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liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned by a bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into a plate and put it in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Time up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland, unseasoned, evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels, and of course, it looked nothing like the package illustration.


illus.jpg.f7e199a256bb7647633ed2705ccbe150.jpg

 

USD $4.44 down the toilet!

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Time up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland, unseasoned, evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels, and of course, it looked nothing like the package illustration.


illus.jpg.f7e199a256bb7647633ed2705ccbe150.jpg

 

USD $4.44 down the toilet!

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Time up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels. and of course, it looked nothing like the package illustration.


illus.jpg.f7e199a256bb7647633ed2705ccbe150.jpg

 

USD $4.44 down the toilet!

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Time up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels.

 

USD $4.44 down the toilet!

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Tiome up up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels.

 

USD $4.44 down the toilet!

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Tiome up up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland evil mush. No sign of the promised squid or shrimp; just a very few tiny mussels.

 

Repugnante y horrible!

liuzhou

liuzhou

OK. I succumbed. I'm not having my reputation maligned bya bunch of iconoclastic, irreverent Spaniards or Basques. I bought the damned stuff.

 

Opening the outer wrapper revealed this

 

box.thumb.jpg.9bebdcec29a870621f5a6707185e2cb5.jpg

 

Ploughing on, I found this.

 

contents.thumb.jpg.eb5e69d78c25e1c5bff43f22449a8b21.jpg

 

Tipped the lot into plate and put in the microwave. They suggest 2 mins on high in an 800W oven. My microwave is only 400W, so I tried with three minutes.

Tiome up up, I found this

 

dish.thumb.jpg.9e719998b7cae638ce2688734762bcff.jpg

 

Tragic. It was mush. Bland evil mush.

 

Repugnante y horrible!

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