‘What’s a ‘posh’ food that will never be as good as the cheap version from your childhood?’ – 23 dinners that money will never improve

‘Give me a relatively cheap plain pork sausage like you’d get in a greasy spoon. In fact, I’d rather eat Richmond or Walls sausages than the fancy expensive ones.’
–SpudFire

13.

‘I love all types of cheese, but on a burger it has to be the cheapest, nastiest cheese slices, preferably in a shade of orange unknown in nature, and preferably without the word ‘cheese’ actually appearing anywhere on the packaging.’
–quite_acceptable_man

14.

‘Crappy low cost chocolate Christmas coin ornaments to hang on the tree.’
–Some_Sea7898

15.

‘Stuffing. Made my own stuffing for Christmas last year. Wish I’d just stuck with the own brand packet shit from Tesco. It was fine. But it was a lot of effort for little reward.’
–VioletsSoul

16.

‘Chicken Kyiv. Basic is best.’
–Affectionate_Meat348

17.

‘Stovies. When my wife and I were first dating she asked my mother to make us stovies. My mother made it with chunks of prime steak. This is crazy.

‘Stovies has to be made with canned corned beef, that is non negotiable. Onions, potatoes and gravy granules and nothing further. Stovies looks like a nightmare but is Scottish soul food of the highest grade.’
–Novel-Structure-2359

18.

‘Yes, this handmade gold leaf champagne truffle, vegan, fairtrade luxury chocolate is very fancy. But I’d much rather have a bar of Dairy Milk.’
–Icy_Priority8075

19.

‘Fancy, authentic ramen dishes. BBQ Super Noodles are not something I have often but they come with a lot of nostalgia when I do eat them.’
–pajamakitten

20.

‘Beans on toast. Normal beans and buttery white toast. You can stick your fancy beans and sourdough.’
–CapitalWatchClub

21.

‘M&S own brand biscuits are absolutely the best you can get over any other supermarket or established brand. However, I’d much rather have the cheapo Tesco custard creams than the M&S ones.

‘Just to be clear, I’m not including their chocolate covered custard creams here, which are of course a god tier biscuit.’
–BetterCallTom

22.

‘Mr. Whippy > high-quality farmhouse ice cream.’
–Mountain_Humor_6723

23.

‘Gourmet burgers are not as good as shit car boot burger van burgers. The sort that makes the entire place stink of fried onions and cheap ketchup.’
–TheDawiWhisperer

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