| Biscoff 14:17 - Jul 10 with 2748 views | wkj |
Is it me, or are modern fads getting completely out of hand?
We've somehow gone from enjoying nice things to developing full-blown personality disorders around biscuits and drinks. Biscoff is a perfectly respectable biscuit, yet apparently every dessert in Britain now has to contain six kilos of it. Biscoff cheesecake. Biscoff brownies. Biscoff doughnuts. Biscoff milkshakes. Biscoff stuffed inside Biscoff. Give it another six months and someone's going to unveil a Biscoff Sunday roast, mark my words.
Then there's the Aperol Spritz brigade. Every summer they emerge from hibernation, clutching an enormous wine glass as if they're starring in a luxury fragrance advert. It tastes like fizzy sunscreen with a slice of orange floating in it, yet people carry on as though they've unlocked some secret to continental sophistication.
And don't even get me started on the holiday Instagram posts. People fly 1,500 miles to sit on wicker furniture, wearing linen, drinking the aforementioned fizzy sunscreen, captioning it "living my best life"... as if they couldn't have done exactly the same thing in a garden centre café back in humble Hemel Hempstead for a tenner and been home in time for The Chase.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but at least previous crazes had a bit of charm. We thrived during the era of salty caramel, wondering what Noel Edmonds was up to that week, and somehow found time to discuss whatever nonsense PJ & Duncan had been getting themselves into.
Now every café menu and every holiday photo seems to have been generated by the same algorithm: Biscoff. Pistachio. Aperol. Wicker chair. Repeat. |  |
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| Biscoff on 15:12 - Jul 10 with 814 views | GeoffSentence |
| Biscoff on 14:19 - Jul 10 by hsg78 |
Absolutely despise Biscoff. |
far too sweet |  |
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| Biscoff on 15:20 - Jul 10 with 792 views | hype313 |
Aperol Spritz is last years news, apparently it's all about the Hugo Spritz, whatever that is. |  |
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| Biscoff on 15:21 - Jul 10 with 788 views | DanTheMan |
| Biscoff on 15:20 - Jul 10 by hype313 |
Aperol Spritz is last years news, apparently it's all about the Hugo Spritz, whatever that is. |
Having looked that up, it sounds way too sweet. |  |
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| Biscoff on 15:25 - Jul 10 with 765 views | NthQldITFC |
Desperate, angsty, brand-based posing for the instant share makes me feel sick to the core on behalf of humanity. |  |
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| Biscoff on 15:30 - Jul 10 with 753 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Biscoff on 14:31 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
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Along similar lines
Grammar:
The difference between knowing your sh1t and knowing you’re sh1t. |  |
| Better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt |
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| Biscoff on 15:33 - Jul 10 with 753 views | djgooder |
| Biscoff on 14:24 - Jul 10 by J2BLUE |
I love oat milk.
Been making iced coffee with it and having it on my bran flakes. |
Will have to try iced coffee on my bran flakes. |  | | |
| Biscoff on 16:02 - Jul 10 with 734 views | chicoazul |
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| Biscoff on 16:04 - Jul 10 with 732 views | wkj |
| Biscoff on 16:02 - Jul 10 by chicoazul |
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Get with the times nana, its now APNG | |
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| Biscoff on 19:09 - Jul 10 with 660 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Biscoff on 14:24 - Jul 10 by wkj |
Me too, and its a shame because they used to be the highlight of any corporate meeting - two little wafer slices in a crinkly plastic wrap designed to make subpar coffee look fancy. |
The only thing that should go anywhere near a proper coffee is a " Biscotti ". Just don't try and bite into one before it's dunked ( it's what it's for ), unless you want to make acquaintance with a dentist! |  | | |
| Biscoff on 19:23 - Jul 10 with 654 views | TheMoralMajority |
I was with you until Aperol Spritz. How dare you! |  |
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| Biscoff on 19:38 - Jul 10 with 646 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Biscoff on 14:22 - Jul 10 by eireblue |
Can the Milkshake be made with Oatmilk.
Asking for a friend. |
Yes but it’s as watery as piss. A vegan ice cream thick shake is far superior. |  |
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| Biscoff on 19:43 - Jul 10 with 646 views | GlasgowBlue |
Fantastic marketing by Lotus Bisccoff. Two years ago you would give them away with a coffee. Now, as you say, they are everywhere.
The Biscoff ice lolly is the food of Gods. A pancake stack with biscoff ice cream, biscoff spread, biscoff sauce, a sprinkling of crushed biscoff and two biscoff biscuits can be rather sickly though. | |
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| Biscoff on 22:30 - Jul 10 with 586 views | WeWereZombies |
| Biscoff on 14:58 - Jul 10 by DanTheMan |
It's annoying when things you like become "too" popular, has to be said.
Gin was one, and those massive bulb glasses can do one. I have to specify if I want a G&T to not put it into one of those pissing glasses.
Aperol now is a "thing", which is annoying as I like Aperol Spritz, mainly as I really enjoy bitter drinks. Negronis are nice for the same reason. Thankfully they've not invented a new glass for it yet. |
I find when it comes to pissing glasses the bigger the bulb the better, all too easy to underestimate bladder contents.
Also, make sure that once filled you leave your big bulb glass on a table next to an empty Aperol bottle... |  |
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| Biscoff on 22:34 - Jul 10 with 580 views | Smoresy |
You won me over but then you came after pistachio. 😮 |  | | |
| Biscoff on 23:04 - Jul 10 with 552 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
I have no idea what Biscoff is and have never heard of it before now so thanks for that. |  |
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| Biscoff on 08:02 - Jul 11 with 471 views | jayessess |
It's a brand name for a mass-produced Speculoos biscuit, which is basically Belgian/Dutch gingerbread.
So basically we created an ultra-modern trend out of something that is Medieval in origin! |  |
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| Biscoff on 08:19 - Jul 11 with 458 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Aperol Spritz tastes like fizzy pi55.
Definite info |  |
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| Biscoff on 08:28 - Jul 11 with 453 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Biscoff on 14:25 - Jul 10 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Nah, it’ll be a ‘hot honey’ roast, Shirley? |
Yes, ‘hot honey’ is popping up everywhere too. I’m all for a hot honey, but disappointingly it turns out it’s just a type of sauce.
I have to admit I’ve never heard of this anusol spritz thing the OP is going on about. |  |
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| Biscoff on 10:18 - Jul 11 with 412 views | urbanpenguin |
I don't really know what any of these fads are, except Aperol Spritz. Yes, I agree on that, but mainly because other bitters are better. Select, from Venezia, is one of my favourite, Campari is a safe one you can get most places, but just like Vermut's in Spain, every town in Italy will have its own bitter, and most are superior to Aperol.
Aperol is to bitters what John Smiths is to ale.
Heard of biscoff, but never seen it in a desert. But I tend to try to avoid chainy mass produced pap things (online or analogue). |  |
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| Biscoff on 10:26 - Jul 11 with 400 views | WeWereZombies |
| Biscoff on 08:02 - Jul 11 by jayessess |
It's a brand name for a mass-produced Speculoos biscuit, which is basically Belgian/Dutch gingerbread.
So basically we created an ultra-modern trend out of something that is Medieval in origin! |
And if you study the ingredients of the Speculoos in Lidl (generally less than a quid for a packet) you might find some that don't contain Palm oil, all Lotus biscuits are bulked out with the stuff so obviously that is an inferior product right there. | |
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| Biscoff on 11:03 - Jul 11 with 368 views | blueprint |
See also Smashed Burgers, pulled Pork, pulled Chicken …… |  | | |
| Biscoff on 12:32 - Jul 11 with 337 views | Ryorry |
Sounds like I've done well to not go out much, since I too have never heard of either Biscotti or Aperger Spritz till reading this thread.
Well done on a grand job giving them free advertising though WKJ!  |  |
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