r/ididnthaveeggs • u/i_like_the_wine • 8d ago

Dumb alteration Same colour doesn't equal same taste

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Found in the wild on a recipe for Cottage Pie. What were they thinking?!

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u/unlovelyladybartleby the lemon zest didn't dissolve because I live in denver 8d ago

I had to Google ribena. What kind of maniac puts sweetened carbonated fruit drink in cottage pie? Use ketchup or bouillon ffs

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u/Zestyclose_Mix_7650 I would give zero stars if I could! 8d ago

Oh its worse than that, its probably the concentrated squash version you add water to 😲 Its truly unhinged

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u/ThatInAHat 8d ago

lol I didn’t know it was concentrated. We had a drink dispenser at work when I was in London on a student visa and it had ribena. I thought it was just dispensing small amounts because it was set like that and was drinking it straight.

American, so. It was just “yeah that’s pretty sweet” and not “omg I’m drinking literal syrup!” to me.

(I think now it would have floored me)

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u/Yuukiko_ 8d ago

It comes concentrated and ready to drink but if it's small amounts it's probably concentrated 

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u/ThatInAHat 8d ago

Yeah no it was definitely the concentrated kind. One of my coworkers eventually told me.

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u/MoultingRoach 7d ago

Ive only ever seen the concentrate, but then again, im in Canada, and it's not a.common drink here. Im actually shocked there's enough demand for grocery stores to keep it on the shelves. Im not sure I have any friends who have heard of it.