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What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:01 pm
by qsducks
I'm watching the late news and it seems the Oreo cookie is not going so well in the Uk or Australia for that matter. And it's because it's not a "biscuit". And you can't dunk it in tea. Yah, yah it's for dunking in milk. Ok, what gives? They are good.:-4:thinking:

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:23 pm
by qsducks
fuzzy butt;907550 wrote: i'll send you a pkt. go through the list and pick which sort you want? You got a post office box?


Just jotted the name down and am always thinking of funky things to get for Chrismas.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:30 pm
by AussiePam
Funny thing about this thread!! I went out this morning deliberately to buy a packet of dark chockie TimTams for one small person who will be spending his school holidays with me and who LOVES them.. I've eaten Oreos in America and have seen them for sale in Australia. They don't have any iconic value here - and sit amongst a myriad of other biscuits/cookies, costing more because they are imported. I don't eat any sweet biscuits/ cookies myself except shortbread at New Year.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:52 pm
by qsducks
Umm, I guess you would have to be careful if ya sent them to me as my winter is your summer:wah:

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:37 pm
by Hope6
Oh Oreos are SO GOOD! and they are even better dunked in milk, but why wouldn't they be good the're chocolate and y'all know by now how i am by chocolate! :sneaky:

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:58 pm
by spot
Let's dig a bit - a one-pound bag of oreos has 2136 calories and exceeds the daily recommended salt intake all on its own? The oreo is the food of choice in over 80% of face-to-face binge-offs? Mere lardy-cake takes three times as long to swallow? A practised competitor can get three one-pound bags of oreos down in under a minute?

We should take this to Nomad's gun control thread and ask for an extra category.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:13 am
by Hope6
spot;907623 wrote: Let's dig a bit - a one-pound bag of oreos has 2136 calories and exceeds the daily recommended salt intake all on its own? The oreo is the food of choice in over 80% of face-to-face binge-offs? Mere lardy-cake takes three times as long to swallow? A practised competitor can get three one-pound bags of oreos down in under a minute?

We should take this to Nomad's gun control thread and ask for an extra category.


I'll be the first to admot the're not good for you, but i'm a chocolaholic and enjoy eating them to much to worry about it!

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:27 am
by pinkchick
qsducks;907534 wrote: i'm Watching The Late News And It Seems The Oreo Cookie Is Not Going So Well In The Uk Or Australia For That Matter. And It's Because It's Not A "biscuit". And You Can't Dunk It In Tea. Yah, Yah It's For Dunking In Milk. Ok, What Gives? They Are Good.:-4:thinking:


I Love Oreo's...!!!:-4:-4:-4

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:34 am
by RedGlitter
Here you go...Deep Fried Oreos:




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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:40 am
by Hope6
pinkchick;907639 wrote: I Love Oreo's...!!!:-4:-4:-4


Ahhhhh a girl after my own heart! :-4:-4

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:42 am
by Hope6
RedGlitter;907642 wrote: Here you go...Deep Fried Oreos:






ummmmm.........i don't know about a deep fried Oreo now! :thinking:

i've never tried it.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:15 am
by kayleneaussie
pinkchick;907639 wrote: I Love Oreo's...!!!:-4:-4:-4


I dont :eek:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:23 am
by K.Snyder
qsducks;907534 wrote: I'm watching the late news and it seems the Oreo cookie is not going so well in the Uk or Australia for that matter. And it's because it's not a "biscuit". And you can't dunk it in tea. Yah, yah it's for dunking in milk. Ok, what gives? They are good.:-4:thinking:


They are also loaded in saturated fat!!!...

Have any idea what that white lard is in the middle of the cookie?...

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:38 am
by K.Snyder
fuzzy butt;907654 wrote: Oh I think I'm going to be sick:(


Add a little bit of McFlurry and you have grounds for a higher susceptible rate of getting Coronary Artery Disease to go along with that nausea...:wah:

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:05 am
by Chezzie
I bought these for the first time last week, they do a box with 4 individual snack size packs in which are great for packed lunches. My girls had school trips and were the envy of the coach as they got their oreo's out lol..

Im not that keen on then t be honest.

Im a shortbread fanatic:p

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:07 am
by kayleneaussie
Chezzie;907670 wrote: I bought these for the first time last week, they do a box with 4 individual snack size packs in which are great for packed lunches. My girls had school trips and were the envy of the coach as they got their oreo's out lol..

Im not that keen on then t be honest.

Im a shortbread fanatic:p


yea I love a good shortbread I think the homemade ones are yummy :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:13 am
by pinkchick
K.Snyder;907653 wrote: They are also loaded in saturated fat!!!...

Have any idea what that white lard is in the middle of the cookie?...


OK!

Now you've put me off for life!

:yh_sick:yh_sick

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:16 am
by Chezzie
kayleneaussie;907673 wrote: yea I love a good shortbread I think the homemade ones are yummy :D


School put on a strawberry tea the other day and we were serenaded by the school choir as we munched shortbread topped with cream and strawberries...delicious...My Molly is in the choir so I was doubly in my element:-6

I love ALL shortbread Kay...its the mutts nuts:D

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:20 am
by RedGlitter
K.Snyder;907655 wrote: Add a little bit of McFlurry and you have grounds for a higher susceptible rate of getting Coronary Artery Disease to go along with that nausea...:wah:


Hey Buzzkill!! :wah:

That's not lard....that's sugar!

Do not mock the Oreo!

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:25 am
by Chezzie
K.Snyder;907655 wrote: Add a little bit of McFlurry and you have grounds for a higher susceptible rate of getting Coronary Artery Disease to go along with that nausea...:wah:


Trans-Saturated fat

On May 13, 2003, attorney Stephen Joseph filed a lawsuit charging Nabisco with using hydrogenated (or partially hydrogenated) oils (trans fats) to make the cookies. The suit was dropped as Nabisco considered replacing the hydrogenated oils with alternative oils. Joseph admitted he filed the lawsuit to call attention to the matter, and he considered his motion successful. As of January 2006, classic Oreo cookies are no longer manufactured with hydrogenated oils. Other varieties may not have eliminated hydrogenated oils completely.

The trans-fats had been added to the Oreo recipe to replace its original fat, lard. Earlier outcry regarding these types of saturated fats is what prompted the change to use more unsaturated fats in the first place.

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Ingredients

Regular Oreos Ingredients:

Sugar, flour, hydrogenated soybean oil, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, whey, corn starch, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, vanillin, chocolate

Mini Oreos Ingredients:

Flour, sugar, hydrogenated soybean oil, cocoa, lactose, high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, whey, corn starch, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin, vanillin, chocolate

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:35 am
by spot
Chezzie;907683 wrote: The trans-fats had been added to the Oreo recipe to replace its original fat, lard. Earlier outcry regarding these types of saturated fats is what prompted the change to use more unsaturated fats in the first place.Ten current off-the-shelf oreos contain the daily recommended maximum intake of Saturated Fat from all sources. Eleven contain the the daily recommended maximum intake of Total Fat from all sources. Ten or eleven are but a small fragment of a pound of oreos. Between 6 and 7 ounces of oreos, at a guess.

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:38 am
by Chezzie
Our Macdonalds sell Oreo Mcflurries too Snyder:wah:

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:34 am
by K.Snyder
Chezzie;907704 wrote: Our Macdonalds sell Oreo Mcflurries too Snyder:wah:


Oh I know that...Which is why I thought you could relate to it more...:yh_bigsmi...

Not that you buy them just that I knew they were being sold in the UK as anything being remotely similar...

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:37 am
by Chezzie
K.Snyder;907764 wrote: Oh I know that...Which is why I thought you could relate to it more...:yh_bigsmi...

Not that you buy them just that I knew they were being sold in the UK as anything being remotely similar...


carol is addicted to mcflurries...she gets the shakes if she goes too long without one:thinking:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:38 am
by Carolly
Chezzie;907810 wrote: carol is addicted to mcflurries...she gets the shakes if she goes too long without one:thinking:Ye normally banana flavour:D:rolleyes::guitarist

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:08 am
by K.Snyder
:wah:...Stop it!!!...

(Just joking)...

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:35 am
by kazalala
I have tried them and quite liked them,, and i dunked it in my coffee,, i dont care if its supposed to be dunked in milk cos thats just how reckless i am;):D:wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:37 am
by Chezzie
kazalala;907887 wrote: I have tried them and quite liked them,, and i dunked it in my coffee,, i dont care if its supposed to be dunked in milk cos thats just how reckless i am;):D:wah:


Good God Kaz you sure do know how to live on the edge:D

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:38 am
by kazalala
Chezzie;907892 wrote: Good God Kaz you sure do know how to live on the edge:D


I know! its exilerating at times,, i also bite the ends off a twix and suck my coffee through it:wah::wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:39 am
by Chezzie
kazalala;907893 wrote: I know! its exilerating at times,, i also bite the ends off a twix and suck my coffee through it:wah::wah:


my mate sucks her tea through a corner of a penguin that she's previously nibbled off:thinking:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:40 am
by K.Snyder
Chezzie;907898 wrote: my mate sucks her tea through a corner of a penguin that she's previously nibbled off:thinking:


:confused:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:41 am
by Carolly
I aint got a bloody clue what yer going on about yer know:wah::wah::wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:42 am
by kazalala
Carolly;907903 wrote: I aint got a bloody clue what yer going on about yer know:wah::wah::wah:


whats new:wah::wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:44 am
by Carolly
kazalala;907904 wrote: whats new:wah::wah:
I will ignore that remark:rolleyes:so whats this Oreo fingy fgs:confused:

What is this? Oreos are not going over in the UK?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:48 am
by kazalala
Carolly;907908 wrote: I will ignore that remark:rolleyes:so whats this Oreo fingy fgs:confused:


Its a biscuit carol:rolleyes: like a custard cream, but round and the biscuit is really dark coloured and the middle isnt custard cream but like a white frosting?:D God Carol you watch a lot of telly they are on adverts all the time! have you not seen the one where the boy eats both of the biccies and dont give one to his dog:wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:51 am
by Carolly
kazalala;907912 wrote: Its a biscuit carol:rolleyes: like a custard cream, but round and the biscuit is really dark coloured and the middle isnt custard cream but like a white frosting? God Carol you watch a lot of telly they are on adverts all the time! have you not seen the one where the boy eats both of the biccies and dont give one to his dog:wah:NO:confused:Oh how comes I dont know about the important fings in life:-5:-5:(

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:54 am
by Nomad
I dont care for Oreos. Im sorry.

Nomad

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:54 am
by Galbally
We have Oreo cookies here as well, but they are a bit dry and not really very nice. Its a yank thing. Ye obviously grew up with them as kids and are accustomed to the taste, we are not, and so we don't think they are actually very nice. Its the same with those Hershey bars, they are not that good really, and I thought they were going to be amazing because the Americans are always going on about them. The closest thing I can think of as a comparison are bourbon creams, which are like custard cremes, but with chocolate flavour. What you have got to get down with are chocolate hobnobs, and also chocolate Irish Kimberly biscuits. They rock.

What are nice though are proper home made american chocolate cookies, they are beautiful. Yum.

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:00 am
by kazalala
Galbally;907925 wrote: We have Oreo cookies here as well, but they are a bit dry and not really very nice. Its a yank thing. Ye obviously grew up with them as kids and are accustomed to the taste, we are not, and so we don't think they are actually very nice. Its the same with those Hershey bars, they are not that good really, and I thought they were going to be amazing because the Americans are always going on about them. The closest thing I can think of as a comparison are bourbon creams, which are like custard cremes, but with chocolate flavour. What you have got to get down with are chocolate hobnobs, and also chocolate Irish Kimberly biscuits. They rock.

What are nice though are proper home made american chocolate cookies, they are beautiful. Yum.


chocolate hobnobs yummmm!!!!!!!!!:D

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:01 am
by chonsigirl
Oh, you mean like fresh baked chocolate chip cookies? :)

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:07 am
by Accountable
Carolly;907908 wrote: I will ignore that remark:rolleyes:so whats this Oreo fingy fgs:confused:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... X8DQ&hl=en

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:09 am
by K.Snyder
Galbally;907925 wrote: We have Oreo cookies here as well, but they are a bit dry and not really very nice. Its a yank thing. Ye obviously grew up with them as kids and are accustomed to the taste, we are not, and so we don't think they are actually very nice. Its the same with those Hershey bars, they are not that good really, and I thought they were going to be amazing because the Americans are always going on about them. The closest thing I can think of as a comparison are bourbon creams, which are like custard cremes, but with chocolate flavour. What you have got to get down with are chocolate hobnobs, and also chocolate Irish Kimberly biscuits. They rock.

What are nice though are proper home made american chocolate cookies, they are beautiful. Yum.


I don't care for Hershey bars either...

I have tried a relatively cheap package of chocolates that would equate to roughly about a 1/2 of the price higher than your typical Hershey's bar by weight and I have to tell you they were well worth it...Very good associated with the price...

They're called "Merci" chocolates...German chocolate...

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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:10 am
by Nomad
Galbally;907925 wrote: Its the same with those Hershey bars, they are not that good really




You take that back !