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AIBU?

To secretly lust after the cakes in the Iceland Xmas advert?

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FunBagFreddie · 26/11/2012 14:24

Iceland gets a right slating from lots of people on MN, and I stay well clear of the place myself. However, I do find myself drooling over the cakes (especially the Baileys ones) on their Xmas ad, despite them being kind of cheap and nasty.

So, AIBU to secretly lust after Icelend cakes and maybe get a big creamy one in for Xmas? My friends would be horrified! Grin

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Maryz · 26/11/2012 14:36

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Mandy2003 · 26/11/2012 14:39

There's something on the front of The Sun this morning about a voucher inside for a free Iceland Strawberry E Number Custard Tart Slice or some such, if you really feel the urge Grin

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FunBagFreddie · 26/11/2012 14:41

But don't you find that you just fancy something like that sometimes Maryz? Smile

It's a bit like when you are hungover and only a sneaky Burger King can sort you out. Blush

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InNeedOfBrandy · 26/11/2012 14:42

The bailys cheesecake is lovely, I think morrisons sell the same one to around christmas.

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InNeedOfBrandy · 26/11/2012 14:43

Oh and I don't mind shopping in iceland, I'm not a snob about shops Smile

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SoleSource · 26/11/2012 14:45

I have shopped in Iceland a few times but not for years. I want the Bailey's profiteroles cake and tbe after dinner mints and the mini beef burgers and the strawberry cakes and the Iceland party food range really Blush all of it so there isn't one pack left, it's all in my multiple frezers.

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ObiWan · 26/11/2012 14:47

You are an actual grown up. You can buy as many cakes as you want, from where ever you want. It is one of the few advantages of being (quite) old.

Iceland sell Coppenrath & Wiese cakes, which are lovely.

Lose your inner snob, and embrace the cakes. It will set you free.

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YankTeeDoodleDanTee · 26/11/2012 14:47

Their cakes are vile. They are so full of preservatives and that's what they taste like.

So to blow the illusion!

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FunBagFreddie · 26/11/2012 14:48

I also think Wine has a lot to do with it Maryz. I get the right munchies when I've had a drink. Right now I suspect that PMT has a lot to do with my lust for Icelands cakeage though.

DP is a bit of a health fanatic, but I think he'll come round. I'm not a shop snob as such, but we don't have a local Iceland anyway.

Baileys cheese cake, that sounds scrumptious. Grin

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SoleSource · 26/11/2012 14:49

Hmm imagine the cakes etc are yuck. I've turned Into Verucca Salt

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InNeedOfBrandy · 26/11/2012 14:49

I want greggs sausage rolls and pastys mmm
and then there fake bailys is pretty good and fake malibu and archers
a black forest cake thingy (can't spell the g word)
money bag party range
and buffalo chicken wings

and while we're at it I love a chicken kiev mmm

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MrsBucketxx · 26/11/2012 14:50

i think they look scrummy too.

i might even be getting the baileys one mmmmm

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SoleSource · 26/11/2012 14:51

It's spelt as you say it Brandy, gatuxx. Do they really sell Greggs in Iceland?

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FunBagFreddie · 26/11/2012 14:52

I'm sick of being mostly virtuous and living off vegetables and pulses. Blush

Additives seem very appealing right now, especially as I'll be 'visiting the red planet' next week. I always crave deliciously unhealthy food just before my 'Mars mission'.

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SoleSource · 26/11/2012 14:53

Now you're talking Maryz. Chocolate concrete cake, for moi taste buds.

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InNeedOfBrandy · 26/11/2012 14:53

Oh thanks sole, and yes in the first freezer on the left sausage rolls, cheese and onion pastys and apple turnovers.

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Pandemoniaa · 26/11/2012 14:54

I went to a BBQ where several visually luscious Iceland cakes were served. Sadly they were indeed "all fur coat and no knickers" taste-wise.

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badtasteflump · 26/11/2012 14:55

You know, I'm a horrible food snob but I think some of it looks quite naice Smile

I was telling someone at the school how I won't buy the horrible Kinnerton character advent calendars because the chocolate is grim - she said actually Kinnerton make chocolate for M&S Shock

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SoleSource · 26/11/2012 14:55

Do they taste as nice as they do from the bakery?

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InNeedOfBrandy · 26/11/2012 14:56

Yes sole they are lush! You get a hot straight out your oven greggs in your living room.

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TroublesomeEx · 26/11/2012 14:56

And female prawns have their eyes plucked off their stalks to encourage reproduction in order to produce lots of cheap prawns for cheap prawn rings and prawns in pastry.

The cakes just taste like all other cheap shop bought cakes.

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