Rant 272 28/9/12 Subject: Supermarket versions of food

Rant number 272

Me and the wife have finally got a bit of good news today - so we're in a good mood!

To celebrate this - we decided to have a nice meal - and something a bit different.

Well - I did anyway.

The wife really likes pizza. Like really likes pizza (I think she would eat it for every meal if she could you know!)

I like pizza too - but I also like a big wedge of meat from time to time.

As a special treat, the wife picked me out some BBQ ribs. I Love ribs - they are one of the best types of meat going.

In a good restaurant - BBQ ribs can be a simple but truly astonishingly tasty.

So how can supermarket ones be so disappointing?

They weren't awful - but they were far from exceptional. They tasted a bit bland really - with a blob of slightly vinegary honey stuff in the middle.

I don't know why I expected anything else I suppose - because supermarket versions of things are never  as good as their home made or restaurant counterparts.

Curry for instance, is not rocket science. Buy one in a takeaway and you will feel just fantastic - but buy one in a supermarket and you will wonder what all the heartburn was for. It seems like supermarkets replace taste with more heat - or create mind numbingly bland options.

Chilli suffers the same way. Burgers loose their meatiness (and are padded with sawdust) and every thing just tastes more subdued.

Eat proper food - don't be let down!

Rant over.

Rant 106 15/04/12 Subject: Supermarkets

Rant number 106

Today the wife tricked me into a shopping trip! We were meant to be popping in for some pop to drink, then suddenly we were doing a weekly shop .

I can't say I'm too bothered about being tricked really, It needs doing at some point. I just really hate the supermarket!

Now don't get me wrong, I'd hate doing my food shopping at small shops too. I think though that the supermarket just makes things worse.

The environment first of all sucks, I mean what were they going for when they designed the places. Half warehouse, half mall, half hospital?
Whatever the case is its horrid.

Then there are the shelves of goods, some useful and good for you, most bad for you. The supermarket want to make you eat shit, buy shit, drink shit and consume it any other way possible - and they are good at making you do it.

The environment is just made to be shopped in a way that titillates the wrong things. That bugs me.

Then there is the other stuff in supermarkets these days. You can't just get food and drink any more. Now you can buy clothes, electricals, DVDs and myriad other items in the supermarket, which leaves ever less room for what you went in for!

I hate the bloody places. If it wasn't shit too, I would definitely online shop - but that's another rant for another day.

Rant over