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There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.

I am referring to Branston Smooth.

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I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Marmite. I had the displeasure as a child to mistake this for jelly when visiting relatives. It was a nasty surprise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do you mistake Marmite for jelly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

In the Netherlands we have something called stroop and this looks similar. I was very young 85 to 8 maybe) and did not know any better.

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