Things you loved as a child.

Treacle toffee and Parkin both home made on bonfire night, lancashire hotpot especially made for parish hotpot suppers with a pie crust on the top ( yes really) and a dash of red cabbage pickle, a tray of chips with curry sauce from the chippie on freezing cold, wet winter days and of course Flying Saucers slowly dissolving against the roof of your mouth.

My mum used to make fritters from a powdered fritter mix, little fried pancakey things - loved 'em

oh those great memories. what does everybody think this generation will remember and miss, or will they?

I still love golden syrup sandwiches. Can't have it in the house now though.

Now, I always found toffee apples disappointing. You gnawed through the toffee and it was - an apple.

Sliced white bread. When it first came on the scene I used to eat half a loaf at a time. My poor mother thought it might fatten me up. It didn't. I was still skinny.

Still love it now.

Toffee apples , a widow in the village use to make them and sell to make a little money

In Liverpool Connieonnie sandwiches. (Condensed milk)

I used to love golden syrup on bread and in porridge - I can't imagine liking either now.
I loved dripping on toast for tea.
There were toffee bars with a highland cow on the front cost 3d. Loved sherbet fountains and barley sugar sticks.

It was custard powder but only about half a dessertspoonful. It made the rarebit very yellow and thickened the mixture. I think it was a "secret ingredient."

Palm toffee bars. I loved them but they took out my fillings.

Banana flavoured ice lollies from the ice cream man.

Barley sugar sticks. [also took out fillings]

My dad did shift work and if he was off in the afternoons we would go for long walks along the river banks. Once a week the ice cream van would visit the village and on the way home on that day he would send me running ahead (up two 1:4 hills) to get ice cream. When he and my younger siblings arrived home we would have the ice cream in 'dandelion and burdock' pop or occasionally lemonade.

I remember the taste being 'exquisite' and would never try it again now in case I was disappointed!

Wonder why they don't sell wafer ice creams nowadays. Always tasted much nice really than cornets.

American cream soda pop, dandelion and burdock, nettle beer, local , yellow, creamy ice cream, made on a farm.Sherbet plus dab. Kaylie with a twist of licorice in it, McGowans threepenny toffee bars, chocolate spread on bread,
A meat pie half submerged in pea and ham soup ( known as floaters)
Corned beef hash.

Corona cherryade, Lovehearts sweets, often got some as a treat on a Friday. Jublies, still love butterscotch Angel Delight. Bathchap I think it was called, remember it as ham with crumbs on it. ( Might have been a local to Derby name).

Talking of custard powder, I remember my late MiL putting a tablespoonful of it in her batter for deep fried fish. To do her justice - which I don't always - it was very tasty and I adopted the recipe myself. I don't remember many things I loved as a child. I was twelve before rationing finally finished. However, when my uncle took for a Sunday afternoon walk to the harbour, we would stop at an Italian ice-cream shop where we would buy a 'slider' - ice cream between two wafers. If I was very lucky,one or both of the wafers would have marshmallow inside it. This all made for a delighfully squidgy treat!

Palm toffee bars especially the banana flavoured could make it last all day

Butterscotch Angel Delight. And Lemon Meringue Pie. Yummy!

Ooh, no, that's not Welsh rarebit nina! Welsh rarebit requires proper cooking, although recipes vary according to taste.

alcohol, custard powder
I didn't know there was a recipe for Welsh rarebit. In our house it was cheese on toast maybe with a dash of ketchup on top.

Can't imagine Welsh Rarebit with custard powder , are you sure it wasn't mustard powder Falconbird some recipes call for mustard powder.. anyway I love it any which way..

I have never eaten it made with custard powder Falconbird, it is delicious isn't it?

Oh Welsh Rarebit - my mum had a wonderful recipe for Welsh Rarebit she
was given the recipe by a cook and it was delicious.

Sadly mum is long gone and I forgot to get the recipe from her. I remember it
involved custard powder and mustard.

If any Grans know a recipe like this I would love to have it.

Welsh rarebit , at my grandpa's house, not allowed it at home because there was alcohol in it

Bermaline bread. So delicious. An oval shaped brown loaf. Long gone I'm afraid.

I used to love vinegar. I would drink it given half a chance. I only stopped when my mam told me it would dry up my blood