limpid Posted December 5, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 5, 2023 44 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Cadbury advent calendar. The chocolate tastes like it's got liquor in it or it's been manufactured amongst chemicals! Tasted it from my one on day one. My daughter gave me the one from her calendar this morning, same problem. Absolute rancid shit. I don't understand. Everything is chemicals. What did you think it would be made "amongst"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, limpid said: I don't understand. I'm not sure what there is to understand. Eating chocolate for years. So when you go to eat the same chocolate and it tastes like shite or 'tainted' that's where the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted December 5, 2023 Administrator Share Posted December 5, 2023 27 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: I'm not sure what there is to understand. Eating chocolate for years. So when you go to eat the same chocolate and it tastes like shite or 'tainted' that's where the problem is. Chocolate is made of chemicals and in things made of chemicals. It tastes of chemicals because that's what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, limpid said: Chocolate is made of chemicals and in things made of chemicals. It tastes of chemicals because that's what it is. Don't listen to this guy, he's chemicals 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Don't listen to this guy, he's chemicals I'll take that as a compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 minute ago, AvfcRigo82 said: I'll take that as a compliment. I was just being silly On your actual point, years ago there were changes to loads of Cadbury's stuff so if it wasn't actually "Dairy Milk" you were buying, the chocolate was cheaper shite, think it affected cream eggs, etc, and they saved their better stuff specifically for Dairy Milk, wouldn't be surprised if the advent calendar chocolate is the cheap shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 5, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2023 People complaining about the standard of Cadbury Chocolate Its shit, what did you expect This is a company that allowed raw waste to drip into its products for a very long time before they were found out I fully expect the pelters but take those Brum tinted glasses off, it’s shite chocolate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Xela said: They let me drink the drip trays Greater than the sum of its parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2023 I think I must just have an unsophisticated palette when it comes to chocolate. Never really noticed any change in taste when a company changes hands. I don’t find myself thinking one brand is significantly better than an other. The vast majority of chocolate I’m left thinking “Yeah, it’s chocolate, nice.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 49 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I think I must just have an unsophisticated palette when it comes to chocolate. Never really noticed any change in taste when a company changes hands. I don’t find myself thinking one brand is significantly better than an other. The vast majority of chocolate I’m left thinking “Yeah, it’s chocolate, nice.” Same. I've just had a Twirl, and really enjoyed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, limpid said: Chocolate is made of chemicals and in things made of chemicals. It tastes of chemicals because that's what it is. Correct, various ones too. The point I was making in the op, where it's been manufactured, it's like it's had someone standing next to the production line with a pot of paint like it's contaminated the product and it's been 'tainted'. Edited December 5, 2023 by AvfcRigo82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 5, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Xela said: Excellent fishing How do you know when Apple have an event launch? An Android fan will tell you! AMIRITE? I knew it’d get some “feedback”. I use all 3, Win, Mac and Linux. Win is better/ has more kind of officey stuff, Linux is open source and benefits from that community and stuff, but Macs really are better/ more user friendly at media stuff. The question was whether they can pick from different sizes of image preview thingies in a window. Win you can pick from a menu of small or medium or large. Mac you just move a slider and have whatever suits you best. Press the space bar you get to see the file or video running without having to open it. Linux sort of does that too, but more clunkily. So what pisses me off is that you can’t even make a simple comment about one aspect of one type of OS without people thinking you’re fishing or a fanatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: People complaining about the standard of Cadbury Chocolate Its shit, what did you expect This is a company that allowed raw waste to drip into its products for a very long time before they were found out I fully expect the pelters but take those Brum tinted glasses off, it’s shite chocolate Not seen anyone else mention it lately so I'll assume this post is directed at me. But yeah, I read about their practices years ago etc. Maybe the chocolate in this advent calendar has fallen foul to the same problem? I should buy some Revels instead, I might enjoy the traces of rubber within if their recent product recall is anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 5, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Not seen anyone else mention it lately so I'll assume this post is directed at me. But yeah, I read about their practices years ago etc. Maybe the chocolate in this advent calendar has fallen foul to the same problem? I should buy some Revels instead, I might enjoy the traces of rubber within if their recent product recall is anything to go by. Not aimed at anyone really, more a Cadbury’s is shit chocolate post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Not aimed at anyone really, more a Cadbury’s is shit chocolate post I guess I'd better not eat the whole of this over Christmas, then. (Beer bottle for scale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 5, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2023 Just now, mjmooney said: I guess I'd better not eat the whole of this over Christmas, then. (Beer bottle for scale). Up to you, each to their own but as milk chocolate goes it’s horrid stuff with the bare minimum of cocoa solids. It can’t even be labelled as chocolate in the EU as it doesn’t contain enough cocoa. Iirc it’s somewhere around 22% and to meet EU standards it needs to be 25%. I think it has to be labelled as something daft to be sold there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, bickster said: Not aimed at anyone really, more a Cadbury’s is shit chocolate post Added to that, IIRC, they were also 'apparently' using stale/recycled chocolate on products like boost, picnic etc. Edited December 5, 2023 by AvfcRigo82 Slpelnig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Cadbury is basically the decent everyman choice of milk chocolate. Its good. There are far worse. There are many more that are 'better' that cost lots more. **** snobbery man. Edited December 5, 2023 by Chindie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2023 17 minutes ago, bickster said: Up to you, each to their own but as milk chocolate goes it’s horrid stuff with the bare minimum of cocoa solids. It can’t even be labelled as chocolate in the EU as it doesn’t contain enough cocoa. Iirc it’s somewhere around 22% and to meet EU standards it needs to be 25%. I think it has to be labelled as something daft to be sold there Yeah, I know. The wife bought it. I'll still eat it. (KW?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Xela said: Same. I've just had a Twirl, and really enjoyed it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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