'Exploding' Tunnock's teacakes cleared by tests to fly again(www.bbc.co.uk)
67 pointsby zeristor12 days ago10 comments
  • Someone9 days ago
    Original source (linked from TFA): https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/cold-war-calamity-di...

    That was published on the first of April.

  • vr469 days ago
    I keep them safe from harm in my stomach
    • AnotherGoodName9 days ago
      They still expand though!

      It depends a bit on the flight altitude and plane type (newer planes have higher pressure and shorter flights are lower altitude) but i’ve learnt not to have carbonated beverages before flying.

      • vr469 days ago
        Definitely, and never ever a non-alcoholic beer, yet to find one that isn't 99% gas by volume, you'll explode like Mr Creosote
  • dboreham9 days ago
    Timely reminder to head to World Market to stock up on pre-tarriff teacakes and caramel wafers..
  • esperent9 days ago
    Is this viral marketing for Tunnocks?.
    • ljf9 days ago
      Excellent marketing if so - I already want some.

      I love a Tunnock's teacake - but they are pretty dangerous for me. I work maybe 3 mins walk from a Tesco Express and by the time I've left the shop I've usually eaten one, another on the walk, one in the lift then there are only 3 left - and I can share three with my work mates. So I eat the rest...

      Delicious.

      • stevekemp9 days ago
        Dangerous indeed. They come in boxes of six, which I always treated as a single-serving.

        I moved to Finland so I can't get them here, but at least I'm consoled by the availability of Irn-Bru!

        • andrewaylett9 days ago
          They still have Irn Bru in Finland? They stopped making it in Scotland once the sugar tax came into force :(.

          Although if I'm honest, I drank far too much of the stuff so it's probably a good thing I can't buy it any more.

          • stevekemp9 days ago
            They do. Sometimes I see individual cans in K-supermarkets, but otherwise:

            https://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/327752/Irn-Bru-virvo...

            • andrewaylett9 days ago
              Ingredients: ... sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K)

              Unfortunately that's the new "not really Irn Bru" recipe :(.

          • dingaling9 days ago
            It's still Scotland's leading soft drink and you can buy the original high-sugar recipie:

            https://irn-bru.co.uk/products/1901

            • andrewaylett9 days ago
              That's the original recipe, but not the one that was known as Irn Bru immediately before the sugar tax -- it's got no caffeine in it. I've not tried it.

              Any changes made before I started drinking it are merely historical baggage, but any changes made after I started drinking it have a fundamental effect on whether I consider it the same product. See also: "New Coke".

              (Also, I can taste Aspartame -- so while many people might say that the low sugar variant is sufficiently similar in taste, I really don't enjoy it. Although, as I posted above, this is probably a good thing.)

          • 4ndrewl9 days ago
            You can definitely still buy it in Scotland.
            • andrewaylett9 days ago
              You can buy something marketed as Irn Bru, but it's not really Irn Bru. Real Irn Bru does not contain artificial sweeteners.
              • stevekemp9 days ago
                We're gonna go "No true Scotsman", on irn-bru? That takes some doing!

                I get what you're saying, and I kinda believe the best Irn-Bru was the stuff in a glass bottle, delivered to the door, when I was a kid.

                But the stuff that's out there, to my mind, is still just fine. It cures hangovers. It tastes of sugar and love, whether there's real sugar, real iron, or real love in it is almost immaterial.

                • andrewaylett5 days ago
                  "Made in Scotland, from Girders" :).

                  Un(?)fortunately I taste Aspartame as being bitter so it's not as sweet for me as it used to be :(. Which is probably a good thing, given how much I used to drink :P.

        • ljf9 days ago
          Single serving indeed, they don't really work for sharing. Similar for the 8 Tunnock's caramel bars...
        • unwind9 days ago
          I haven't tested either, but I would of course give [1] a try for comparison purposes. If you already have, how did they compare?

          [1]: https://brunberg.fi/en/tuoteryhma/chocolate/kisses/

          • stevekemp9 days ago
            They're very similar to look at, but the chocolate is wrong and the consistency of the "foam" part differs too.

            Close, but sadly not close enough! (I enjoy both, but the Tunnock's teacakes, and their caramel logs too, are a clear winner for me. Probably due to my childhood memories and associations as much as anything else. Bias!)

            • unwind9 days ago
              Thanks, this kind of information is very hard to find elsewhere and ... I just find snack food interesting. :)
            • ausaus9 days ago
              Same for me, nothing comes close!
      • LilBytes9 days ago
        I moved to Australia and forgot they existed until I found them in the "Foriegn Food" aisle and my house has been stocked with them every day since.

        They've been my favourite sweet for as long as I can remember.

    • amiga3869 days ago
      It's viral marketing for the RAF.
      • esperent9 days ago
        You're probably right at that.
  • dsr_9 days ago
    USA equivalent: think Mallomars or Pinwheels, but with better chocolate.
  • danparsonson9 days ago
    PSA: I recently carried a box full in my hold luggage and am happy to report that they survived intact (presumably the hold is pressurised), in case anyone was worried about that.
    • aaronmdjones9 days ago
      The cargo hold of most pressurised aircraft is itself almost always pressurised, yes.
  • Isamu9 days ago
    Glad that’s sorted now. I wouldn’t want to be lose a limb at altitude to any snack.
  • Physkal9 days ago
    I wonder how much does it cost to run an experiment like this?
    • bayindirh9 days ago
      If the facility is being used regularly, practically nothing. Plus, being able to do these kinds of things is a great boost for morale for people who like what they're doing.
    • endoblast9 days ago
      Well the consumable confectionery items cost about £1.15

      https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254923832

      Except, no, there are eight teacakes, so they must have bought at least two packets.

      Wonder who ate the other four?

  • heohk9 days ago
    It was a spooky ghost!
  • zombot9 days ago
    Air-transport pressurized suites at your own peril.