Nutella wars.

[Chippy_Tea]

Only in France.:facepalm:

Nutella 70%-off sale sparks 'riots' in French supermarkets with shoppers fighting 'like animals'

• Supermarket chain Intermarche reduced prices of Nutella from €4.50 to €1.40
• But the move sparked hysteria among customers in shops around the country
• Reports of violence breaking out in some shops and police being called to others
• Nutella is hugely popular in France with 100 million pots consumed every yea

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[Bigcol49]

Hi!
Exclusive picture of the official response from a French minister:

 

[GerritT]

Liquid sugar.
Hm. Anyone tried this in a porter or stout?

 

[Bigcol49]

Liquid sugar.
Hm. Anyone tried this in a porter or stout?

Hi!
I'd be worried by the palm oil.

 

[Sadfield]

Hi!
I'd be worried by the palm oil.
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Looking at this graphic, surely you could just decant the palm oil off the top.

 

[Graz]

Looking at this graphic, surely you could just decant the palm oil off the top.

 

[IainM]

To be fair I've seen similar in Tesco when the reduced trolley comes round. Some people will do anything to get a bag of lemons for 6p.

 

[strange-steve]

Liquid sugar.
Hm. Anyone tried this in a porter or stout?

A Nutella porter has been on my potential brew list for a while. @MyQul once posted about a technique called fat-washing which could possibly be used to remove the fat. Essentially, blend the nutella with vodka, let it sit for a while to infuse, then chill and skim the fat off. Then again it might be easier to add some cacao nibs and hazelnut flavouring.

 

[Bigcol49]

A Nutella porter has been on my potential brew list for a while.

Hi!
How about a spoonful of Nutella followed by a good swig of porter, swish it around a bit in the gob and swallow?
It could work! :nod:

 

[strange-steve]

Hi!
How about a spoonful of Nutella followed by a good swig of porter, swish it around a bit in the gob and swallow?
It could work! :nod:

Simple but effective, I like your style :thumb:

 

[Thumper]

To be fair I've seen similar in Tesco when the reduced trolley comes round. Some people will do anything to get a bag of lemons for 6p.

I used to work in Morrison's. You would get absolutely mobbed the second people saw you with the reducing gun in hand.

There's a certain type of person who goes food shopping late on a weeknight just to get reduced items. For some reason, this type of person seems to have no concept of manners or personal space.

I had groups of grown adults crowding round me, snatching newly reduced items out of my hand and waving items under my nose that were going out of date that day or the next, demanding I reduce them. Items they had spent ages hunting the shelves to find just so they could wave them under my nose, I should add, most if them not even from my section. They'd get all uppity when I said I couldn't reduce items from other departments. I had people squash the packaging on perfectly edible, in-date items and demand I reduce them. It was utterly ridiculous. War and bargains bring out the worst in people.

 

[strange-steve]

My wife works in Tesco, she told me there are people who come into the store early in the day, hunt for items that are going out of date that day, hide them in the back of the milk fridge so that nobody buys them, then come back that evening and take the items they hid to her and demand they are reduced.

 

[Clint]

If the dopes added up going to the shops twice in a day to do this they would probably realise they aren’t saving anything...not unless they go on the bus pass and haven’t got anything better to do.
I’ve just been out to Asda for work food and some other bits.....such a chore! Going twice to get some half price out of date sandwiches or manky veg doesn’t appeal to me at all.....

 

[strange-steve]

haven’t got anything better to do.

I think you've got it. Someone needs to introduce these poor sods to homebrewing.

 

[Dexter101]

I think by the time you have removed the fat, using cocoa nibs, hazelnut flavouring and lactose would probably be easier and also be more controllable.

Although to be fair, Nutella is probably one of the only products that I can't find a non branded version of that is any good...

 

[strange-steve]

I think by the time you have removed the fat, using cocoa nibs, hazelnut flavouring and lactose would probably be easier and also be more controllable.

Although to be fair, Nutella is probably one of the only products that I can't find a non branded version of that is any good...

Yeah you're probably right, I'm not entirely convinced you'd get enough flavour from the infusion. I might give it a try with a small amount and add it directly to a glass of porter out of curiosity.

 

[Dexter101]

Yeah you're probably right, I'm not entirely convinced you'd get enough flavour from the infusion. I might give it a try with a small amount and add it directly to a glass of porter out of curiosity.

I know people use powdered peanut butter for peanut butter stouts etc, this might be worth a shot...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CD3A9T8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[Thumper]

My wife works in Tesco, she told me there are people who come into the store early in the day, hunt for items that are going out of date that day, hide them in the back of the milk fridge so that nobody buys them, then come back that evening and take the items they hid to her and demand they are reduced.

Yuhp, happened all the time. We'd find little stashes of items at the backs of shelves. Once someone had clearly done this and failed to come and finish the deed, because one guy found a pile of mouldy sandwiches and deli items hidden behind the loo rolls, all with the same sell-by date.

 

[Thumper]

...haven’t got anything better to do.

Hammer, meet nail. 17-year-old me was utterly bewildered by the effort and, in some cases, aggression these people were willing to put into getting a quid off a scotch egg. Adult me is still bewildered, if I'm being honest.

 

[Clint]

I enjoyed my time in the supermarket...a favourite was to cut the head of a brush down to “large rat” size then push it under the shelving into the next aisle to gently brush someone’s feet.....