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Old 22-03-2012, 14:21
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Spam fritters
Boiled ham and parsley sauce
Vesta curry
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:23
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Tapioca pudding, or "frog spawn" as we called it.

Didn't really taste of much, but the texture and appearance were quite off-putting...
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:23
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Chucky eggs with soldiers...........
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:25
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Mr Brains Faggots and Blancmange (not together!)
This is one of my comfort foods.
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:26
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Billy bear ham.
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:27
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Does anyone remember a brand of crisps called Looney Tunes?

They were out in the early/mid 90s and were similar to pringles, but were slightly smaller and had the faces of Looney Tunes characters on them. The prawn cocktail ones were awesome but then they stopped selling them.
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:52
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Does anyone remember a brand of crisps called Looney Tunes?

They were out in the early/mid 90s and were similar to pringles, but were slightly smaller and had the faces of Looney Tunes characters on them. The prawn cocktail ones were awesome but then they stopped selling them.
I remember them! They were like Discos. The characters were brown.

I also remember some little biscuit things that came in small packs. They were flat on one side and rounded on top. They had faces on and a hollow middle with chocolate stuff in. I can't remember what they were called.
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:53
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Semolina and tapioca - at school dinners.
And rice pudding and sago. Bleurggghhhh
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Old 22-03-2012, 14:55
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No, it I still buy them from time to time

It came loose in jars and they weighed it out for you, it was really sour. It's probably illegal now, it couldn't have been good for a person.
Do you mean Kali? It made your tongue sore after a bit. It was full of salt and sugar.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:01
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Orange ice cream - no-one sells it any more, and I love it!
I know Only twice in over 30 years have I had that golden delicacy. Once in Valencia and once in Delhi.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:05
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Do you mean Kali? It made your tongue sore after a bit. It was full of salt and sugar.
I don't think so, it was sherbert but wasn't fine like the sherbert dip sherbert, it was granular like caster sugar. It was also coloured orangey red and was lovely and sour, it would make your eyes water.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:14
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Do you mean Kali? It made your tongue sore after a bit. It was full of salt and sugar.
I can't remember it even having a name. It did make your tongue sore though.

I don't think so, it was sherbert but wasn't fine like the sherbert dip sherbert, it was granular like caster sugar. It was also coloured orangey red and was lovely and sour, it would make your eyes water.
Aye, it came in lovely colours. I used to mix some in lemonade sometimes.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:16
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I can't remember it even having a name. It did make your tongue sore though.



Aye, it came in lovely colours. I used to mix some in lemonade sometimes.
Yep or cream soda.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:33
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Floral Gums - although you can still get them which I occasionally do. Very 70s and most people thought they tasted of washing up liquid.

I was in B&M today and it was like a blast from the past - they had Pot Noodle, Vesta Currys, Space Raider crisps.

Does anyone remember the name of the crisps that came out in the mid 70s that was a forerunner of Wotsits? They were in an orange bag and was only about 3p when Walkers crisps were about 7p. I keep thinking they were called Puffs or something

Dalesteaks when my mum couldn't afford sirloin! I actually loved blancmange, tapioca, and rice pudding. However, I bought some Ambrosia tapioca the other month as I'd not had it since I was a child and it was bloody awful.

Birds trifle you made yourself. We always had this on a Sunday or Angel Delight.
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Old 22-03-2012, 15:54
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Candy sticks. Can you still get them anywhere?
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:00
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Candy sticks. Can you still get them anywhere?
Are they the things that you could pretend were cigarettes?
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:03
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Hazlet

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Old 22-03-2012, 16:04
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school dinners mainly. the meat had huge pieces of gristle and the custard was water with lumps in.

bricklayer pudding. one bite and your jaws were clamped together all afternoon. probably a deliberate plot by the teachers.
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:05
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Banana chewits and pacers

oh and savoury straws.

eta: we used to call them slavery straws.

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Old 22-03-2012, 16:06
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I had some a few weeks ago, I'd never heard of it before, its well salty. Tesco counters has given me a whole new world of cheap yet odd.
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:10
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A childhood delicacy of mine .Orange club biscuit with a dairylea slice wrapped round it .Odd child ,I lived on potato waffles & crispy pancakes ( only cheese ,meat ones were rank) as a kid ,can't say I haven't eaten them since
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:32
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Mr Brains Faggots and Blancmange (not together!)
You know, I don't know what that is but to this Texas girl that just sounds awful.
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:42
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You know, I don't know what that is but to this Texas girl that just sounds awful.
They're not that bad actually. Traditionally in times past, faggots were usually pork offal (lungs, hearts etc.) minced up, shaped into balls, herbs and spices added, sometimes breadcrumbs were also added, and they were then wrapped in some of the stomach membrane. Once cooked they were served in a sauce or gravy. Not that different to haggis in many ways, just with different animal offcuts and smaller. Like Haggis the recipes have changed over time, especially with many of the types of offal previously used being banned for human consumption after the BSE/Scrapie scares of the 1990s.

Mr Brains Faggots are different. They are made of minced liver and onions, with herbs and spices, rolled into balls and served in a sauce.

Personally I don't like them.
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:47
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Not had wotsits since I was a kid
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Old 22-03-2012, 16:49
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Sherbet, I used to buy quarters of it. I haven't bought it since I don't even know if they sell it like that anymore.

Also, Sherbet Shandies - they were lollipop things on a stick and were yellow or pink. I loved them and would buy them all the time if I could find them still.
Sherbert is easy to make. Most kitchen cupboards have the ingredients.

The only extra thing is powdered citric acid.
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