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twopoundpunter
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is it any good or is it daisy washing up liquid in disguise
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Report Bamboo • January 21, 2010 4:29 PM GMT
what on the quiet like?
Report Ken Masters • January 21, 2010 4:30 PM GMT
Think of something of the same consistency, that poor people make in abundance and probably enjoy making. Add a dash of perfume and away you go.
Report 11kv • January 21, 2010 4:31 PM GMT
Paint stripper
Report Dan Chipowski • January 21, 2010 4:32 PM GMT
I think the clue may be in the price.
Report twopoundpunter • January 21, 2010 4:35 PM GMT
the clue may be in the price but sometimes you can uncover a hidden gem
Report Five By Five • January 21, 2010 4:37 PM GMT
A lot of 'value' items are exactly the same as full price ones some are even made in same factories just go into different packets... other things are not worth buying value.... sausages come to mind quickly.
Report Dan Chipowski • January 21, 2010 4:38 PM GMT
Good point. I ate two lidl sausages a month ago, and was ill afterwards.
Report Nova Sicko • January 21, 2010 4:41 PM GMT
Tesco value gin, cheaper than meths
Report champagne charlie • January 21, 2010 4:42 PM GMT
feck tescos
Report Mc Moonbeam • January 21, 2010 5:20 PM GMT
wot colour is it :|
Report JOMO • January 21, 2010 5:47 PM GMT
Happened to spot 10p shower gel in Sainsburys a wee while ago funnily enough. May be they are indeed carp, but then again don't a lot of things' price depend on the label? eg. Tesco cola costs 10p to produce a bottle, sell it for 20p. Coca Cola costs 10p to produce a bottle, sell it for £1.50
Report sparkmaster. • January 21, 2010 6:05 PM GMT
Sainsbury's do packs of 4 tootbrushes for 52p, which I thought was cheap until I saw their basics brand - 2 toothbrushes for 10p!
Report STUDYFORM • January 21, 2010 6:12 PM GMT
Nothing in any supermarket is good value.
They should all be closed down, the **ing, profiteering cartel of goat-necked barstads.
Report JOMO • January 21, 2010 7:08 PM GMT
SUPERMARKETIST REPORTED
Report bobby2424 • January 21, 2010 7:14 PM GMT
STUDYFORM seen shopping at the supermarket every week (nap)

:D
Report BIGNOSEDAVES SPROG • January 21, 2010 7:20 PM GMT
probably full of glycerol so 10p for animal leftovers
Report Little one • January 21, 2010 7:32 PM GMT
Is all glycerol from animal leftovers?
Report Nova Sicko • January 21, 2010 7:54 PM GMT
basic ranges just highlight how cheap stuff actually cost to produce, more expensive products are pitched at the market place rather than the cost to purchase.
Report twopoundpunter • January 21, 2010 11:51 PM GMT
mc moonbeam its blue
Report cunnybobbler • January 21, 2010 11:57 PM GMT
tesco fake 18p pot noodles taste like crap but theyre ok if you drench em in ketchup.

tesco tissues 29p great value. why the hell ppl pay 2 quid just for snot rags il never know.
Report cunnybobbler • January 22, 2010 12:01 AM GMT
somerfield used to sell whole cooked (hot) chickens for 50p. think jamie oliver scuppered that one though.
Report Don No1 • January 22, 2010 12:14 AM GMT
I'd avoid any 'value' meat produce, otherwise everything else seems to be ok (beer aside)
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:15 AM GMT
Being a vegetarian for most of my life I consider myself something of a connoisseur when it comes to frozen peas; taste, size, shape, nothing escapes my hawklike scrutiny.

Imagine my amazement, therefore, to discover that Tesco's own brand variety (competitively priced at eighty-nine pence) are identical in every way to Birds Eye peas costing three times as much.
Report pantsonfire • January 22, 2010 12:19 AM GMT
cunnybobbler uses a lot of tissues
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:21 AM GMT
He can probably afford to at 29p.
Report yorky • January 22, 2010 12:22 AM GMT
poker i was veggie for ten years then packed in do you ever think of packing in
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:23 AM GMT
No, Yorky, I can honestly say I will never eat anything with a face again.
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:24 AM GMT
PM, I can recommend Tesco's frozen Petit Pois. Currently on offer at £1.50 for 1kg.
The nicest frozen peas I've tasted.

Also, Tesco's frozen 'Very Fine Whole Green Beans' are about the best frozen veg I've ever had. Only £1 for a 1Kg bag. Excellent value.
Report yorky • January 22, 2010 12:25 AM GMT
i did ten years from 24 to 34 then just thought, ive had enough of never having anything to chew
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:25 AM GMT
Thanks Tom. :)

I love all greens so will definitely give them a try at the next shop, sir.
Report BillKiller • January 22, 2010 12:26 AM GMT
No, Yorky, I can honestly say I will never eat anything with a face again.

Oysters ok, then?
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:28 AM GMT
Yorky: I'm a vegetarian purely on moral grounds so I'm highly unlikely to revert back.

I do also happen to believe my diet is far healthier as a vegetarian, but that is just a happy bonus.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:29 AM GMT
No, Bill, I don't eat shellfish either.
Report BillKiller • January 22, 2010 12:29 AM GMT
Sponges?
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:30 AM GMT
Nope.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:30 AM GMT
Or loofahs.
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:31 AM GMT
They're superb, PM - and I'm not really into frozen veg.

While I'm at it (on a different track, though) I've been having 'Tescos 4 Oat Top Wholemeal Deli Rolls' lately, 79p for 4.
Lovely bread. You might like them.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:32 AM GMT
I'd definitely like them Tom, I'm a huge consumer of bread. Bordering on gluttonous to be honest.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:38 AM GMT
I had a meal from Tesco this evening as it happens. Two sag aloo gobis (priced at one pound each) and a tub of pilau rice (seventy-five pence).

Pilau rice is, traditionally, not vegetarian as it is supposed to be cooked in meat juices. Beware of this fact any veggies who order it in your local curry house. Tesco's version is safe for us, though, I'm pleased to report.
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:39 AM GMT
I think Tesco's own bread is terrific, PM. My favourite loaf is their 'Finest Rustic Multigrain'.
Report charltonboy • January 22, 2010 12:41 AM GMT
Pilau rice is, traditionally, not vegetarian as it is supposed to be cooked in meat juices. Beware of this fact any veggies who order it in your local curry house

**
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:44 AM GMT
PM, Sparky told me recently about 'mock duck' and 'mock chicken' you can order from some Chinese places around here.
Do you know of it?
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:45 AM GMT
Here is Webster's dictionary definition Charltonboy:

pilau: rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:47 AM GMT
I don't Tom, but I wouldn't like it I'm afraid.

After being a veggie for so long I have no yearning for meat products and don't care for the Quorn based products that replicate the taste.
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:49 AM GMT
Okay, PM, but here are some pictures and recipes for it if you're ever tempted:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=mock%20duck%20ingredients&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:52 AM GMT
Thanks Tom :)

I really don't like the look of it at all, sir! It reminds me of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. :^0
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 12:52 AM GMT
Ha ha!
Report Dealem.... • January 22, 2010 12:55 AM GMT
the difference between stuff that is used in set amounts like chicken breasts and stuff that is used in "user defined" amounts is that when we play with the cheap **e we ultimately use more to compensate.

we will never use 5 breasts for a 4 breast meal regardless of cost, so this is a genuine saving...
We will often add extra ketchup, Coke, coke, washing up liquid, etc to suit not only our anticipation of what we think cheap stuff will do but use our proven track record to apply larger measures to the **e to make up in the lack of quality or taste.

this is why some stuff can't be measured next to the "proper gear" because it simply doesn't have the same conditions.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 12:59 AM GMT
Tom: perhaps you could mention the pilau rice thing to Sparkmaster in case he was not aware of the fact.
Report Pokermonster • January 22, 2010 1:00 AM GMT
Many, like Mr Charltonboy, are not.
Report Tommy Toes • January 22, 2010 1:03 AM GMT
Will do, PM.
Report buccini • January 22, 2010 9:39 AM GMT
I can't see the point in shower gel.

It's not as good as ordinary soap (you can't beat Dove) and it's not as good as normal shampoo, so why do people use it????
Report BESSY • January 22, 2010 10:10 AM GMT
You don't normally drop the shower gel in the Shower
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