In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news

[Horse]

*Is Camp coffee (that vile coffee-flavoured liquid with the label that has disturbing undertones of colonialism) still a blend of coffee and chicory?

Label was altered years ago, they're best buds now
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[Taipan]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

[Count Steer]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

Mine too. I think it was a thing in the BeRo baking book. (Still got one somewhere).

[cheb]

Could be worse, it might get all the way down to Barleycup.

We'll be fighting the pigs for pannage in the New Forest soon. The big new thing: Acorn coffee. Just call me an influencer when it happens.

[Druid]

Could be worse, it might get all the way down to Barleycup.

We'll be fighting the pigs for pannage in the New Forest soon. The big new thing: Acorn coffee. Just call me an influencer when it happens.

Already been done: Ersatzkaffee

[Wossname]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

Watcha mean, distant past? Mrs W still makes a brilliant coffee cake, using Camp coffee. The only stuff that works, apparently, tho I can’t see it being used to make anything else, such as coffee…

It does puzzle me how a product with such a tiny market is still produced commercially.

[Taipan]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

Watcha mean, distant past? Mrs W still makes a brilliant coffee cake, using Camp coffee. The only stuff that works, apparently, tho I can’t see it being used to make anything else, such as coffee…

It does puzzle me how a product with such a tiny market is still produced commercially.

Distant past for Moi! My Mum used to make Gypsy Creams with coffee icing/buttercream filling too. Might make some for Xmas

[gremlin]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

Watcha mean, distant past? Mrs W still makes a brilliant coffee cake, using Camp coffee. The only stuff that works, apparently, tho I can’t see it being used to make anything else, such as coffee…

It does puzzle me how a product with such a tiny market is still produced commercially.

Distant past for Moi! My Mum used to make Gypsy Creams with coffee icing/buttercream filling too. Might make some for Xmas

Is that the same as Gypsy Tart? If so, it's held in sacred esteem with Mrs. G's family. Caramel, butterscotchy gloop in a pastry case? Vile things.

Oh, and Mrs. G is a superb baker and makes her coffee and walnut cakes with a shot of espresso in the icing, no shite coffee/chicory syrup, I'll thank to remind you.

[Count Steer]

My Mum always made coffee cakes with coffee icing using Camp Coffee. A warming memory from the distant past! Thanks chaps!

Watcha mean, distant past? Mrs W still makes a brilliant coffee cake, using Camp coffee. The only stuff that works, apparently, tho I can’t see it being used to make anything else, such as coffee…

It does puzzle me how a product with such a tiny market is still produced commercially.

It does have a flavour all of its own - Camp 'coffee' icing tastes like err, Camp 'coffee' icing. Once you get over the fact it's not Coffee coffee icing it is umm, not unpleasant, goes well with walnuts in a cake strangely enough.

I imagine, as a hot drink it's an acquired taste though.

Possibilities as a cocktail additive maybe?

[cheb]

Could be worse, it might get all the way down to Barleycup.

We'll be fighting the pigs for pannage in the New Forest soon. The big new thing: Acorn coffee. Just call me an influencer when it happens.

Already been done: Ersatzkaffee

I was being slightly tongue in cheek, what with influencers mostly shilling rediscovered stuff or tat.

[Taipan]

Watcha mean, distant past? Mrs W still makes a brilliant coffee cake, using Camp coffee. The only stuff that works, apparently, tho I can’t see it being used to make anything else, such as coffee…

It does puzzle me how a product with such a tiny market is still produced commercially.

Distant past for Moi! My Mum used to make Gypsy Creams with coffee icing/buttercream filling too. Might make some for Xmas

Is that the same as Gypsy Tart? If so, it's held in sacred esteem with Mrs. G's family. Caramel, butterscotchy gloop in a pastry case? Vile things.

Oh, and Mrs. G is a superb baker and makes her coffee and walnut cakes with a shot of espresso in the icing, no shite coffee/chicory syrup, I'll thank to remind you.

No, a sort of oaty, golden syrup cake with a icing filling.

[gremlin]

Not this then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_tart

[Taipan]

Not this then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_tart

[Druid]

Could be worse, it might get all the way down to Barleycup.

We'll be fighting the pigs for pannage in the New Forest soon. The big new thing: Acorn coffee. Just call me an influencer when it happens.

Already been done: Ersatzkaffee

I was being slightly tongue in cheek, what with influencers mostly shilling rediscovered stuff or tat.

My apologies. I'm afraid my knowledge of influencers and what they do is somewhat limited, and likely to remain that way

[Yorick]

Friends in high places

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https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10608 ... visit-pope

[mangocrazy]

Friends in high places

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https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10608 ... visit-pope

Reminds me (albeit vaguely) of a Fred Gassit cartoon in Superbike mag in the early 90s...
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'No-one beats Fred down Mount Bumabudgee

[Horse]

Friends in high places

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https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10608 ... visit-pope

[Yorick]

We've hit the big time
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https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/FI ... host-venue

[ZRX61]

About 10.45am today there was a 7.0 quake off the coast of NorCal. A tsunami warning has been issued & 5 million people could be affected.
News choppers are up filming above the beaches.. showing that hordes of absolute fucking idiots have gone to the beaches to see it...

They've now cancelled the tsunami warning, not sure if that's because there's no danger of a tsunami.. or because we could wipe out hordes of fucking idiots in one fell swoop

[Yorick]

New mountains in Norfolk
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7kd7g2lxyo