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"She describes the Nelson brothers as "great people" who "give something back"."
At £9 for a potato, they can bloody well afford to.
'Street food' is dying on its ar5e these days. It's gone from decent creative stuff, to banging out whatever has the highest margin on it (jacket potatoes, macaroni cheese, topped hash browns etc.,).
Well done them. Much as I love jacket potatoes, I don’t think I’d either queue round the block for one or pay that kind of money. Great article though.
There was a high street chain of baked potato shops back in the day.
I remember being violently ill after eating an offering from their Shephards Bush outlet, although that might have been due to the vast amounts of Fullers ESB I had consumed earlier in the evening
The baked potato shops were known thereafter as " Spud U Puke"
I think that news story should be at the forefront of every politician's mind, as they seek to communicate the complex nature of government, economics and Britain's place in the new world order to the general public.
Ultimately, each of the people in that queue have as much of a say in who runs this country as anyone else.
We're doomed!
"......Paul Mariner......John Wark...... Brian Tablet...errrrrrr Talbot"
For some reason, these guys (Spud Bros) and Spud man first came on my social media a few years ago and they've seen to rise and rise and people go mad for a jacket potato.
I really do not understand it.
Fair play to these guys, they're cashing in on this but it seems a bit weird to me!
"She describes the Nelson brothers as "great people" who "give something back"."
At £9 for a potato, they can bloody well afford to.
'Street food' is dying on its ar5e these days. It's gone from decent creative stuff, to banging out whatever has the highest margin on it (jacket potatoes, macaroni cheese, topped hash browns etc.,).
Where are you getting £9 for “a potato”?
Their price list:
Jacket potatoes Small: £3.50 (one potato, cheese, beans) Medium: £4.50 (one and a half potatoes, cheese, beans) Large: £5.00 (two potatoes, cheese, beans) The Spudfather: £11 (jacket potato with butter, three-cheese mix, chilli con carne, sour cream, crispy onions, and Tram sauce)
I was in Soho a few months back in the summer and saw this queue outside of their branch there, gold rope to regulate the queue, utterly ridiculous in my opinion, it’s just a jacket potato with some bang average standard toppings. Some people will believe the hype in anything (see brexit and flag shagging also)
The main point of my most is the absurdity of travelling and waiting 24 hours for a baked potato.
SB
My daughter drives 25 miles to get a certain type of slush. Apparently people drive similar of further to this place. She could get a Tango Ice Blast or similar at our local garage. Absolutely bonkers.
My daughter drives 25 miles to get a certain type of slush. Apparently people drive similar of further to this place. She could get a Tango Ice Blast or similar at our local garage. Absolutely bonkers.
I bet she complains that she “never has any money”
In fairness to her, she doesn't. She works as cabin crew for an airline and has a second job on the days she isn't flying. So we have no complaints there. It just seems the way of things with youngsters thee days. Time and distance doesn't seem to get in the way if they want something.
I think you are overlooking the educational value of the humble baked spud
Here is a brief reminder of the valuable service rendered during the recent covid pandemic
'William H. McNeill argued that the potato was a crucial factor in European domination of the world between 1750 and 1950, as it allowed for rapid population growth by providing a cheap and abundant food source that escaped the subsistence farming cycle. He noted that the potato fueled European population growth by supplementing and sometimes replacing grain, which freed up labor for industrial and military development and enabled European nations to assert dominion globally. Population growth: Potatoes provided a high-yield food source that supported rapidly growing populations in Europe. Agricultural shift: The shift to large-scale potato cultivation allowed for the escape from traditional subsistence agriculture, as the crop was more efficient to produce than grain. Industrialization and military power: A food surplus from potato cultivation supported a larger non-farming population, including urban workers and soldiers, which was vital for industrial and military expansion. European dominance: The demographic and economic changes driven by the potato enabled a handful of European nations to become dominant forces on the world stage. '
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