Burgen Bread is loathsome

[Eddy Edson]

In 1991, Boston Consulting Group and McKinseys were tasked with rejigging a huge, ancient and incredibly ill-maintained ex-Soviet synthetic rubber plant, previously devoted to producing tank tracks for the Red Army & polluting the Omsk region.

A joint team of bright & ambitious 26 year-olds set to work, and as chance would have it, discovered via their bright/ambitious 26 year-old networks that JP Morgan had acquired the entire soy and linseed stockpile of the ex-Roumanian People's Army, dating from 1964 & no longer required for manufacturing punishment rations.

To cut a long story short, in the heady glow of post-historical capitalist triumphalism the three groups got together and not only created Burgen Bread but also a marketing campaign successfully promoting it as "food".

Not really .. but people actually like it??? I'd forgotten how loathsome it is until I ate some out of politeness today. Why not just eat seeds?

Umm ... I'll shut up now.

 

[Northerner]

Hush your mouth! 😱 It's the only bread I have eaten for about the past 8 years! 😱 🙂 Unless forced by circumstances to eat a substitute, which is always unsatisfactory! 😱 🙂

 

[Eddy Edson]

Hush your mouth! 😱 It's the only bread I have eaten for about the past 8 years! 😱 🙂 Unless forced by circumstances to eat a substitute, which is always unsatisfactory! 😱 🙂

Weird. You probably like mushrooms too 🙂

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I like Burgen bread but don't like chocolate = everyone's taste buds are different 😛

 

[Madeline]

Gosh, it’s less than half the carbs per slice than the seedy bread I’m eating. Is it really that bad? Like on a scale of cake (1) to mushroom (10) levels?

 

[Northerner]

I like Burgen bread but don't like chocolate = everyone's taste buds are different 😛

Indeed. Apart from those people who like celery or radishes, I don't think they actually have taste buds 😱 😉

 

[eggyg]

I like it too, it’s light and I now find other breads heavy and stodgy and no...I don’t like mushrooms!

 

[Northerner]

Gosh, it’s less than half the carbs per slice than the seedy bread I’m eating. Is it really that bad? Like on a scale of cake (1) to mushroom (10) levels?

It's really nice bread and stays fresh longer than most, I have found 🙂 Lower carb due to the soya flour content, plus the seeds help slow the digestion 🙂

 

[Madeline]

Indeed. Apart from those people who like celery or radishes, I don't think they actually have taste buds 😱 😉

Celery is the food of the devil. Right up there with mushrooms and spinach.

 

[eggyg]

Indeed. Apart from those people who like celery or radishes, I don't think they actually have taste buds 😱 😉

Oh celery! Yuk! Radishes! Yuk! What really is the point, but hey good job we are all different or there would be an international shortage of Burgen, mushrooms, celery and radishes! Now chocolate @Pumper_Sue is one life’s great pleasures. My middle daughter doesn’t like chocolate whereas myself, Mr Eggy, daughters 1 and 3 are all chocoholics. We often joke she must have been swapped in the hospital!

 

[Madeline]

Oh celery! Yuk! Radishes! Yuk! What really is the point, but hey good job we are all different or there would be an international shortage of Burgen, mushrooms, celery and radishes!

Silver lining on Brexit?

When I first came home from hospital I was completely off chocolate, it was really traumatic. Now I can only eat the really, really dark stuff, but it is my most favourite thing in the world, AND it’s supposed to lower your BG.

 

[Rachel64]

It really is good that we are all different! I love celery, radishes and mushrooms

 

[Amigo]

I started off liking Burgen but quickly tired of it (I tried, honestly).

However I love mushrooms, spinach and can even tolerate celery and radishes.

Chocolate...now you’re talking! 🙂

 

[Sharron1]

Silver lining on Brexit?

When I first came home from hospital I was completely off chocolate, it was really traumatic. Now I can only eat the really, really dark stuff, but it is my most favourite thing in the world, AND it’s supposed to lower your BG.

Hi,

Dark chocolate - used to really dislike the stuff. Now I find I can eat two or three pieces of the really dark stuff a night (my treat) and I quite like it. 🙄🙄

 

[Madeline]

Hi,

Dark chocolate - used to really dislike the stuff. Now I find I can eat two or three pieces of the really dark stuff a night (my treat) and I quite like it. 🙄🙄

Me too, Green & Blacks 70% is my favourite, it has more ‘mouth feel’ than Lindt, I find. It’s my treat, that and an evening in front of Midsomer Murders 😳

 

[Sharron1]

Hi,

Yup that all sounds good. I am even bolder I have the Green and Black 90% (I think) organic. The thing is that you can't really eat that much of it. I have the Lindt at the moment - in the spirit of experimentation.Today was a treat day, 1/2 a chocolate eclair for my sis's birthday... When I mentioned this to the Diabetes Nurse she gave me chapter and verse about the fat content 😱. I simply looked at her and wished I hadn't opened my mouth. As I am one of those diabetics who wasn't too overweight, now I have a healthy BMI and I hadn't asked for her advice I was simply being chatty - lesson learnt!!!🙄 1/2 a chocolate eclair (approx 8 carbs)🙄

 

[Ljc]

Ack Burgen, I hate the stuff
However I love celery, mushrooms , Brussel sprouts . It’s a good job we are not all the same

 

[Sharron1]

In 1991, Boston Consulting Group and McKinseys were tasked with rejigging a huge, ancient and incredibly ill-maintained ex-Soviet synthetic rubber plant, previously devoted to producing tank tracks for the Red Army & polluting the Omsk region.

A joint team of bright & ambitious 26 year-olds set to work, and as chance would have it, discovered via their bright/ambitious 26 year-old networks that JP Morgan had acquired the entire soy and linseed stockpile of the ex-Roumanian People's Army, dating from 1964 & no longer required for manufacturing punishment rations.

To cut a long story short, in the heady glow of post-historical capitalist triumphalism the three groups got together and not only created Burgen Bread but also a marketing campaign successfully promoting it as "food".

Not really .. but people actually like it??? I'd forgotten how loathsome it is until I ate some out of politeness today. Why not just eat seeds?

Umm ... I'll shut up now.

Hi,

Your post made me laugh so much - love the idea that a result of the heady glow of post- historical capitalist triumphalism was Burgen - even if you made it up as far as I am concerned it is now fact and not 'fake news'. Living in a country where I am now listening to discussions on rations (if we are lucky) post BREXIT 😱... Burgen may well be the saviour of the UK 🙄🙂. Finally I an ahead of the game

 

[Ljc]

Hi,

Yup that all sounds good. I am even bolder I have the Green and Black 90% (I think) organic. The thing is that you can't really eat that much of it. I have the Lindt at the moment - in the spirit of experimentation.Today was a treat day, 1/2 a chocolate eclair for my sis's birthday... When I mentioned this to the Diabetes Nurse she gave me chapter and verse about the fat content 😱. I simply looked at her and wished I hadn't opened my mouth. As I am one of those diabetics who wasn't too overweight, now I have a healthy BMI and I hadn't asked for her advice I was simply being chatty - lesson learnt!!!🙄 1/2 a chocolate eclair (approx 8 carbs)🙄

She went off on one and you’d only had half a choc eclair 😱.
After lots of disagreements with my nurse about my diet , we have come to a compromise, we just don’t mention it

 

[Madeline]

I got the low fat, plenty of ‘healthy’ carbs char too, plus a booklet to back up all the nonsense she spouted. I filed it in the recycling, someone will be wiping with it soon She’s going to have kittens when she sees my food diary, but I’m only slightly overweight, and have abnormally low cholesterol, so I figure fat is my friend.

Working up to the hard stuff, it’s a bit of a shock after being a lifelong Galaxy lover.