Milk Tray

Mimon

the14thwarrior wrote: »

gone be the days when no one in the house, and I mean no one, aka a mortal sin, choose the carmel one and the twirly ones with the hazel nut in the middle. They belonged to Mammy.

the rest were up for grabs, and had actual centres i.e. organge, strawberry, turkish delight, fudge, carmel barrels, and the coffee ones that only Dad liked thank god.

and when I was all grown up, and got my own box, the childish delight of picking a carmel all for myself, without guilt..........

She hogged all the carmel ones and the twirly ones with the hazel nut in the middle for herself and ye let her!!!!!The humanity!

Dunfyy

Maybe your secret Santa does not like you

the purple tin

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Cheapest edible oil as evidenced by the existence of Palmolive soap.

And 120 years to become carbon neutral when they destroy habitat to make new fields.

The heaviest most unhealthy oil as well.

Mimon

46 Long wrote: »

Different terroir over there is it? Feckin' Protestant cows and their weird tasting milk?

I mean, most wine experts can't distinguish between red and white wines in a blindfolded test. But you - Paddy Chocolate Expert - can somehow tell the difference between the milk from Irish vs English cows even after it's been pasteurized and processed into newsagent grade chocolate.

Wut??

theoneeyedman

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

That’s because it’s not awful, it’s just fashionable to say it is because someone else said it. In reality, nobody would know the difference.\

The same people probably think Butlers and Lily O’Briens are hand made with love and care by some aul one or like the fake ‘master chocolatier’ in the Lindt ads



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I disagree.

You become conditioned to it.

I recall about 25 years ago bringing big Dairy Milk bars to the US, and they were disgusted by them, because they were conditioned to the American Soy based crap.

Cadbury customers here now are similar, just used to eating the new style crap.

Each to their own, but it's not Milk Chocolate as we know it.

Mimon

AllForIt wrote: »

It is, and 75%+ pure cocoa stops you from eating the whole bar in one go as well.

40%. 75% would be crazy dark chocolate lovers territory

46 Long

Frankie19 wrote: »

There is a massive difference between the taste of milk from different countries which affects foods its in.

You're deluding yourself if you think you can tell the difference between Irish vs English milk in a blind taste test, let alone after it's been processed into chocolate.

Frankie19 wrote: »

Ever have US chocolate? Pure muck

Some of it is. Hersheys is notorious for a vomit like flavor caused by the presence of butyric acid. Not necessarily a bad thing - it's also found in things like Parmesan cheese. There are also plenty of craft/artisan chocolatiers there making products every bit as good as Swiss chocoolate.

Frankie19 wrote: »

due to how they pasteurise their milk and add chemicals to it to keep the shelf life longer and avoid melting easily.

Please explain the differences in the pasteurization process and these vague 'chemicals' the Americans are adding to their chocolate.

Mimon

Deleted User wrote: »

It's all waxy and gross now. Although, controversially, the low sugar dairy milk I find much nicer than the original. Tastes a little more like old Cadbury's.

Is it full of those ****e sweeteners though?

AllForIt

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Does it fcuk.

Pig

Aidan Orange Cashier

Aidan Orange Cashier wrote: »

Haven't had these in years but got a box in my workplace secret santa. Jeeze what's happened to them? They're vile. No soft and hard centres. Just artificial tasting sludgy fudgy centres surrounded by cheap crappy chocolate. Is nothing sacred?

Kraft foods. Quality at the expense of max profit. All products gone to fook.

Greyfox

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Cadbury customers here now are similar, just used to eating the new style crap.

Cadbury choc still tastes amazing though, if it didnt shops would put some other treat at the counter.

AllForIt

As I grow up my palate has become more sophisticated.

If I'm going to eat luxury food I'd rather buy some expensive smoked salmon that buy some stuff in a box that ever goes off. Even bacteria won't go for it. Have you ever seen mouldy chocolate? No. Bacteria has more sense to be eating nutritionally void foodstuff.

Lynn Door

Y'all need a bit of Lindor.

AllForIt

AllForIt wrote: »

As I grow up my palate has become more sophisticated.

If I'm going to eat luxury food I'd rather buy some expensive smoked salmon that buy some stuff in a box that ever goes off. Even bacteria won't go for it. Have you ever seen mouldy chocolate? No. Bacteria has more sense to be eating nutritionally void foodstuff.

Salmon is great when you fancy something sweet alright. Very sophisticated.

AllForIt

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Salmon is great when you fancy something sweet alright. Very sophisticated.

Okay, I was being a bit faux pretentious with the sophisticated language. I'm actually as common as muck in real life.

But as I get older I have lost my sweet tooth. I don't recall the last time I drank a bottle of 'pop'. Would make me feel sick now with such high concertation of sugar. Uggh.

Sarn

We still eat a good bit of dairy milk, mainly down to to the good offers. But have avoided milk tray for a few years as they taste terrible and cheap. The go to box of chocolates would be Lindor.

Frankie19

Frankie19 wrote: »

The smaller Cadbury bars are still made in ireland and taste better as they use Irish milk. The larger bars/slabs you get in supermarkets e.t.c are made in the uk and use different milk source and don't taste as good.

I thought all dairy milk were made in the UK?
You reckon all small bars made here..... AFAIK crumb from rathmore is exported to the United States, Canada and the UK

JP Liz V1

I prefer them to Roses

NewMan1982

Roses have definitely gone downhill.

46 Long

Mimon wrote: »

Wut??

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/the_most_infamous_study_on_wine_tasting.html

micah537

BuboBubo wrote: »

Ah I remember when tins of sweets came in an actual tin, made from metal. A big tin which would last a week in an average household.

Nowadays, it's a little wee plastic tub, the wrappers weighing more than the actual chocolates.

You can get the big tin of Roses in Tesco and Dunnes, it's twice as big as the plastic tub I think. It was €8 but not sure if that was a special offer or rrp

Greyfox

AllForIt wrote: »

But as I get older I have lost my sweet tooth.

I wish I could lose mine, sugary treats are so addictive these days

the purple tin

BuboBubo wrote: »

Ah I remember when tins of sweets came in an actual tin, made from metal. A big tin which would last a week in an average household.

Nowadays, it's a little wee plastic tub, the wrappers weighing more than the actual chocolates.

As for milk tray "all because the lady loves" do ye remember that slogan? (with the black-clothed perv breaking into houses) after that ad ran it's course - the quality went down.

Green and Blacks is where it's at - good stuff!

Kraft bought them out too. They didn't change the recipes as fortunately there was a public campaign for them to leave it alone not ruin it like Cadburys.
But they have made the bars smaller and increased the price

Mimon

AllForIt wrote: »

Okay, I was being a bit faux pretentious with the sophisticated language. I'm actually as common as muck in real life.

But as I get older I have lost my sweet tooth. I don't recall the last time I drank a bottle of 'pop'. Would make me feel sick now with such high concertation of sugar. Uggh.

Speaking of smoked salmon and food standards - after I watched the French documentary on it I haven't touched it since. Worth a watch. Bit of aul neurotoxin on your toast in the morning.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7jq61s

Frankie19

Please explain the differences in the pasteurization process and these vague 'chemicals' the Americans are adding to their chocolate.[/QUOTE]

The process is called lypolysis. It breaks down the fat in milk and turns it into an acid giving it a longer shelf life. Hersheys renowned for it.

Everlong1

Strumms wrote: »

Hundreds of millions is spent combatting drug addiction and it’s affects.

Outpatient treatment, inpatient, respite, recovery, , methadone, counseling...

100% of the population know drug use or abuse is wrong but.... hundreds of millions on treating addicts over a decade.

The government still allows the sale of cigarettes, WHY ? despite the fact that its known that smoking is shortening your life or compromising your wellbeing from the get go... despite the huge tax on cigarettes, this tax isn’t freeing up hospital beds...

What has this got to do with the topic exactly? We're discussing chocolate, not cigarettes or illegal drugs. And the reason the Government doesn't ban cigarettes is because there's a thing called free trade. And in case you haven't noticed, the Government has spent years addressing cigarette addiction via price hikes and restrictions like the ban on smoking in pubs etc. There's been a consistent reduction in the number of smokers in recent years. All of which means less beds taken up by lung cancer and COPD victims.

The One Doctor

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Does the non-binary individual prefer to stick to the more traditional base-10?

For shame. Base 8 or bust.

mikhail

McGaggs wrote: »

And the plastic tubs have managed to shrink in the short time they've been used.

This image is from 2018. The leftmost tub is from 1998, and they get newer left to right.


I presume the issue is that the manufacturers have a price point in mind, probably back up with some grotty psychological experiments on sales vs price, and so the only way to stick to it (mechanisation aside) is to reduce the quantity and quality over and over.

I've eaten loads of Quality Street over the holiday period and thought they were delicious …. no complaints at all. Haven't had any Roses.