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[Fab Foodie]

Ask @Fab Foodie - he makes the stuff, IIRC...

Ha! Not directly, but work for a company that certainly provides some flavours.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I set up an origami business once but it folded.

Was it because you couldn't do the paperwork?

 

[fossyant]

Shattered. Two nights on the razzle is too much for me. Thank goodness I'm working from home today - commute was 30 seconds across the garden.

 

[Fab Foodie]

What I want know is what do they put in Pringles to make them so addictive?

Hi Dave, it's a secret!
But it's well known that certain flavour combinations make products moreish whether sweet or savoury. In Savoury products we have Umami and Kokumi 'flavours'...
https://www.kerry.com/insights/kerrydigest/2020/umami-and-kokumi

It's why the burnt scrapings around the edge of the roasting pan are so bloody delicious!!! Soy, MSG, Yeast extracts are all materials which make foods more 'addictive' not in a narcotic sense, but in the 'pleasingness' of taste. Even the fineness of salt grains used impacts the pleasure sensation.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Hi Dave, it's a secret!
But it's well known that certain flavour combinations make products moreish whether sweet or savoury. In Savoury products we have Umami and Kokumi 'flavours'...
https://www.kerry.com/insights/kerrydigest/2020/umami-and-kokumi

It's why the burnt scrapings around the edge of the roasting pan are so bloody delicious!!! Soy, MSG, Yeast extracts are all materials which make foods more 'addictive' not in a narcotic sense, but in the 'pleasingness' of taste. Even the fineness of salt grains used impacts the pleasure sensation.

Interesting, thank you.

 

[DCLane]

Had my flu jab this morning.

Work's decided to play with teaching allocation, days and times. It means I've more classes to do (probably), more admin to do (definitely) and a pile of hassley stuff needing to be done today (all done).

 

[mybike]

Mmmmm, that sounds like the kind of hunting I like!

Yeah, I nearly commented along those lines.

 

[mybike]

Will that be more like the stuff that's on the chains when they are new?

I presume so. Used to swap the chains regularly as I was commuting about 80 miles a day.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Someone at work is trying to call me but my phone started updating and I don't know who it was...

 

[Reynard]

Warm, sunny and blustery here chez Casa Reynard.

This morning, I have played tetris in the freezer, watered all the herb containers (basil, parsley, mint, chives, thyme) and decanted a 12kg sack of cat biscuits (Royal Canin Sensible 33) into those airtight clip-top tupperwares. I have also done some writing.

Not having much luck on the 'bay for that pencil. Looks like I might either have to a) up my budget or b) make some compromises in terms of aesthetic choices. None of my original choices are left, and I got gazumped on two nice ones last night. Grrrrr!

Need to run a few errands in town this afternoon.

It's almost time for lunch.

 

[Reynard]

So you want him delivered in the shape of a swan now!!!

A crane maybe, or one of those Japanese hats... The jumping frogs are kind of cool as well

 

[rockyroller]

working from home today

 

[Reynard]

have you tried the "man mall"? aka big box hardware store? I heard the guys down in lumber & building materials are quite generous with their time

No, not recently LOL...

I seem to attract men that either fancied pro photography on the cheap, or who were much like my late and rather unlamented father. It's just far easier, and far less stressful, to be single.

 

[rockyroller]

It's almost time for lunch.

jealous. just finished breakfast, well 3 hrs ago. now waiting for the bedroom floor installation to begin. hoping by lunchtime, it will be proceeding as planned

 

[rockyroller]

was commuting about 80 miles a day.

yikes!