Crisps with sandwiches et al in cafés.

LadyGardener

This seemed to be the done thing during the boom years. You'd get your sandwich or wrap and there'd be some crinkle-cut crisps chucked on the side. I haven't experienced it for a while now, and am quite glad about that because, damn, they were hard to resist, and it could transform a healthy-ish meal to a downright crappy one (though some sandwiches were, and still are farcical in size). I took to asking for them not to put any on my plate. Ireland generally got fatter during the "Tiger" years and I think it's little things like this that didn't help matters.

Does this still happen anywhere? Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

John Doe1

Interesting question:rolleyes:

ArtSmart

yeah, really annoyed me that, esp if Pringles (impossible to resist.)

another (of many) bonus of dead tigger.

Jess16

LadyGardener wrote: »

Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

Bertie and yes, it's fabulous

KilOit

Still happens at my work canteen, but we're the public sector and we're still all millionaires ;-)

superstoner90

LadyGardener wrote: »

Does this still happen anywhere?

yes i do it at home

maxfresh

I think the crisps made the sandwich seem like good value at 8 euro

orourkeda

What? Sandwiches instead of pints?

Kevin Duffy

I fúcking hate getting crisps on a plate like that. I didn't ask for them, I won't eat them and they could charge me less for the sandwich if they stopped wasting crisps on every plate like that.

hondasam

I make my own lunch.

LadyGardener

John Doe1 wrote: »

Interesting question:rolleyes:

And it elicited an interesting response!

Eroticfishcake

I used to like the addition of crisps at the side of the sambo. What really p1ssed me off though is if any part of these crisps touched off the scouldy dressing on the excuse for a salad also on the side. Soggy soft crisps make me mad :mad:

pragmatic1

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

I fúcking hate getting crisps on a plate like that. I didn't ask for them, I won't eat them and they could charge me less for the sandwich if they stopped wasting crisps on every plate like that.

First world problem right there. People giving you extra food.

aujopimur

This is giving me the urge to make a cut loaf real butter tayto sandwich mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

LadyGardener

pragmatic1 wrote: »

First world problem right there. People giving you extra food.

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

flutterflye

Freshly baked roll + butter + cheese and onion crisps (Tayto or King, whichever) = Lots of mmm....

wonderfulname

You still buy sandwiches in cafes? And you're giving out about celtic tiger spending?

RichieC

LadyGardener wrote: »

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

Get out with your facts!

they used to put like 7 crisps on your plate in the sandwich bars... 7 fking crisps. not worth even considering.

pragmatic1

LadyGardener wrote: »

Well, yes, this genuinely IS a first world problem. As the wealth of a country grows, obesity tends to increase. There is such a thing as TOO much food.

Yeah but no one puts a gun to your head demanding you eat the crisps. If you get fat because you eat too much its of your own doing. Sucks to be you.

abouttobebanned

True story...they're catering crisps...and they're delicious. Can't be bought by mere mortals like you and me.

tbh

Somebody used the expression 'et al' in an AH Thread title?

superstoner90

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Sucks to be you.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::D:D:D:D

bridster007

flutterflye wrote: »

Freshly baked roll + butter + cheese and onion crisps (Tayto or King, whichever) = Lots of mmm....

Add a few slices of bananna and then you are in business...

LadyGardener

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Yeah but no one puts a gun to your head demanding you eat the crisps. If you get fat because you eat too much its of your own doing. Sucks to be you.

Yikes! Relax. This thread is based on a general observation, there is no need to be a dick.

I'm not fat BTW.

wonderfulname wrote: »

You still buy sandwiches in cafes? And you're giving out about celtic tiger spending?

Only occasionally. Usually make my own lunch.

DEFTLEFTHAND

They still do it in the dive I eat in every day.

Kevin Duffy

LadyGardener wrote: »

I'm not fat BTW.

We'll be the judges of that. You know the drill, make with the pics or....

Arnold Layne

The tasty crisps, with all the salt, were probably more healthier than the sandwich of processed meat you ate.

Sweaty ham from a sealed pack in a sandwich, you can't bate it

LadyGardener

Arnold Layne wrote: »

The tasty crisps, with all the salt, were probably more healthier than the sandwich of processed meat you ate.

Sweaty ham from a sealed pack in a sandwich, you can't bate it

That's if you eat ham sandwiches.

Meanwhile, I wouldn't say crisps are healthier as such, I say there's not much in it between white processed bread and crisps. The crisps are just superfluous, is all.

stovelid

Is LadyGardener a reference to pubic hair trimming?

Biggins

Still done in a few places I know locally.

flutterflye

bridster007 wrote: »

Add a few slices of bananna and then you are in business...

Ewwww.....!!! :eek:
What is wrong with you man??!!
That is just wrong.

dsmythy

La Croissanterie do it.

LH Pathe

hmph.. empty. who et al

LadyGardener wrote: »

damn, they were hard to resist

did you et al my crisps

Saila

stovelid wrote: »

Is LadyGardener a reference to pubic hair trimming?

tbh thats what I first thought when I read it, but she's probably just a gardener for real

Pretty_Pistol

It was an American thing that made its way over here. Usually stateside they'd give you the option of an apple instead.

Chuck Stone

I play poker in the pub on Thursdays and there's this damn chipper up the road called Lennox's (famous Cork chipper). The smell of chipper floats down the street and straight in to your snoztrils making the mouth water at the thought of hot chips and stuff.

I have to mentally promise myself a crisp samwidge when I get home to override the chipper reflex. So I often have a crisp sandwich on a Thursday night.

Ah-I-won't-have-any-crack-I'll-just-have-a-bit-of-cocaine, kinda thing.

flutterflye

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I play poker in the pub on Thursdays and there's this damn chipper up the road called Lennox's (famous Cork chipper). The smell of chipper floats down the street and straight in to your snoztrils making the mouth water at the thought of hot chips and stuff.

I have to mentally promise myself a crisp samwidge when I get home to override the chipper reflex. So I often have a crisp sandwich on a Thursday night.

Ah-I-won't-have-any-crack-I'll-just-have-a-bit-of-cocaine, kinda thing.

Once I got to the bit about you living in Cork, I read the rest in a Cork accent.

Chuck Stone

flutterflye wrote: »

Once I got to the bit about you living in Cork, I read the rest in a Cork accent.

Lol. I don't have a Cork accent though.

LH Pathe

Chuck Stone wrote: »

flutterflye wrote: »

Once I got to the bit about you living in Cork, I read the rest in a Cork accent.

Lol. I don't have a Cork accent though.

for instance my pal from around here moved down to cork to be with his mam. Who did likewise..

Just one of the many avenues how this can happen.

parker kent

wonderfulname wrote: »

You still buy sandwiches in cafes? And you're giving out about celtic tiger spending?

Oh no somebody is buying a sandwich...heavens no :eek::eek::eek: Has the world gone mad?!!

I think 3 beds going for nearly a million is the real Celtic Tiger spending. Not a few people heading for a sandwich.

Snakeblood

LadyGardener wrote: »

This seemed to be the done thing during the boom years. You'd get your sandwich or wrap and there'd be some crinkle-cut crisps chucked on the side. I haven't experienced it for a while now, and am quite glad about that because, damn, they were hard to resist, and it could transform a healthy-ish meal to a downright crappy one (though some sandwiches were, and still are farcical in size). I took to asking for them not to put any on my plate. Ireland generally got fatter during the "Tiger" years and I think it's little things like this that didn't help matters.

Does this still happen anywhere? Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

McDonald's cafes do it. I'VE SEEN THEM.

LadyGardener

LadyGardener wrote: »

This seemed to be the done thing during the boom years. You'd get your sandwich or wrap and there'd be some crinkle-cut crisps chucked on the side. I haven't experienced it for a while now, and am quite glad about that because, damn, they were hard to resist, and it could transform a healthy-ish meal to a downright crappy one (though some sandwiches were, and still are farcical in size). I took to asking for them not to put any on my plate. Ireland generally got fatter during the "Tiger" years and I think it's little things like this that didn't help matters.

Does this still happen anywhere? Is there anything else you can think of that has died out in the post-boom years? And is it a good thing?

lol sandwiches arent healthy

flutterflye

bluewolf wrote: »

lol sandwiches arent healthy

Lies and falsities!
A plague on both your houses.

wonderfulname

parker kent wrote: »

Oh no somebody is buying a sandwich...heavens no :eek::eek::eek: Has the world gone mad?!!

I think 3 beds going for nearly a million is the real Celtic Tiger spending. Not a few people heading for a sandwich.

You don't find spending upwards of five euro on two slices of bread and a slice of ham/cheese/whatever mad? Personally I find it more crazy than a half a million three bed, at least that was the market value at the time, you could buy the ingredients for a weeks worth of sandwiches in the supermarket and have change left over out of the price of one in a cafe and yet still people bought them out. Pointlessly throwing money down the drain like that is real celtic tiger spending, and a true indication of how flippant the average person was when it came to money.

Azureus

O'briens still do this.
And before anyone gives out to me for buying my lunch and unhealthy sammiches, I get a discount on em where I work and get wholegrain bread :P

Toby Take a Bow

bluewolf wrote: »

lol sandwiches arent healthy

Depends what's in them, surely?

wonderfulname wrote: »

You don't find spending upwards of five euro on two slices of bread and a slice of ham/cheese/whatever mad? Personally I find it more crazy than a half a million three bed, at least that was the market value at the time, you could buy the ingredients for a weeks worth of sandwiches in the supermarket and have change left over out of the price of one in a cafe and yet still people bought them out. Pointlessly throwing money down the drain like that is real celtic tiger spending, and a true indication of how flippant the average person was when it came to money.

All sandwiches are in and around five euro, so that would be their market value too. Also, they don't seem to be operating in a bubble-type market like with housing, so if you really do believe that sandwiches for a fiver is more mad than a property bubble, well... there's little that can be done there. "Pointlessly throwing money down the drain" would surely apply to a property bubble than having a sandwich that's freshly made?

If people are still in jobs, then why wouldn't they continue as they have done before?

Gummy Panda

bluewolf wrote: »

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lol sandwiches arent healthy

Wholemeal with natty peanut butter is tasty though

HovaBaby

Wholemeal bread with some good butter along with ham, lettuce and coleslaw is very healthy for you.

TerrorFirmer

bluewolf wrote: »

lol sandwiches arent healthy

That's a pretty stupid statement. Sandwiches can be healthy.