Showing posts with label Pastry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pastry. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Pork Farms Toastables Bacon And Brown Sauce

I've just got back from work and before I go back to sleep, I thought I'd punish and torture my mouth and digestive system with on of these
I actually did this one in the toaster, but it got a tad burnt on the edges. On the back it says "Pork sausage meat, smoked bacon and brown sauce"
21% of it is filling. That's more than the last one. Maybe it's better
It's slightly crispier, but in more of a flaky pastry kind of way. But like the other one yesterday, there's no taste of the filling. When I bought this, I was expecting a slice or two of real bacon smothered in brown sauce between the bread\pastry type thing. I really can't taste the saltiness from the bacon nor the tanginess from the brown sauce
I'm a big fan of bacon baps with brown sauce, but, Pork Farms, you have let me down. You are no longer my friend :(
I was hoping this one was better with being toasted and the better flavour, but, boy, how wrong was I?
I suppose I better finish this atrocity off before I let it go mouldy in some distant corner in my room, forgotten by the rest of the world

I give it a TEN OUT OF TEN! For blandness....
For the product itself, two out of ten

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Pork Farms Toastables Cheese And Ham

Here's something I found in the pound shop up town in the fridge. Usually I don't trust things in the pound shop fridge (the bacon's always a funny colour), but this sounded pretty good. I also picked up a bacon and brown sauce one, but I'll try that another day
I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered to get the toaster out, so I put it in the microwave for a minute. I'm sure they'd be much better from the toaster, including crispier (it seems kind of floppy at the moment). So it's basically cheese and ham (or a mush of said ingredients) in pastry somewhat representing that all time favourite breakfast food item, toasted bread. On the back it says "...crisp golden pastry". Crisp? Crisp? Hahahaha.... I'll try the other one in the toaster and comment on the crispiness then. But this one is about as flaccid as... <Insert your own comment here>
So onto tasting it....
It's really bland and tastes just like pastry. I can only just notice any kind of filling. The texture feels the same all the way through. Soggy pastry with soggy pastry on the inside. I wouldn't be surprised if this was literally just a lump of pastry, because that's what it tastes and feels like. There's no slice of ham in it, so it has to be all mushed up with "cheese"
I just read the back and there's 6% reformed ham, 5% processed cheese and 4% cheddar cheese. So that's only 15% filling. I was right, this is basically a lump of pastry.
If you love chewing on cardboard, then this is the snack for you! 8D
It's a good idea, but really poorly executed
2 out of 10

Thank god I've finished that....