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'Exploding' Tunnock's teacakes cleared by tests to fly again
- Isamu 2y agoGlad that’s sorted now. I wouldn’t want to be lose a limb at altitude to any snack.
- dboreham 2y agoTimely reminder to head to World Market to stock up on pre-tarriff teacakes and caramel wafers..
- zombot 2y agoAir-transport pressurized suites at your own peril.
- heohk 2y agoIt was a spooky ghost!
- esperent 2y agoIs this viral marketing for Tunnocks?.
- ljf 2y agoExcellent marketing if so - I already want some. I love a Tunnock's teacake - but they are pretty dangerous for me. I work maybe 3 mins walk from a Tesco Express and by the time I've left the shop I've usually eaten one, another on the walk, one in the lift then there are only 3 left - and I can share three with my work mates. So I eat the rest... Delicious.
- stevekemp 2y agoDangerous indeed. They come in boxes of six, which I always treated as a single-serving. I moved to Finland so I can't get them here, but at least I'm consoled by the availability of Irn-Bru!
- unwind 2y agoI haven't tested either, but I would of course give [1] a try for comparison purposes. If you already have, how did they compare? [1]: https://brunberg.fi/en/tuoteryhma/chocolate/kisses/ https://brunberg.fi/en/tuoteryhma/chocolate/kisses/
- stevekemp 2y agoThey're very similar to look at, but the chocolate is wrong and the consistency of the "foam" part differs too. Close, but sadly not close enough! (I enjoy both, but the Tunnock's teacakes, and their caramel logs too, are a clear winner for me. Probably due to my childhood memories and associations as much as anything else. Bias!)
- andrewaylett 2y agoThey still have Irn Bru in Finland? They stopped making it in Scotland once the sugar tax came into force :(. Although if I'm honest, I drank far too much of the stuff so it's probably a good thing I can't buy it any more.
- 4ndrewl 2y agoYou can definitely still buy it in Scotland.
- andrewaylett 2y agoYou can buy something marketed as Irn Bru, but it's not really Irn Bru. Real Irn Bru does not contain artificial sweeteners.
- LilBytes 2y agoI moved to Australia and forgot they existed until I found them in the "Foriegn Food" aisle and my house has been stocked with them every day since. They've been my favourite sweet for as long as I can remember.
- amiga386 2y agoIt's viral marketing for the RAF.
- esperent 2y agoYou're probably right at that.
- Someone 2y agoOriginal source (linked from TFA): https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/cold-war-calamity-did-tunnocks-tea-cakes-deserve-their-v-bomber-ban https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/cold-war-calamity-di... That was published on the first of April.
- zeristor 2y agoD'Oh!
- Physkal 2y agoI wonder how much does it cost to run an experiment like this?
- bayindirh 2y agoIf the facility is being used regularly, practically nothing. Plus, being able to do these kinds of things is a great boost for morale for people who like what they're doing.
- endoblast 2y agoWell the consumable confectionery items cost about £1.15 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254923832 https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254923832 Except, no, there are eight teacakes, so they must have bought at least two packets. Wonder who ate the other four?
- vr46 2y agoI keep them safe from harm in my stomach
- AnotherGoodName 2y agoThey still expand though! It depends a bit on the flight altitude and plane type (newer planes have higher pressure and shorter flights are lower altitude) but i’ve learnt not to have carbonated beverages before flying.
- vr46 2y agoDefinitely, and never ever a non-alcoholic beer, yet to find one that isn't 99% gas by volume, you'll explode like Mr Creosote
- danparsonson 2y agoPSA: I recently carried a box full in my hold luggage and am happy to report that they survived intact (presumably the hold is pressurised), in case anyone was worried about that.
- aaronmdjones 2y agoThe cargo hold of most pressurised aircraft is itself almost always pressurised, yes.
- dsr_ 2y agoUSA equivalent: think Mallomars or Pinwheels, but with better chocolate.