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Always took a perverse pleasure in reminding my proud Irish relations that Baileys Irish Cream was invented by some "Brit" out of a lab in Essex, England in the
by Lio 5y ago
Always took a perverse pleasure in reminding my proud Irish relations that Baileys Irish Cream was invented by some "Brit" out of a lab in Essex, England in the 1970s.
They just loved that one. :P
I'd still pay the premium for Baileys. It's like buying off brand "Pringles"; you might save a small bit and the tin might look pretty similar but they taste is never taste quite right.
- bjarneh 5y ago> It's like buying off brand "Pringles" Does anyone make worse chips than Pringles?
- DonHopkins 5y agoPringles are not chips. They are mathematically precise reifications of idealized perfection. It has nothing to do with potatoes and binders, those are only incidental. It's all about the libidinal act of destroying perfect objects with your mouth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_stage
- ricardobayes 5y agoOf course they are not chips, they are crisps.
- andi999 5y agoNever thought of it this way, but that is obviously and irrefutably true.
- cnity 5y agoI want to read the books you are reading.
- whoisburbansky 5y agoIn my case, given a fairly weak upper palate, it’s also a case of destroying your mouth with perfect objects.
- awestroke 5y agoApparently off brand pringles are worse, if such a thing is even possible. But I'd argue pringles are not chips
- bjarneh 5y ago> if such a thing is even possible Exactly. The way Pringles taste; to go looking for "off brand" Pringles at lower prices seems totally nuts. I'm not sure if they are crisps, chips or just a horrid potato mix formed into "perfect shapes"; but whatever they are, their popularity is a mystery to me.
- OJFord 5y agoAlso popular are ready meals and squashed-sponge pre-sliced 'bread' that takes a year to mould.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoIf you want bread that molds readily, try getting some Francesi rolls. I've had those mold on the way home from the store. (Some people might argue that that was just bread that was already moldy in the store. Perhaps, but Francesi rolls really will mold within a day or two of purchase.)
- bjarneh 5y ago> I've had those mold on the way home from the store. They can sense you've bought them..
- OJFord 5y agoFor 'normal' (well, to a Briton anyway) bread I just bake my own. It'd certainly mould before the miserable squashes-sponge stuff, but it's broken down by stomach acid before it has a chance. (I live alone and bake & eat one (440g flour's worth incl. starter) every ~5 days I reckon, slightly more than one a week anyway.)
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- as1992 5y ago> I, on the other hand, was most definitely an arriviste, having fled South Africa in 1961 aboard the Cape Town Castle to occupy a mattress on a floor in a shared room in Earl’s Court. He was South African though ;) I'd agree though, off brand baileys just doesn't taste the same. I think it was Aldi I bought a similar one from before, and It was fine, but it's kind of similar to Pepsi vs Coke. I like pepsi, but if I order Coke, and I get pepsi, I'm disappointed as I was expecting Coke, even though to me both taste similar and I like both.
- Lio 5y agoHaha, true but he's still one of "us", just like Sid James, Chris Froome, Gordon Murray ...or my Irish Mum. ;)
- ArteEtMarte 5y agoAnd Bob Holness, the first actor to play James Bond. But not, alas, the saxophonist on Baker Street. My mum's Irish too, but can't stand Bailey's.
- DonaldFisk 5y agoSecond actor, preceded by Barry Nelson: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_14 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_14
- fouc 5y agoPepsi is noticeably sweeter, I prefer coke as it's got a bit more of a 'dry' taste to it.
- ChildOfChaos 5y agoI'm simular but the other way around. Coke is bland and awful to me. I only drink Pepsi max, yet they are all fairly similar and cola's, Pepsi max is far better than anything else.
- simonh 5y agoI quite like Baileys but find it a bit too light and sweet on it's own. It's great in a BMW (Baileys Malibu & Whiskey), or just with a splash of Southern Comfort.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoI dunno, you say "save a small bit" but the off-brand Baileys here costs €5 while the real stuff is closer to €20 (it varies by shop and depends on promotions a lot)
- w0mbat 5y agoThe story has always been set in London’s vibrant Soho area, not Essex.
- Lio 5y ago> We took it to the technical group in the Gilbeys building that housed their factory offices, distillery, research laboratories and warehouse in Harlow, Essex, I think I always associated it with Harlow but I wouldn't let the truth get in the way when winding up my family relations. :D
- w0mbat 5y agoThe office where they came up with the idea and first mixed prototypes is in Soho, as in the story.
- mft_ 5y agoI used to frequent an Indian restaurant which gave a free shot of ‘fake Baileys’ at the end of your meal. We actually came to prefer it to real Baileys - partly because it was a bit less thick and sweet, and probably partly from the positive association with a satisfying meal of very good Indian food.
- mandmandam 5y agoCoole Swan is nicer by far, if you ever get the chance to try it.
- I_complete_me 5y agoFor the curious, the name likely refers to another kinda Irish gift to the world W.B. Yeats' poem The Wild Swans at Coole [0] [0] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43288/the-wild-swans-at-coole https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43288/the-wild-swans-...
- aerostable_slug 5y agoNearly off-topic aside: if you like Bailey's, try Dooley's. It's like a toffee/praline version of Bailey's, and pretty darned tasty (and I generally don't have much of a sweet tooth). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooley%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooley%27s In the fine tradition of Bailey's Irish name but British birth, Dooley's is German.