I know it's a gravy boat, but i would love to have a Bisto coffee mug. Unfortunately no one stateside knows what Bisto is so the impact would be lost
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2025
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Came in here to say "just put some curry in it" and glad to see others have done so already.
Seems quite an odd gift, but for a young couple just starting out, maybe they don't have a gravy dish and it's nice to have? Like socks are the go-to cheap gift, but if someone's got you a nice pair of wool socks, that shows they care a bit more. Someone giving you a cheap pots-and-pans cookware set? Mid. A single cast-iron pan though? That shows thought. This though? Looks destined for the bin. It looks like it'll be a chore to sweep up broken off the floor inside a year.
Usually this meme template shows something completely unusual/absurd, but this one appears quite ordinary unless I'm missing something?
You'd expect a gift set should be somewhat decent, but Bisto have got some balls trying to charge even £5 for their most basic dehydrated granules and a cheap-arse gravy jug emblazoned with the clip-art version of their logo.
It's akin to gifting a 'deluxe' Rustlers microwave burger gift set, or thinking that the Sports Direct mug is going to become a family heirloom.
thinking that the Sports Direct mug is going to become a family heirloom.
You shut your filthy mouth!
Gravy boat = Saucenschüssel?
I would love this. I'm a huge fan of their chip shop curry gravy and I don't have a gravy boat.
Gravy is fine, Sunday roasts likewise. But I've picked up on a trend for us Brits to celebrate them as peak UK cuisine. Decent fish and chips is something I'd be happy to brag about, but a roast dinner just feels a bit meh and flavourless compared to a curry, a Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Turkish etc.
EDIT - although clearly I'm in a minority! Perhaps it's the association with Sunday. In my mind it's in with Howard's Way, Heartbeat and a general grey feeling. Having to chew through chicken and root vegetables with some salty gravy on top the night before school may have skewed my thinking.
Maybe you’ve never had a competently prepared roast?
Arguably in my childhood it was pretty bland, but I've since had Sunday Dinner at my wife's folks and it's been decent, especially if they have lamb. I've also had a few carveryies.
I enjoy a good Sunday roast, but I empathise with the experiences you had growing up which may have put you off.
I was force-fed some pretty awful Sunday dinners in my childhood, suffering through unseasoned anaemic veg boiled to an almost vomit-inducing softness, and mashed potato like grit washed down with watery gravy. I didn't look forward to those visits to my grandparents at all, as much as I loved them as people.
But something amazing happened in the past few decades - the UK as a whole has slowly been learning how to cook.
The lunches I make these days have carrots, parsnips and sprouts tossed in olive oil with salt, pepper and rosemary before roasting in the oven until they are sightly browned and sweetly caramelised. We have buttery mash, and gravy that is rich with red wine and herbs.
It's a world of difference.
vomit-inducing softness
having recently eaten my mum's sprouts this resonates. i would die before appearing ungrateful for dinner. but man it's like eating ectoplasm
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