Crisps & Sweets Of Your Childhood...!!
28 November 2014, 06:18 PM
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I'm sure when the Double Decker was invented the base was biscuit crisped rice and raisins and the raisins were dropped soon afterwards
Anyone else have the same recollection ?
Anyone else have the same recollection ?
28 November 2014, 06:23 PM
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My God, they all look so drastically tarted up to attract serial sweet munching teeth rotters, aren't they? 
Mind you, I like the taste of peanuts in combination with chocolate. Occasional Snickers is a treat. Mainly when you've done a lot of physical work, and you just want to enjoy every bit of your chocolate bar with amazingly satisfying peanut mash up wrapped in a chocolate blanket. I had two small size Snickers bars this November, and that was, I think, after ten years or even longer. Dairy Milk chocolate remains my prime victim and vice versa.
That Fab should still be going, I think. It really looks drastic. For me, Magnum Almond is ace, but half way through eating it I'm full up. Can't remember any childhood ice cream makes apart from some kulfis (they are divine to my taste buds) whose makers I do not recall. But currently, Häagen-Dazs salted caramel has beaten every other ice cream for me. It puts Ben and Jerry to shame, it's that funking delicious! I bought 4 tubs of it on offer in Tesco recently. It was £2.75 instead of £4 each. I must go easy on them.
Mind you, I like the taste of peanuts in combination with chocolate. Occasional Snickers is a treat. Mainly when you've done a lot of physical work, and you just want to enjoy every bit of your chocolate bar with amazingly satisfying peanut mash up wrapped in a chocolate blanket. I had two small size Snickers bars this November, and that was, I think, after ten years or even longer. Dairy Milk chocolate remains my prime victim and vice versa.
That Fab should still be going, I think. It really looks drastic. For me, Magnum Almond is ace, but half way through eating it I'm full up. Can't remember any childhood ice cream makes apart from some kulfis (they are divine to my taste buds) whose makers I do not recall. But currently, Häagen-Dazs salted caramel has beaten every other ice cream for me. It puts Ben and Jerry to shame, it's that funking delicious! I bought 4 tubs of it on offer in Tesco recently. It was £2.75 instead of £4 each. I must go easy on them.
28 November 2014, 06:58 PM
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I'm sure you're in minority with that.
Grown up wimmins are accused of eating more chocolate than all grown up and beer drinking men, but the fact is that a lot of men greedily gobble up not just the chocolate but any thing going that's full of sugar. At my workplace, most of the charity sweets are bought by men. They don't even taste that good (sweets, I mean), but the men come out of their offices and stick a pound in, for a bag of rotten tasting junk sweets. Charity sweets people have to keep filling the tray, the demand is so high- thanks to sweets addicted men.
Grown up wimmins are accused of eating more chocolate than all grown up and beer drinking men, but the fact is that a lot of men greedily gobble up not just the chocolate but any thing going that's full of sugar. At my workplace, most of the charity sweets are bought by men. They don't even taste that good (sweets, I mean), but the men come out of their offices and stick a pound in, for a bag of rotten tasting junk sweets. Charity sweets people have to keep filling the tray, the demand is so high- thanks to sweets addicted men.
05 December 2014, 06:59 PM
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That's cool! I have got a packet of three in my cupboard since about a month. I'll have one when I fancy. That's if any of them are left, because TH Junior is back from her travels. She's raiding my kitchen cupboards on regular basis. When I want something of that sort, I find just the wrappers re-shaped as full snacks and put back in the cupboard; just to dodge me. Very cruel indeed. 
Enjoy yours.
Enjoy yours.
05 December 2014, 08:03 PM
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Nut brittle?... The crushed peanuts in a hard toffee?
Sweetshops used to sell it in the form of little brick-shaped sweets, in a clear polythene wrapper.
Friggin' loved 'em.
Sweetshops used to sell it in the form of little brick-shaped sweets, in a clear polythene wrapper.
Friggin' loved 'em.
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05 December 2014, 08:43 PM
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My 5 year old is hooked on Palma violets at the mo
05 December 2014, 08:51 PM
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05 December 2014, 11:47 PM
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Thanks for, er, jogging the ol' grey matter... Will buy some pronto!
Also, similar, but with softer, chewy toffee: Peanut Tracker bar. Yum
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05 December 2014, 11:55 PM
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The bags of loads of little matchstick-like deep fried potato sticks... In ready salted and salt'n'vinegar flavours?
Weren't they originally called 'Chipsticks', back in the day? Or is that the name for those bigger, flakey maize stick things?
But yeah, both are still about, in one brand name or another.
Weren't they originally called 'Chipsticks', back in the day? Or is that the name for those bigger, flakey maize stick things?
But yeah, both are still about, in one brand name or another.
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06 December 2014, 02:20 PM
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I totally forgot about Tudor crisps! They still going?
And yes, Tayto are awesome. They're my local brand My son has been to the Tayto factory for a school trip, they very good with the kids.
And yes, Tayto are awesome. They're my local brand
My son has been to the Tayto factory for a school trip, they very good with the kids.
08 December 2014, 08:12 PM
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My God, they all look so drastically tarted up to attract serial sweet munching teeth rotters, aren't they?
Mind you, I like the taste of peanuts in combination with chocolate. Occasional Snickers is a treat. Mainly when you've done a lot of physical work, and you just want to enjoy every bit of your chocolate bar with amazingly satisfying peanut mash up wrapped in a chocolate blanket. I had two small size Snickers bars this November, and that was, I think, after ten years or even longer. Dairy Milk chocolate remains my prime victim and vice versa.
That Fab should still be going, I think. It really looks drastic. For me, Magnum Almond is ace, but half way through eating it I'm full up. Can't remember any childhood ice cream makes apart from some kulfis (they are divine to my taste buds) whose makers I do not recall. But currently, Häagen-Dazs salted caramel has beaten every other ice cream for me. It puts Ben and Jerry to shame, it's that funking delicious! I bought 4 tubs of it on offer in Tesco recently. It was £2.75 instead of £4 each. I must go easy on them.
Mind you, I like the taste of peanuts in combination with chocolate. Occasional Snickers is a treat. Mainly when you've done a lot of physical work, and you just want to enjoy every bit of your chocolate bar with amazingly satisfying peanut mash up wrapped in a chocolate blanket. I had two small size Snickers bars this November, and that was, I think, after ten years or even longer. Dairy Milk chocolate remains my prime victim and vice versa.
That Fab should still be going, I think. It really looks drastic. For me, Magnum Almond is ace, but half way through eating it I'm full up. Can't remember any childhood ice cream makes apart from some kulfis (they are divine to my taste buds) whose makers I do not recall. But currently, Häagen-Dazs salted caramel has beaten every other ice cream for me. It puts Ben and Jerry to shame, it's that funking delicious! I bought 4 tubs of it on offer in Tesco recently. It was £2.75 instead of £4 each. I must go easy on them.
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