When promises fail to deliver...

Lovely trip down Memory Lane Spangler - thanks for sharing I enjoyed it!

Lovely memories Spangler.

Maw we have had the fish and chips experience, too.
But the one that more frequently disappoints me is coffee. It invariably smells gorgeous and then the taste doesn’t quite deliver.

I also love crisps but very seldom buy them. So for my birthday (as one of my treats) we got a big sharing bag and ate them with wine whilst watching a film. I found it was like eating salty cardboard... and I had so been looking forward to having them... I was surprised at how disappointed I was. Ho hum ...

I find toast never lives up to my expectations. Other people's always smells so inviting, but when I make it myself it's a let down ?

I often find that with fish & chips Maw, the taste never lives up to the expectation. I actually don’t know why I still occasionally put myself through the disappointment.

We have given up on FC from the chippie. Far too many chips and the fish is usually greasy. I now do my own on the rare occasion. We both use to love cake and chocolate biscuits, now both make us feel sick as we tended to over indulge so i just don't bake unless we have a visitor for afternoon tea and i don't buy chocolate bics, just rich tea or digestives.

Some fruit teas are deceiving.
They smell delicious, but taste of nothing but hot water.

I have finally found one that I really like .

Just to say that when I visit the UK I really enjoy my fish and chips. Not only the anticipation but also the eating. Because it's such a rare treat, I savour it all the more.

I am wondering what the opposite of a "letdown" is. Is there a word for it? For example, you've been dreading cleaning the windows or raking up the leaves in the garden and have put it off. But when you finally roll up your sleeves and do it, it's not so bad really, doesn't really take much time and the results give you joy all afternoon!