Food There's an argument to be made that the Boots meal deal has fuelled the nation. A sandwich, snack and drink for about £3 was certainly how my lunch went for many years when working in call centres. Anything from the triple chicken to the New York Deli to whatever's left because it's 2:30 in the afternoon and I've only just got my break so alright I'll have the flatbread thing even though it looks very dry from the outside and what do you mean the quiche doesn't count as a snack any more?
Even sporadically still its been the mainstay of lunchtime cinema matinees when half the game is trying to find the most expensive item in each category in order to get the most savings however little they actually work together as a culinary delight. Only when you're sat before the screen do you discover that whatever this green smoothie concoction is, it probably should not be eaten in conjunction with a chocolate brownie or beef and horseradish.
There have been disappointments along the way. Like the time they tried a two-tier system were some of the larger packets of sandwiches like the triple chicken were put into a more expensive offer (which oddly enough is the price all of the meals are at now, £3.39). Or when they swapped the chicken and sweetcorn sandwich in the triple for chicken stuffing removing the palate cleanser for the chicken and bacon on the other end. Or whatever was going on with the chicken tikka sandwich which did little but induce indigestion.
Plus not all the sandwiches are particularly great and I'd include this "turkey feast" in amongst them. There were other options, one with lower calories and the vegan alternative but I stuck with the one with all the usual stuff to offer a fair comparison and its at the bottom end of the scale. It's not inedible. It just doesn't have the flavour pizazz of some of the sandwiches I've eaten during this project. The turkey is hard, the bacon barely registers and most every tastes of the stuffing.
But as I've said on previous days, the context of the sandwich is important. Most people probably don't pay much attention to the fundamentals of this or make comparisons about dozens of them across successive days. It might be that I'd be more accepting if I hadn't already feasted on so many similar sandwiches already. Plus although the packet says £3.00 it scanned at £2.75 making it one of the cheaper options, a meal deal you might say.
No comments:
Post a Comment