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Findus Crispy Pancakes

Molten filling, breadcrumb shell, roof of mouth destroyed.

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Findus Crispy Pancakes

Semicircles of breadcrumbed pancake filled with minced beef or cheese, and hot enough to cause actual injury.

The outside was lukewarm and the inside was the surface of the sun. There was no known method of heating them evenly and everyone had a theory.

Served with chips and beans on a Friday, and a staple of the first meal teenagers cooked themselves.

Cost back then

19p for four

Goes for now

About £2.50 a box

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