[Factotum]

This is nothing to do with the shortbread maker from Aberlour.

These chocolate nuts are produced by 'Walkers of London' - see website here:
http://www.walkerschocolates.co.uk/


Sue

[Izzy]

Womble, I grew up in the tropics. Before baking we used to weigh out our flour and spread it out on a baking sheet. It was then put out in the sun for 15 mins. The weevils would squirm away from the sun, leaving their little trails in the flour.........!


And I'm sure you know smuts are fungal infections 


My experiences of Walkers have been positive. I have warm memories of the Walkers bakery in Grantown from my summer grouse beating at Dorback & Revack.

[landroverroy]

My experiences of Walkers have been positive. I have warm memories of the Walkers bakery in Grantown from my summer grouse beating at Dorback & Revack.

I'm sure the chocolate people, as mentioned by Factotum, are nothing to do with any bakery, or shortbread, or crisp people. The product I bought was made in a factory in Birmingham.

[Womble]

Oh well, that'll be it then  .

And I'm sure you know smuts are fungal infections 

No, I had no idea. I love this forum! 

[Buffy the eggs layer]

Ooow how disappointing LRR,


                    perhaps the little holes in the chocs were just air bubbles or something.....If there is nothing visible you could hold them to your ear......I'm thinking see no weevil, hear no weevil.....




    Ho ho! I'm entertaining myself here......




Sorry I couldn't resist and Cosmore had bagged the lesser of two weevils which was beautifully lined up by the way.


Tell us what the results of the food test were.





       

[Marches Farmer]

This is what happens when ingredients are bought in bulk and loaded into machines automatically.  If they had been made by a lady in a flowery pinafore she would have noticed.  Quality control needs a shake up, methinks.

[Cosmore]

Why worry about weevils - my father who was a POW under the Japs after the capitulation of Singapore in WW2, in common with all the POW's was given a meagre daily portion of rice which was full of weevils. On complaining to their medics they were given the advice that they should cook the rice properly, shut their eyes and eat it - weevils and all as it was a source of protein that their diets were missing. Also, all the local dogs and cats, rotting fish that had been thrown away by the Japs all ended up in a 'stew' resembling pig swill and eaten as a much needed dietry supplement.  Large local snails and maggots were gathered and kept on flour for a few days to 'clean them out' before including in the 'stew'. One trick used was when out on working parties, they would throw stones at the monkeys in the coconut palms, the monkeys responded by pelting them with coconuts which were also included in the 'stews'. Some brave souls shinned up the palms suffering nasty ant bites to collect the green palm cabbage like centres at the tops for vegetables. Just goes to show what can be achieved when needs must!
By the way, can anyone remember Magnus Pyke on TV, extolling the virtues of eating earthworms as they are full of protein?
So, eat your Weevils and enjoy, Lol!

[waterbuffalofarmer]

The problem with having weevils in chocolate suggests that their hygiene is not up to scratch and it also suggests that there could be more than just weevils in them, faeces for example?

[chrismahon]

Mid-1970's a friend had a Summer job at Peak Bakery in Derby. One of his tasks was to clean the flour filters after every delivery, at which time he was up to his knees in them and taking them out with a bucket. Hopefully the production standards have improved since then, but as a result I never bought one of their loaves.

[harmony]

This is what happens when ingredients are bought in bulk and loaded into machines automatically.  If they had been made by a lady in a flowery pinafore she would have noticed.  Quality control needs a shake up, methinks.

Would a man in a flowery pinafore not have noticed? Just asking! 

[Womble]

Actually, I've spent the past three months working at a cake factory. For some reason the people weighing out the ingredients into the mixers are all men. Further down the line where they do the assembly and decoration, it's roughly half men and half women.

None of them wear flowery pinafores though. Perhaps that's the problem?

P.S. Chris - they do sieve the flour before using it (as well as putting it through magnetic filters to catch nuts and bolts etc). I've seen a couple of bits of plastic in there, but not yet a weevil, so maybe things have improved over the last 40 years!?

[devonlady]

I wouldn't give a damm  obout eating weevils, they will be well and truly cooked after all!

[Lesley Silvester]

First make a jelly pyramid, then place the chocolates atop the jelly.  Any that fall to the bottom have no weevils because we all know.......









Weevils wobble but they don't fall down!

Younger members probably won't get this!!!

 


Giving myself away as a not so young member.