people who drink mellow birds

[DotCommunist]

lol born to be miiii-ild

 

[dessiato]

The instant custard in question is known simply as 'Birds', m'dear.

Incidentally, did you know that custard powder explodes when mixed with air and touched off with a cigarette lighter?

This scientific fact is not, however, best proven within the confined space of a kitchen in a student flat while extremely pissed and in the middle of a house party. That's one student place I'll never be invited to again.

You can get the same affect with flour too. It's very spectacular. I am told sugar works too, but I have yet to try. Aluminium powder is a good one.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

lol born to be miiii-ild

Born to have no taste, more like.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

DotCommunist in his milk float, earlier today...

And a coffee more suited to the caffeine addiction of Orang Utan

 

[gentlegreen]

The instant custard in question is known simply as 'Birds', m'dear.

Incidentally, did you know that custard powder explodes when mixed with air and touched off with a cigarette lighter?

This scientific fact is not, however, best proven within the confined space of a kitchen in a student flat while extremely pissed and in the middle of a house party. That's one student place I'll never be invited to again.

Bloody hell, you're re-awakening the pyromaniac in me.
I only once did the flour or cocoa powder in a cocoa tin thing out on the roof outside my bedroom window as a kid.

I have a bit of a custard habit at the moment and those very nearly empty custard containers beckon - trouble is I can't be arsed to rig up a spark plug so it'll be a taper on a stick.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And I just noticed that on google it pleasingly has a sweary opinion of the stuff for any genteel person innocently searching for this product. What a contrast to the blurb on the Tesco site.

 

[gentlegreen]

Good to see that though they may be offended by Urban75, we aren't a virus threat.

 

[Orang Utan]

I've just discovered the delights of Coffee Mate. I can now have white coffee at work.

 

[DotCommunist]

gives the coffee a wierd but not unpleasant creamy taste

 

[Orang Utan]

It is weird but I like it. Think I prefer it to real milk

 

[pogofish]

I've just discovered the delights of Coffee Mate. I can now have white coffee at work.

Get a little coolbag, the sort they sell for kids lunches and an icepack - then you can take your own fresh milk and enjoy it all day!

You do realise that Coffee Mate is mainly derived from Corn Oil - Which is becoming one of the most vile and insidious ingredients in industrial food production.

 

[Orang Utan]

It tastes nice though. We have a fridge but I never remember to buy milk.

 

[xenon]

I've just discovered the delights of Coffee Mate. I can now have white coffee at work.

Heh. I'd forgotten about that stuff. It doesn't work in tea though.

 

[Teenage Cthulhu]

Disgusting stuff.

 

[Steel Icarus]

What prompted the bump TC? Been round yer nan's or summat?

 

[DotCommunist]

I've not seen it in the shops for at least 2 years now. Google says tesco still sells it so clearly their is a hardcore of 'birds dem who will never give up on it.

 

[Teenage Cthulhu]

What prompted the bump TC? Been round yer nan's or summat?

Someone mentioned Mellow Birds to me in the office and I wondered if you could still buy it.

First hit on Google:

 

[skyscraper101]

This thread should be regularly bumped for Google search purposes.

 

[skyscraper101]

I should probably bump this thread again as I note this thread has slipped to 7th in the Google search rankings for 'Mellow Birds' which I carry out on a semi regular basis.

 

[gentlegreen]

I just made a particularly non-bitter cup of coffee by using water that was a little too cold ... it made me wonder if I liked the flavour sufficiently to offset the annoyance of coffee that got cold in the mug too quickly...

I was actually googling for "mellow birds" in combination with "doilies" and "toilet roll fairy" ...

• Your Mellow Bird's coffee beans have been carefully selected and mellow roasted for a delicious mild taste

• Packaged in a protective atmosphere.

I suppose they had to find something to say about it ...

Mellow Birds Instant Coffee 200G - Tesco Groceries

 

[skyscraper101]

I'm not sure if I've ever actually drank Mellow Birds. But I approve of bumping this thread.

 

[editor]

I was in a cafe in Littlehampton and I when I asked for a coffee I was served a light beige tasteless offering which could only be Mellow Birds. When I complained that it wasn't strong enough, the lady cracked open the jar of Mellow Birds and deposited a mound on a saucer. When I dropped the whole chuffing lot - about 5 large teaspoon fulls at least - the coffee went from light beige to a tiny shade darker. And it still tasted utter shit.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[gentlegreen]

I wonder what constitutes "bland", from a Heston Blumenthal POV.
What receptors are becoming sated ...

 

[Idris2002]

Was it this stuff?

OK, so its caffeine free. But so is gravel, and gravel tastes better than this muck. Looks like little bits of dried rabbit shit as well.

You're laughing now, but after they drop the big one this sort of thing will be very much in demand.

 

[skyscraper101]

Instant Cereal Drink Powder. Mmmm.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I've just discovered the delights of Coffee Mate. I can now have white coffee at work.

gives the coffee a wierd but not unpleasant creamy taste

It is weird but I like it. Think I prefer it to real milk

Disgusting, vile creatures.

 

[gentlegreen]

You're laughing now, but after they drop the big one this sort of thing will be very much in demand.

(((((((( woodpeckers and squirrels losing their acorns ))))))))

 

[skyscraper101]

This thread is back up to 4th in the Google search rankings for 'Mellow Birds'

Just thought I'd share this important news.

 

[gentlegreen]

Top of the list for "how much caffeine in a cup of mellow birds"