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Broghies

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Kaylz

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Just thought I'd share these, never tried them myself but have just saw that a local health food shop stocks them, apparently they are really good, but I'd never heard of them until 5 minutes ago! lol xx
https://broghies.com/whats-a-broghie/
 
I've done a search & only Iceland seem to sell them in the UK.
 
Its a small health food shop in the next town to me that stocks them x
 
I see there's 'massa' in them. WTF is it? LOL
 
I think it might be masa

Masaharina is a very finely ground corn flour made from corn that's dried, cooked in water with slaked lime (which gives it distinctive flavor), ground, and dried again. Mixed with water (or sometimes oil), it forms the dough called masa that is used to make corn tortillas.

This was mentioned fairly recently on a TV prog where someone or another went travelling in furrin parts like eg the Lebanon, Iran - but I also recall S America, where he ate with locals rather than touristy establishments - far off bits of Mexico etc - and the 'slaked lime' process was mentioned re their corn tortillas. Other than that, I'd not heard of it before.

The tostada ('toast' or 'toasted' in Spanish) Broghies sound nice, don't they?
 
It's a scenario similar to those seaweed thins. Yes, they're low carb but that's because they don't weight owt. They weigh 5g per item and 4g of that is carbohydrate. In the comparison chart they compare one of these things weighing 5g with 100g of bread. Bit of a marketing gimmick I'd say.
 
Bookmarked... I need a food parcel sending lol :D
 
I personally wont be trying them as I'm fine and happy enough with my wholemeal bread but thought I'd share it for the folk that don't eat bread etc xx
 
Amigo said:
Seems our local Morrison’s has them (allegedly). Certainly worth a try so thanks Kaylz.
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Hav eyou tired these yet Amigo?
I have the website here and they look very versatile.
If they are ok I will try and pre-order and get some picked up before I get back so I can have a bacon and egg wrap seeing as the World Shortage of Lidl rolls seems to be biting. :(
 
Vince_UK said:
Hav eyou tired these yet Amigo?
I have the website here and they look very versatile.
If they are ok I will try and pre-order and get some picked up before I get back so I can have a bacon and egg wrap seeing as the World Shortage of Lidl rolls seems to be biting. :(
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I went in our local Morrison's yesterday and they had no idea what I was talking about, despite the Broghies website saying they have them in all 3 of my local branches. did you have any luck @Amigo ? Might try Iceland as they have them online.
 
kentish maid said:
I went in our local Morrison's yesterday and they had no idea what I was talking about, despite the Broghies website saying they have them in all 3 of my local branches. did you have any luck @Amigo ? Might try Iceland as they have them online.
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I haven’t looked for them to be honest KM
 
I see them in a lot of supermarkets here in Ireland. In a plastic bag and look like round flattish bread. About 8 or so in a pack. They look quite light and crunchy but have not tried them yet.
 
weecee said:
I see them in a lot of supermarkets here in Ireland. In a plastic bag and look like round flattish bread. About 8 or so in a pack. They look quite light and crunchy but have not tried them yet.
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Seems they have been marketed in Ireland before the UK. Possibly because, although the manufacturer is based in Canada the company is named after an Irish river Garavogue as the founders have roots in Ireland.
 
Oh originally from Canada where I live😱......Oh it seems the nearest supermarket stock them😱.............
Low carb, low cal, but what about GI ? Am I right to assume that GI level is also low?
I may nip out to the shop and try them tomorrow. 🙂
 
They look a bit like a cross between prawn crackers and taco shells. I wouldn’t use them as a bread substitute but maybe alongside a curry or Chinese perhaps? I do love a poppadum and these look like they would fulfil a similar function.
Does anyone else remember Energen rolls? Mum used to eat these when she was dieting. Awful things; think I would rather go without!
 
I have Broghies a lot. Only 4.4 , grams of carbs per wafer, none of which is sugar.
They are very versatile and I often use them instead of bread. Can put all different types of things on them.
As far as I am aware they are only available in selected Iceland stores in the UK, but I may be wrong.
 
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