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Pot Noodle, the only food in the universe were the container tastes better than the contents...
Pot Noodle boils up instant doner kebab
There's great news today for those of you who like to go out on the lash and then get your laughing gear around death wrapped in pitta bread but sometimes can't even be arsed to hit the pub before partaking of late-night nutrition: You'll soon be able to avail yourselves of a doner kebab-flavoured Pot Noodle. Indeed, the …
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:18 GMT Luis Ogando
Er...
How much are they?? 1.01GBP?? Hmm </glib>
I don't know if my local 'bab outlet will 'cook [me] one in the time it takes to boil a kettle'. Most 'babs are uncooked to ensure timely bodily ejection, complete with a satisfying projectile factor.
Can we have a Playmobil mock up..?
Paris, 'cos she's got a badly-packed kebab... I think.
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:18 GMT Gianni Straniero
Credit-crunch recipe
Here's how to make one properly. You will need: 1 Doner Kebab Pot Noodle, 1 pitta bread, 1 bottle Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce, kettle, lager to taste.
Fill kettle (with water, not lager) and set to boil. Empty sachet of MSG dust into Pot Noodle. Add boiling water to Noodle but NOT TO THE LINE - only add enough to cover the noodles. Put pitta in toaster and leave Noodle to steep while the pitta is toasting. Open pitta, and add Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce.
Stir Pot Noodle so the mixture is well-moistened. The lack of water should have created a gungy mass that can be tipped wholesale into the pitta. Eat manually, washed down with copious quantities of lager.
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:18 GMT Peter Kay
Ewww
The worst part about this, is that it implies at least some of the time the pot noodle might be bought sober. Doner sellers should be legally provided to refuse to sell to anyone who is less than 75% drunk, or certifiably insane.
Pre-meditated purchase and consumption of a doner kebab pot noodle should be a crime.
Personally, I'm never drunk enough that a doner kebab seems a good idea, although I will admit to a late night burger van burger or two (probably not a good idea, either..).
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:18 GMT Alexis Vallance
D'oh
"And what are they doing bringing out a doner kebab flavour? How lazy do you have to be. If you want that authentic taste, go around to a kebab shop, where they cook it for you in the time it takes to boil a kettle."
The 'restaurant critic' doesn't seem to realise that none of this matters to a Pot Noodle customer!
Neither is the taste. It's just stomach bulk, which is fine!
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:40 GMT Toastan Buttar
Fings ain't wot they used ter be
Official Pot Noodles are pretty rubbish these days. I think they tried to reduce the fat or salt content or something. If you want that good old stodgey MSG-laden taste you remember from your student days, try the Asda own-brand ones (not Smart Price). Mmmmmmm, now that's how programming fuel SHOULD taste.
Got the munchies now...
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 14:43 GMT Anonymous Coward
Drooollll....
If there is something that can overcome all the perceived doom and gloom hanging over good old blighty then this surely must be it. When I read about this I almost felt like packing my bags and moving back there, especially when I saw that they also have Lamb Hotpot, Tikka Masala and Chicken Satay flavours. Then I regained a grip on reality, besides I'm getting visitors this weekend so it looks like I'll be pressing them to do some last minute shopping.
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 15:22 GMT Stevie
Bah
As an ex-pat who has not partaken of British Food Culture for far too long (how I miss real cod'n'chips) I have to say that I am shocked! SHOCKED to find out that a pot noodle now costs more than a quid and that people will actually pay this for one.
As for proper post-boozer projectile vomit-inducing food, the Mecca of the form has to be the faggots 'n' chips made by the Parsons Nose in Coventry city centre pre 1984.
Someone told me that the first year I was in the USA (84-85), a health inspector found three dead alsatian dogs hanging on a clothesline out back. This must be a vile lie because I can't confirm it on teh intarweb, but it *could* explain the vomiting, which seemed independant of the amout of drink consumed.
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 17:02 GMT Ben Rosenthal
@Toastan Buttar
yeah they made a big thing about reducing the salt and fat levels a few years back, they're not worth bothering with since then.
On the occasions that I decide I want instant noodle based snacks at the speed of a kettle boil, I don't care if it's a bit unhealthy!
Gief back the old flavour naow!!!
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 17:02 GMT Alan
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Last time I had a Pot Noodle was after the Stone Roses gig at the Spike Island chemical dump.
We'd had an all nighter before, arrived at the site sans money, so had nothing to eat or drink until close to mid-night and the only thing approaching food at the Shell garage on Runcorn ring road was a "chicken" & mushroom Pot Noodle. I ate half and chucked the rest away and not touched one since.
Thanks for bringing back those bad memories...
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Tuesday 24th March 2009 21:12 GMT Paul
Want! Want want want want WANT!
Call me twisted and sick, but I *REALLY* want one of these now.
Sadly (or mercifully, depending on your point of view) they don't sell Pot Noodle here in Leftpondia. I miss Pot Noodle. "Cup Noodle" and "Maruchan Instant Lunch" just aren't the same.
Maybe I can buy some online, though seeking the psychiatric help I obviously need may just be a cheaper option!
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Wednesday 25th March 2009 11:00 GMT Anonymous Coward
Not the same
Not the same as when Golden Wonder made them, back then they had some taste and salt. Sick of this health bandwagon making everything taste bland, put the salt and fat back in! Those were the days of the "ace of spades" adverts, and zig and zag had a promotion where every pot was a winner (though mostly items like cocktail umbrellas).
A few years ago during my student days, I relished the "Posh noodles", these were absolutely delicious. Proper tasting noodles, delicious sauce, yum! Would love one for lunch today but can't seem to find them anywhere, obviously not approved by the nulabour food police.
As the above poster says, if you really need a doner fix, stock up on the microwave variety before a night on the tiles. Iceland (yes I know the "screaming kid" clientele and that annoying witch in the adverts but they're reasonable value for some of their stuff) sells them 2 in a box for £1. Not recommended when sober, but post-pub seem to taste great. Just remember to turn them over halfway through to avoid a soggy/dry nan paradox. Morrisons used to sell a delicious 'fresh' (ie. in the fridge section not the freezer) microwave kebab, but then they sold their shops to Asda I can't find this anywhere else.
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Wednesday 25th March 2009 13:08 GMT DR
bloody city boy
"And what are they doing bringing out a doner kebab flavour? How lazy do you have to be. If you want that authentic taste, go around to a kebab shop, where they cook it for you in the time it takes to boil a kettle."
He might be able to just wander around the corner, but not everybody lives in cities with a kebab house on every corner.
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Wednesday 25th March 2009 15:53 GMT Dcope
More dwarfism
LISTER: We're going to die, aren't we? How much food is there?
RIMMER: There's half a bag of soggy Smoky Bacon Crisps, a tin of mustard
powder, a brown lemon, three water biscuits, two bottles of vinegar and
a tube of Bonjella gum ointment.
LISTER: Gum ointment?
RIMMER: Yes, it was in the first-aid box. It's that minty flavour. It's
quite nice.
LISTER: It's quite nice if you smear it on your mouth ulcer, but you
can't sit down and eat it.
RIMMER: You may have to.
LISTER: That's it? There's nothing else?
RIMMER: Just a Pot Noodle. Oh, and I found a tin of dog food in the tool
cupboard.
LISTER: (Sighs.) Well. Pretty obvious what gets eaten last. I can't
stand pot Noodles.
/coat the black bomber jacket and the furry hat:)
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