Competitions to avoid

I entered this comp before I realised that I'd have to travel to get the stuff. The nearest to me is, it seems, in Blackpool. Can I un-enter?

looking like more grannies would rather have brad pitt than yoghurt

Actually can I have Johnny Depp instead of Brad Pitt (don't fancy crossing swords with Angelina!!)

Johnny Depp is a good age for grannies as he has just had his 50th birthday, but Brad Pitt always looks like a cross adolescent refusing to get his hair cut or tidy his bedroom. (He's not much of an actor either.) I don't know how old he actually is.

Johnny Depp is a toyboy! For me anyway. Please can I have Patrick Stewart?

The yoghurts may be fat-free, but I would want to know how much sugar is in them - probably quite a lot, looking at the pictures.

You bet jane - it is a classic bit of bad-faith marketing to call something "fat free" when it has a ton of sugar in it. And very common. I was wondering recently what is the scientific reason why cold things taste less sweet (per gramme of sugar) than hot things.
Glass of cool fizzy drink (coke, Fanta etc) can (and do) easily contain 8 teaspoonfuls of sugar without tasting overly sweet. Same size tea or coffee with 8 teaspoonfuls - yuk! unbearably sweet!
Cannot be just the numbing effect of the cool? Is it partly psychological?
But extending the principle to sweet frozen things implies they are even richer in sugar?

Apparently waitrose stock it?

Jess I don't eat ice-cream very often and never fizzy drinks (except for the occasional tonic ), but I've certainly noticed that when I have frozen casseroles, they seem deficient in salt when they are unfrozen and I have to add more. Perhaps it's the freezing process, rather than just the coldness?
I wish the Government would stop exhorting everybody to eat less dairy, and concentrate on getting the sugar message across, because I think there's now evidence that it's a lot more harmful.
We've just been staying with the family in the States, and there, they often completely ignore sugar on the food labelling. They will tell you how much saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol things have, and how many calories are derived from fat, whilst completely ignoring the sugar content.
So many things taste unnecessarily sweet - I bought a loaf of brown bread and couldn't eat it

Just checked out low fat (skinny cow) ice-cream, also sold in waitrose. Contains around 1/5th sugar. Some have sweeteners. They have lots of additives to make them "creamy". Tesco vanilla ice cream portion actually contains only a teeny amount of fat and a similar amount of sugar.
Come on someone. Help me out with the "why do cool things taste less sweet than hot ones" question.

Because the coldness partially numbs your tastebuds?

Wonder if you would be allowed to order your free one via Mr Ocado?

No. They want you in the shop. Probably so you get tempted by the rest of their range.

OR, more likely, it's just a mean trick!

Yes that is the obvious answer jo8. Maybe should test this by drinking warm coke and finding out if it tastes sweeter. [disgust emoticon]

It does! It is truly horrible.