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Obscure Delights - Lesser-known foods you want to share with the World!

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I try to do what I can so M&S, Starbucks, Coca-Cola (although they make a lot of other stuff so sometimes don't realise until I've bought it).

Coca-cola make ****ing everything! We cant sell coke products in our uni shop coz our uni voted against it, every time we get the new drinks layouts we literally have to scrap 50% of what is on there because it's made by coke. It really is shocking what a huge monopoly they have on the drinks market!

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lilGem

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Original post by TotoMimo

I've also found an alarming amount of people aren't aware of Fentiman's Curiosity Cola. It's not for everyone, but if you want to taste what *real* cola tastes like (ie, cola nuts and not pure sugar like Coke and Pepsi) give it a go!

they sell that at a sweet shop about 5 minutes away from my college :love:

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TotoMimo

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Curiosity Cola tastes curious in the fact it's cola that actually tastes like COLA NUTS!! As opposed to, y'know... syrup.

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SHABANA

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Original post by nadiah

Coca-cola make ****ing everything! We cant sell coke products in our uni shop coz our uni voted against it, every time we get the new drinks layouts we literally have to scrap 50% of what is on there because it's made by coke. It really is shocking what a huge monopoly they have on the drinks market!

Yeah things like Fanta, Spite, and Feel Good drinks aswell I think? I don't think this is the case any more but the Feel Good drinks which were glass bottles used to have the star of David under the bottle cap.

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dnumberwang

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Tried some Baklava a few days ago. It's far too sweet, quite sickening to be perfectly honest!

On topic, exactly how well known is Carpaccio? because I have no idea

Reply 145

SoapyDish

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Original post by dnumberwang

Tried some Baklava a few days ago. It's far too sweet, quite sickening to be perfectly honest!

On topic, exactly how well known is Carpaccio? because I have no idea

I've heard of it, probably through watching too much Come Dine With Me! Never tried it, but I think I'd like it...

Reply 146

dnumberwang

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Original post by SoapyDish

I've heard of it, probably through watching too much Come Dine With Me! Never tried it, but I think I'd like it...

It's nice, even though it is described as "cold raw beef"

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MelissaJayne

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Original post by dnumberwang

It's nice, even though it is described as "cold raw beef"

Yeah it's raw, really beaten down and thin, so much so that you can see through it. You can get a beef version, also I believe there's a raw tuna version too. Beef is meant to be really nice with horseradish.

Reply 148

Smilasaur

Original post by Botticello

These are lovely - they used to sell them at an old fashioned style cafe round the corner from me :smile:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leninade - this made me laugh - a lot!! What brilliant slogans!

They sell that and a few other similar drinks at a cafe where I live :smile:

Reply 149

SoapyDish

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Original post by dnumberwang

It's nice, even though it is described as "cold raw beef"

I'm imagining the taste to be similar to the middle of a rare steak? That I love.

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TotoMimo

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Yeah, just tastes like a kinda salt beef.

Speaking of such - not too obscure, but not well-known is that Marks and Spencer have a "snacks of the world" range including Peppered Beef Jerky, which is amazing (and Jerky is not all that widely distributed these days it seems).