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gremlin wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm My B-I-L used to work in the bakery in Morrisons. All the cakes and most of the bread that were baked 'in store' were frozen and simply thrown in the oven.
Went to a Pizza Hut. Guess what they'd run out of ... ?

Frozen bases, delivered in boxes every week.
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Domino's, always fresh, never frozen. ;)

It's not fucking pizza mind you though :D It's just "Domino's"

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Horse wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:53 pm
gremlin wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm My B-I-L used to work in the bakery in Morrisons. All the cakes and most of the bread that were baked 'in store' were frozen and simply thrown in the oven.
Went to a Pizza Hut. Guess what they'd run out of ... ?

Frozen bases, delivered in boxes every week.

Pizza in this country...don't get me started.

We were stood in the middle of Bologna earlier this year, slap bang by the due torre, and we stopped for a slice of pizza at a little counter-serve shop. Fresh dough was being rolled out and huge pizzas being made fresh. As soon as they were out of the oven, they were sliced and didn't hang around for long, consumed by the locals (lots of students). Each slice was one euro. It was bloody lovely. We scoffed a slice each, then, as we still had beer in the bottle, we went back for a second slice.

And yet over here, a pre-frozen base pizza will set you back the thick end of £20. WTF? It's supposed to be a cheap snack...
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I used to do the I.T. stock systems at one of UK's biggest cream cake makers and everything they made was frozen instantly and recorded accordingly.
They had 3 months shelf life as frozen
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gremlin wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:04 pm And yet over here, a pre-frozen base pizza will set you back the thick end of £20. WTF? It's supposed to be a cheap snack...
We had a load of Baby Ds school friends + parents around for Pizza in the garden last summer (got a wood fired oven).

Unknown to me they've all got those Ooni ovens and were paying the absolute piss take prices Ooni charge for frozen doughballs. Something like £2 a shot for 150g of dough.

It's literally 20p of flour (at retail price too, Ooni probably pay <1p for the required flour), salt, yeast and water. So I sent them all off with a sliver of sourdough starter and I'm glad to say several of them are still going with it :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:00 pm Domino's, always fresh, never frozen. ;)

It's not fucking pizza mind you though :D It's just "Domino's"

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And fcuking horrible too.
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gremlin wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:04 pm
Horse wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:53 pm
gremlin wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:39 pm My B-I-L used to work in the bakery in Morrisons. All the cakes and most of the bread that were baked 'in store' were frozen and simply thrown in the oven.
Went to a Pizza Hut. Guess what they'd run out of ... ?

Frozen bases, delivered in boxes every week.

Pizza in this country...don't get me started.

We were stood in the middle of Bologna earlier this year, slap bang by the due torre, and we stopped for a slice of pizza at a little counter-serve shop. Fresh dough was being rolled out and huge pizzas being made fresh. As soon as they were out of the oven, they were sliced and didn't hang around for long, consumed by the locals (lots of students). Each slice was one euro. It was bloody lovely. We scoffed a slice each, then, as we still had beer in the bottle, we went back for a second slice.
We've got....Greggs. :(
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:00 pm Domino's, always fresh, never frozen. ;)

It's not fucking pizza mind you though :D It's just "Domino's"

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That was roughly what I said to the PH manager, suggesting that he phone Dominos and ask them to deliver a few ("they're just down the road, I'm sure they wouldn't mind").

At that point, the manager gave us each 'medium' pizzas for the price of small.
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Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:39 pm
We've got....Greggs. :(
You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
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There are several places in MK which I would consider to do "proper pizza". One of them has one them Lamborghini 4x4s, bright orange and all branded up.

Probably explains why one Pizza is £30.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm
Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:39 pm
We've got....Greggs. :(
You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
...and Greggs in 3 places. :D
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I picked up a shitty cold/ sore throat combo at the weekend. So when I went to work on monday I took my RTTL buff thingy.

When speaking to customers, when going into reception, when going into the crib room, I donned my buff.

After 6-7 negative comments I finally replied.

" I have a nasty cold, in order to protect you lot from getting it, I am inconveniencing myself by an insignificant amount. Yet here you are mocking me, mocking me for being considerate. That probably says a lot about you really doesn't it !?? "
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm
Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:39 pm
We've got....Greggs. :(
You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
It's hard to get a decent Cornish pasty in Cornwall tourist areas.
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Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:46 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm
Count Steer wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:39 pm
We've got....Greggs. :(
You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
It's hard to get a decent Cornish pasty in Cornwall tourist areas.
True, there are several companies making 'pasties' that are not fit for anyone except emmets.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:58 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:46 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm

You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
It's hard to get a decent Cornish pasty in Cornwall tourist areas.
True, there are several companies making 'pasties' that are not fit for anyone except emmets.
There's a huge place in Hayle called Phlipps or summat.
Tourists queuing down the street for commercial shite.
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No, Philps may be commercial but they are pretty reasonable. There is a huge commercial bakery in Indian Queens that produces real shite. And of course Ginsters in Bodmin.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:07 pm No, Philps may be commercial but they are pretty reasonable. There is a huge commercial bakery in Indian Queens that produces real shite. And of course Ginsters in Bodmin.
There used to be a good bakery in Hayle by the Copperhouse pub
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:58 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:46 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm

You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
It's hard to get a decent Cornish pasty in Cornwall tourist areas.
True, there are several companies making 'pasties' that are not fit for anyone except emmets.
I can get a proper pasty here too - sadly I need a car to be able to go down and buy one, but it would be worth it!!! :lol:
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Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:58 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:46 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:59 pm

You've got Greggs. I, on the other hand, have proper pasties.
It's hard to get a decent Cornish pasty in Cornwall tourist areas.
True, there are several companies making 'pasties' that are not fit for anyone except emmets.
Had one from here a few weeks back. Probably the best I've ever had :thumbup:
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Horse wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:52 pm
Had one from here a few weeks back. Probably the best I've ever had :thumbup:

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On the pastie front, one of my favourite pastie places was in woolacombe ( yeah, I know that's Devon, it's probably closed now anyway) and they told me they imported them frozen from France ffs.