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Hildagard Wed 10-Mar-21 09:09:37

Morning, I don’t have any idea why, but I had a yearning for a Royal Scot biscuit yesterday! Anyone else have a longing for now unavailable food?

EkwaNimitee Wed 10-Mar-21 11:50:24

I’d forgotten about Horlicks tablets, Foxglove! I used to be rather addicted to them which probably helps to account for the state of my teeth.

NotSpaghetti Wed 10-Mar-21 11:49:55

BlueBelle

I often would love to try something I was so fond of in my school days but never see nowadays ..tiger nuts yummy

These are the peeled ones which I buy quite often - but they also do the tougher ones with all the skin on.
www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/organic-peeled-tiger-nuts-1kg.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-aGCBhCwARIsAHDl5x-BKrWGWAQuxBLJTiWk-iusePHjNDFftjO1WYtly6yejza7EjPctpkaAojUEALw_wcB

inthewrongroom Wed 10-Mar-21 11:42:50

Gooseberry Creams from the original Quality Street Box! Sound revolting but were absolutely yummy - BRING THEM BACK PLEEEZE
(A tin [yes, tin] of Quality Street was always bought at Christmas in our house - a great treat)

Hildagard Wed 10-Mar-21 11:41:40

Foxglove77 oooh yes Horlicks tablets, lovely!

Lexisgranny Wed 10-Mar-21 11:38:44

Kate1949 there were two bars that you may remember, the Cadbury’s Milk Tray one, and another called Caley Tray

Edith81 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:37:07

Foxglove 77 yes Horlicks tablets and slabs of Palm toffees, various flavours.

Azalea99 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:36:42

Clarnico Iced Caramels!

Kate1949 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:29:53

Another vote here for Fry's Five Centres. I still buy Fry's Chocolate Cream. We used to have Lucky Numbers chocolates as a treat. Also those bars of chocolate with a different filling in each bit. Cadburys I think. Like a box of Milk Tray but in a bar.

BlueBelle Wed 10-Mar-21 11:29:02

I often would love to try something I was so fond of in my school days but never see nowadays ..tiger nuts yummy

Beanie654321 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:28:23

Boiled eggs, cheese, butter, chicken, minted lamb, roast beef. And so much more. After years of stomach problems I've been diagnosed with egg and lactose intolerance, I'm also a diabetic and since being put on folic acid cannot stand meat. I still have a tasty diet but I do miss some foods, but to be pain free it's worth it.

Grannyboots1 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:26:47

Bags of sherbet, I would dip my finger in the bag.
Peanut cracknell

Supergran1946 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:24:43

On the way home from school I used to buy a little square sweet called Fruit Salads. They were four for a penny ! Not seen them for decades ?

EllanVannin Wed 10-Mar-21 11:22:43

Didn't like the small hard sticks of liquorice, they were bitter.

TrendyNannie6 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:21:46

Grandma jet snap! I’ve been looking for it for several years but have found it at B&M stores and amazon, also a few corner shops sell it

Calender37 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:20:39

polnan - I was given a small bag of Licquorice Allsorts recently and I thought ‘Oh goody goody’. My joy was short lived however! They were so different to the originals - hard and virtually tasteless and there were more little pieces of plain licquorice than I remember from the past. Time marches on and so much changes but at least we can have fun recalling so many simple things.

EllanVannin Wed 10-Mar-21 11:19:48

Liquorice root. It was like pieces of wood and when you bit through it was a sweet liquorice taste. I think they were 2 pieces for a halfpenny.
I also remember eating locust beans too.

Lulubelle500 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:19:09

Blue sapphire: Oh those biscuits with the hard coffee icing on them! Where did they go? I loved them because they weren't too sweet, and because hardly any cakes or biscuits have a strong taste of coffee. I used to make coffee ice cream for dinner parties, but now I don't have dinner parties if I make some I'll end up eating it all myself. Can never see why chocolate's such a big deal and not coffee. I want to try Waitrose mocha hot cross buns - it's a forty minute walk for me to Waitrose which should burn off the calories in advance!

NotSpaghetti Wed 10-Mar-21 11:16:00

Callard & Bowser butterscotch with individual gold wrappers - their striped liquorice toffee, their luxury nougat! ?

SO lovely, SUCH a treat.

ecci53 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:13:05

Another vote for Aztecs, delicious. Anyone remember Heinz Mock Turtle soup, I used to love it.

LuckyFour Wed 10-Mar-21 11:13:03

I used to love Clarnico mint creams pce612. Are you sure they're not available. I'm going to look them up right now.

GagaJo Wed 10-Mar-21 11:10:38

Oooo candy cigarettes. Chalky but nice. LOL

The only memory I have are of the colours Lexisgranny. It was the novelty value I think.

GreyKnitter Wed 10-Mar-21 11:10:38

I used to love some crisp type treats called potato puffs. Yummy. But then I do love anything in the way of crisps. ??

Lexisgranny Wed 10-Mar-21 11:05:05

GagaJo. I think you are talking about Fry’s Five Boys, which had five rather sickly fruit flavoured creams. The boys in question all had very rosy cheeks and what my mother used to call turnip top hairstyles.

Nannan2 Wed 10-Mar-21 11:04:58

Gannygangan- loved that too- and they used to do chocolate 'cigarettes' too.yet somehow we never really connected any of that with real smoking- just used to tear off the paper wrappers& munch the sweets.(& no I've NEVER been a smoker!)

posset Wed 10-Mar-21 11:01:15

Condensed milk in a tube - oh and pontefract cakes ( I guess you can probably still get those in old fashioned sweet shops)