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I really csn't be bothered reading that thread. I have loads of bar snack samples to sample, what do you like to nibble when boozing? Ym is not an option.(, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:36, 107 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
i don't really like drinking and eatingone puts me off the other, so i inevitably end up nursing one feeble vodka or two if we are out for food.
but if i am driving and therefore up for a nibble, i'd say... snyders pretzels.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:38,
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You are spot on with the pretzel pieces.The jalapeno ones are great, and hot enough customers will need another pint.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:44,
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The buffalo wings flavoured ones are shit.(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:50,
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Honey and mustard are nice however. (
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:52,
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they are all nicei wonder what sweet ones would be like. salty caramel could be nom.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:57,
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This is genuinely odd. Is it just alcoholic drinks? Can you have water with a meal?
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yes - i find that if i drink and eat, i get sleepy, and when i am full, it's really hard to get drunkso i either drink and don't eat, and have a piss-up, or i eat and just sip at an alcoholic drink whilst guzzling diet coke or water.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:57,
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So the solution is you drink vodka with your meals?I don't think your approach to drinking is very healthy.
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The Belgians have cheese as a bar snack, consumed with beer.I approve of this and would like to see it gain in popularity.
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:39,
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I agree with the compatibility, but I don't think it should be in a pub.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:41,
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Keeping it fresh?There's a bar near me that does tapas and cheese boards.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:10,
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I've been to one of those! It was called a 'Tapas Bar' or something exotic like that I think.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:11,
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Nah this is a local Ye Olde Pub.The Dog and Partridge in Didsbury
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:21,
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You serve it when sorting their beers.You don't have to leave it out on the bar all day, you animal.
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:12,
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This is a very good combo. Especially smoked cheese. Also prosciutto/iberico and stuff like that. And olives. The continentals are so much more civilised than us.
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Don't know what you're talking about.I think the Doc's going to be fine with his WKD drinking teenage smack-head bog-buggering regulars.
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:53,
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I'm afraid I'm not sure how to re-phrase that postto make it more easily understandable for you.
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Have you considered getting a bag of Quavers with your pint?(
Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:52,
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Sure, why settle for real cheesewhen you can have processed corn starch flavoured with chemicals?
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:54,
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A lot of places here serve cheese with oatcakes.They're shite, it's like eating cheese with cardboard.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:01,
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Cubes on a cocktail stick was the way it was done over there.(
Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:08,
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Did they do pineapple as well?One pub I used to go to did sandwiches for the poker lot on Sundays, but by the time someone had taken the third sandwich off the tray it looked like someone had attempted to shag it.
Invariably some cretin would take a bite from a sandwich and put it back because they "didn't like it".
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Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:09,
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They did not, though it did cross my mind.For safety's sake over here, perhaps a nice water biscuit could be substituted.
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:11,
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Depends on what I'm drinkingBut in a pub only nuts are acceptable, possibly crisps if you allow children in.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:39,
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Ty for boring the arse off me going on about your wanky pub(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:57,
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^People should only talk about what *I* want to talk about.
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MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:13,
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well, no. Im fairly interested in the lives of others.But now that we have had "mains gate", "dessert gate" and now "snack gate" Im finding it hard it find a fuck to give.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:16,
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Agreed. Squabbling over if people like or dislike the same flavours as me is dull.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:21,
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he was all peevish this morninghe's really not a morning bird
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:40,
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sausages on sticks with honey and sesame seeds. roast potatoes.
chicken wings.
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Oh look everyone, Swipey's got something food-related wrong!Totes bookmarking this!
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if you want your breath to smell like tangy feet, you go right ahead(
rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 10:59,
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YHPCCIYMI don't think you're speaking from a position of strength here.
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I agree with her in this instance but would suggest that Flamin' Hot Monster Munch are even better.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:05,
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Flamin' Hot are an abomination to the true path of the Pickled Onion.(
Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:16,
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I always found the Eastern European thing of meat based snacking while drinking vodka quite funI've had a few long slow descents into drunken Sunday evening oblivion fuelled by this phenomenon when I worked in Kiev.
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I got given dried fish to have with beer in Ukraine. It was without doubt the worst thing I have ever tried.
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I was offered that - politely turned it downThe jerky (didn't ask the species) was good though. Favourite was the smoked pork loin on really thin sliced black bread - with a scrape of sour cream.
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You need to get a quiz machine in your pub.That way you can fleece the stupid customers twice.
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JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:03,
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Fucking quiz machines!I don't go to the pub to think.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:05,
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Do you fuck the machine without thinking about it?(
JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:06,
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I always win on the. I must always go on when it's full.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:14,
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Pub QuizCluedo
Deal or No deal
The Chase.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:17,
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Swan fois gras, on artisan organic olive toast with truffle oil and walnuts flambed with vintage brandyAnd a Twix
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:06,
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I like a pub that has a pool table and sky sports package so I know not to go into it.(, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:06, Reply)
decent ones though. i hate the ones that are all fat.(
GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:13,
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Before they went bustWoolworths used to sell an own brand Champagne for £5 a bottle.
On the label it had the types of pick-and-mix that should be paired with it.
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tell me again why coinage not being legal tender would mean that the vendor could refuse the payment.(, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:47, Reply)
if you couldn't understand that a point was being simplified for a generic messageboardwell..... this is why you have no friends and no life, innit.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:51,
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no, i meant that i don't get the point in being utterly anal and dull on a website that is meant for lolsbut i don't expect a compliance drone to get that.
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rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 12:07,
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For someone who is leaping into this profession feet firstyou seem to be absolutely clueless as to what your customer base wants.
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:18,
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Balti or bombay mixPork scratchings,
a variety of "flavoured nuts"
for beer consumption...
As you are doing food I assume you will also have a decent selection of wines. In which case olives (garlic and chilli preference) and cheeses.
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You'd be surprised how it makes literally no difference what snacks you have. (
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:33,
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No way! I always pick a pub on what brand of peanuts they sell.(
MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:39,
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Hoping someone will buy the last couple of bags of Big D's nuts?(
Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:41,
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I think it does add to the overall theme though - along with a load of other stuff. If you want to make it a trendy wanker pub, you need jars of wasabi peas on the bar and all that shit. If you want a down to earth pleb atmosphere, you need bags of peanuts etc.
Trendy wankers have more money, but are less likely to be alcoholics.
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Two things a pub needsGood, well-kept, reasonably-priced beer.
Excellent bar staff.
2 pubs within 500 yards of each other in my home town show this perfectly. Yesterday they were showing the same kickball matches at the same time. One was almost deserted, one was rammed. The service in the deserted one is appalling - I mean really bad. It can take a very long time to get served, even when it's quiet, by surly self-absorbed bellends who look like they'd rather piss on you than do their job. Plus, their beer is bad - if you complain they take offence, complain more than once and they ask you to leave.
Contrast that with the other place. Lovely, well kept beer served by friendly attentive staff. If you get a duff pint they change it - no quibbles - and apologise profusely.
Like I said - one was empty, one was rammed. Not rocket science.
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It's a third the volume of a can of Coke, which has about 10, I think.Where ends this madness?
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Kroney, Mon 11 Aug 2014, 11:41,
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