Stuff that's cheap for a reason

[Spy]

as we're on about food tonight one item i find that makes no difference if you buy branded or cheap is tinned mushy peas.
some are god damn awful in both cases,but sainsburys budget brand are right up there with the best.harry ramsdens were likee green water.shite!

I totally disagree!! I love mushy peas and bachelors mushy peas are THE mushhy peas they taste lush but budget one's are just weak tasting green goo.

Honestly compare bachelors and smartprice (or newagents budget ones) mushy peas and there is a big diffreence.

The difference seems to be that you can actually see big chunky peas in bachelors and the difference in taste seems mostly due to the fact bachelors add more sugar or whatever.

[Talk Talk]

Ahhh...Batchelor's - that was the brand that I was trying to remember. Yep, full of chunks and bloody tasty. That must be the secret factory that supplies the chippies.

[Spy]

They actually do 2 types. If you look in the shop they have tins of bachelors mush peas and tins of bachelors "chip shop" mushy peas...



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They taste pretty much identical.

[Talk Talk]

They actually do 2 types. If you look in the shop they have tins of bachelors mush peas and tins of bachelors "chip shop" mushy peas...

They taste pretty much identical.

I think they look different. Inside the lower version is a polystyrene insert with a plastic lid.

[Arriba]

i like batchelors ones, but not those with a minty twang to them.
most cheapo brands are as shite as the brand name ones, as i find they are all watery and drab.sainsburys were not though.nice and thick and good taste.

[Barry Scott]

Bought a 16GB memory stick from China for £15 inc p&p and today discovered that once it reaches about 5-6GB, it stops allowing the addition of further files, yet acts like it has. You copy and paste across and they appear to go, only when you plug it back in it has just copied the folders and left them empty. At that same point it loses the ability to delete files and you have to format it to be able to store on it again.

Bargain...

Note to self: Stop buying useless chinese tat.

[Samdy Gray]

A USB stick or a memory card?

[Barry Scott]

USB stick. :JFW:

[Samdy Gray]

XP?

How big is the file?

[Barry Scott]

XP and OSX. It's not particular file, just when total files goes above a certain size it stops storing them. I know there was a thing years ago where the chinese were flogging off storage devices that had somehow been fiddled with to look as though they held more than they actually did.

[jayohaitchenn]

I love how sneaky the Chinese are! Little fuckers.

[land_of_bo]

I once bought a massive £2.99 umbrella from JJB sports. Walked out of the door, put it up, gust of wind, inside out snapped umbrella. I put it in the bin and got wet instead.

[Samdy Gray]

XP and OSX. It's not particular file, just when total files goes above a certain size it stops storing them. I know there was a thing years ago where the chinese were flogging off storage devices that had somehow been fiddled with to look as though they held more than they actually did.

I know XP has problems with USB drives formated as FAT32 when files are >4GB.

[Barry Scott]

I know XP has problems with USB drives formated as FAT32 when files are >4GB.

Yeah, i discovered that long ago when trying to copy some massive files that windows didn't like, but no, it was just loads of pictures and videos and what not. I think it's just a lot smaller than my computer thinks it is.

[Simon Pieman]

I've read some horror stories about those dodgy usb flash drives, the best ones are when you just get an empty shell with no memory at all.