as in they give a contract to the cheapest nastiest bidder to make them

If you want good biscuits then you need to pay for the best ones because there is a big quality gap between the worst and best

I think Penguins, Viscounts and Club biscuits taste the same.

..Lemon puff biscuits…the rectangle sticky ones.

Maybe it’s just that I am now well into middle age, but I am certain Wagon Wheels and Pickled Onion Monster Munch are so much smaller these days. Plus a Cadburys Flake is nowhere near as crumbly? Its nice to reminisce over the many childhood favourite snacks on this thread.

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Originally Posted by xellos99

but today in Sainsburys, I spotted them and bought them, their own brand,

Own brand, as in they give a contract to the cheapest nastiest bidder to make them

If you want good biscuits then you need to pay for the best ones because there is a big quality gap between the worst and best

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Not totally convinced about that- and certainly wouldn’t entertain Jacobs cracker prices when Asda seem the same for about 1/3 of the price. Same goes for weetabix.

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Originally Posted by yumma

Maybe it’s just that I am now well into middle age, but I am certain Wagon Wheels and Pickled Onion Monster Munch are so much smaller these days. Plus a Cadburys Flake is nowhere near as crumbly? Its nice to reminisce over the many childhood favourite snacks on this thread.

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Wagon wheels are the same size. Nobody believes it, but worked for the company several times over the years.

Flake wise, it’s due to no longer having a scantily clad female in a bath on tv.

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Originally Posted by blackal

Not totally convinced about that- and certainly wouldn’t entertain Jacobs cracker prices when Asda seem the same for about 1/3 of the price. Same goes for weetabix.

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Weetabix brand recipe is unique. The own labels are all the same and only out of 2 manufacturers. If it’s not the same shape then it’s a variant.

Cheaper to just change packaging and run the same recipe. I wanted a bespoke weetabix style own label for my retailer, costs went over 2 times for it, so will never happen.

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Originally Posted by Mj2k

Weetabix brand recipe is unique. The own labels are all the same and only out of 2 manufacturers. If it’s not the same shape then it’s a variant.

Cheaper to just change packaging and run the same recipe. I wanted a bespoke weetabix style own label for my retailer, costs went over 2 times for it, so will never happen.

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Yeah, the Asdabex are slightly different flavour than weetabix but none the worse for it.

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Originally Posted by the.admiral

..Lemon puff biscuits…the rectangle sticky ones.

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Retro Chic

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Originally Posted by MCFastybloke

Still like a Garribaldi

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dead fly biscuits!

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Originally Posted by xellos99

but today in Sainsburys, I spotted them and bought them, their own brand,

Own brand, as in they give a contract to the cheapest nastiest bidder to make them

If you want good biscuits then you need to pay for the best ones because there is a big quality gap between the worst and best

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There were no others for sale, not much choice really, wish I had just walked by now.

Milky Way: I’m sure they were maltiier back when I was a kid, the Lidl knock offs are pretty good though.


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