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Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8060204.stm Mind, 42%? Honestly? What on earth is the rest?  SignatureDavid Some of you may suffer deja vu on this. I accidentally posted it else-froup, although it seems to fit there OK as well. > Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a > sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8060204.stm > > Mind, 42%? Honestly? What on earth is the rest? "Pringles are more like a cake or a biscuit, it claimed, because they are manufactured from dough". And LOTS of MSG, which is what makes them so addictive. I think I may have mentioned on here before that we have a cat who is obsessed with Pringles. He can hear a tube being opened from half a mile way, and his usual polite begging style goes out of the window - he simply loses all control and will attempt to snatch the damn things out of your hand as you try and eat them. Mike M >> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > And LOTS of MSG, which is what makes them so addictive. When I first encountered them in the US in the mid 70s, I started to wonder if it was cocaine. You just can't stop. SignatureDavid > >> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a > >> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > David It was Lay's Potato Chips that had the commercial "Bet you can't eat just one!" >>>> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >>>> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > It was Lay's Potato Chips that had the commercial "Bet you can't eat > just one!" I remember their commercial from the 70s - a bloke read the ingredients from a tub of Pringles, then from the Lays, which was something like, "potatoes, sunflower oil, salt". Finally, he looked at the audience and said "You choose". The UK Pringles commercial goes, "Once you've popped, you can't stop". It refers to the removal of the plastic lid. SignatureDavid > >> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a > >> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > When I first encountered them in the US in the mid 70s, I started to > wonder if it was cocaine. You just can't stop. Actually there are two things that have that effect on me (I open the packet, I have to eat the lot), and funnily enough the other is one that has also been subject to recent litigation - Jaffa Cakes (or are they bicuits?) Mike M > > > "Pringles are more like a cake or a biscuit, it claimed, because > > > they are manufactured from dough". [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > that has also been subject to recent litigation - Jaffa Cakes (or are > they bicuits?) I have serious control problems with Pringles. Also with cashews. It's quite possible for an entire 9 oz can of the latter to "evaporate" without my really noticing. Brian SignatureDay 109 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project >> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >he simply loses all control and will attempt to snatch the damn things >out of your hand as you try and eat them. My dog, fairly well-mannered for a Springer spaniel, will do that for the food sticks we feed the goldfish on. He's heavy enough to knock my wife or me sprawling, and the phrase "feed the fish" gets him running to the pond. (As we are not eaters of snacks of any kind, I had to look up Pringles on Google to see what they are.) SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England > (As we are not eaters of snacks of any kind, I had to look up Pringles > on Google to see what they are.) I was served some as an airplane snack a week ago. Don't remember when I last encountered them before that -- but I still remember the commercials from when they were first introduced. :-( SignatureMark Brader, Toronto "You are not the customer, msb@vex.net you are the product." the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> Whose moving finger wrote, and cheerfully Clicked "Send" to wing the words below to me, Is powerless to cancel half a line: 'Tis stored on Google sempiternally. >Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8060204.stm > >Mind, 42%? Honestly? What on earth is the rest? Vegetable oil, vegetable fat, corn flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, emulsifier: E 471, salt, rice flour and dextrose. But I'm sure the figure 42 wasn't chosen at random. SignatureJames > Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a > sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8060204.stm > > Mind, 42%? Honestly? What on earth is the rest? That's an excellent question, and one I can't find the answer to. Much to my dissapointment, Wolfram Alpha doesn't know (I'm going to wait for the Beta I think). Potato is the first ingredient in the list, so unless there's a lot of lots of the others, it's difficult to think what. My guess is that they are being disingenuous for tax reasons and that they (note two different "they"s there) are 42% dehydrated potato flakes. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu > > Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a > > sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > they (note two different "they"s there) are 42% dehydrated potato > flakes. Dehydrated potatoes, vegetable oil, vegetable fat, corn flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, emulsifier: E 471, salt, rice flour,and dextrose. According to their website. That's the plain ones, anyway. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary >> > Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >> > sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > According to their website. That's the plain ones, anyway. Yes, but are they really 20% veg oil, 19% veg fat, 18% corn flour and a bit of other stuff? That might explain why Sainsburys were sold out of corn flour yesterday. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu >>>> Here's a good one. We all know that we don't know if a burger is a >>>> sandwich. Now we can discover whether a Pringle is a crisp. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > a bit of other stuff? That might explain why Sainsburys were sold > out of corn flour yesterday. 39% fat is quite credible for that kind of thing. The Crawford's Cheddars I'm ashamed to be eating as I write are 32.1% (the shame is because I theoretically keep that kind of thing to eat on long car journeys, not on my desk). I'm also told by one who was involved that the shape is an absolutely vital part of the psychological moreishness mechanism of the Pringle. A sponge cake is 4 oz each of butter, sugar, and flour, plus 2 eggs which would add another ounce or so of fat--that's over 32%. SignatureMike. |
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