If they come with that pile of coke on the board, go for it.

I picked up two Soreen malt cakes today. They were two for £0.69. Not bad, not as sweet as I had expected, which is good.

:lol:

thanks, I needed that.

in reply to PW's original question, although once posted, i see i missed a page!:

depends. You Americans aren't into malty fruity things as much as we Brits, but that said, beest is not a big fan of dried fruit, but can inhale a few buttered slices of maltloaf and want more. Very rich and sticky. They are one of the few items in the Uk that regularly go on "special offer" in the UK, so it's worth waiting until you see them "on sale".

2 for 69p? Fucking Hell! Mail me a load, will you? Where did you get them? -must set MIL onto it right away!

The Co-Op (awesome building) in Newcastle city center has them on special. They have some pretty killer pita bread at 2 for 79p too.

My favorite snack is to walk to the Co-Op for cheap pita bread and then hit the Sainsbury's Local on the way back up the hill to grab their hummus, which is 10p cheaper than at the Co-Op. Yes, I like the cheap.

I should have thought of buttering the maltloaf. I'm not sure I really need to. It's pretty delicious all on its own.

Damnit, I think her nearest co-op is too far now she moved. Sainsbury's Houmous is far superior to Co-op's anyway. Co-op do a really good cheap bottle pub bitter.

If your local Sainsbury's does oatcakes (very thin and flat like crepes, 8"ish diameter, 6 in a pack), let me know -we're in business!

Have you been to Lindisfarne yet? Bamburgh? Seahouses? that's round where I used to live.

I'll check Sainsbury's for the oatcakes. There are so many strange things in the stores here that I can hardly keep track. I'd be happy to put together a package if you're dying for oatcakes and maltcakes.

I've been so busy, I have been nowhere. This fact makes me kind of sad. The year is disappearing and I don't want to get to September and head home without getting to Scotland and a few places close to Newcastle.

On the way back to Newcastle at winter break I rode the train from London. That was a lot of fun. I'm totally addicted to the train after riding the great European rail system. (Eurostar is AMAZING.)

I can't believe I ate that entire 3 pack of chocolate caramel slice things. (Which are one of the few food items from England that North America needs to catch onto.)

You HAVE to go to Lindisfarne. And Alnwick Castle. And Craster where you can try the freshly snoked kippers. And Bamburgh.

I can't believe I just ate a stack of Tums two inches high. Not all in one bite, but over the course of the last 56 minutes.

snoke 'em if ya got em!

you have a problem with snoking? Were you snoked as a child or something?

Sunumono and sashimi deluxe, and it only took an hour and 45 fricken minutes.... you'd think it was a holiday or something :meanface:

I can't believe I just ate a large bowl of potato salad for dinner. With barbecue sauce on it.

Sounds kind of good, Clod -- but doesn't the BBQ sauce overwhelm the hard-cooked egg component of the potato salad?

I just discovered I rather like a dab of mustard on nachos. Plays well with the cheese sauce.