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I have just had the most delicious snack

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jinglbellsfrocks Tue 15-Mar-16 16:10:59

It was the remainder of the mixed peel left over from when I made my Christmas cake.

It had gone a bit dry, but that gave it the effect of eating nuts. Tasty, delectable nuts.

Hit the spot a treat it did. I am now awaiting the sugar rush, when perhaps I will get the ironing done. smile

#storecupboardrescueremedies

hulahoop Wed 16-Mar-16 11:22:40

Mucky fat sandwiches , banana with c&o crisps both yummy used to rhubarb dipped in sugar . Holicks powder eaten like sherbet ??

Jaxie Wed 16-Mar-16 11:25:24

No: leftover Yorkshire puddings should be eaten with a spoon of golden syrup.

BBbevan Wed 16-Mar-16 12:36:38

Condensed milk sandwiches yum. When I was a teenager you could get it in tubes, like toothpaste. Just squirt into mouth.

clareken Wed 16-Mar-16 12:39:15

GM used to make strawberry jam and banana sandwiches. GD would fry (in a clean pan) jelly babies until they were just tacky.

Teacher11 Wed 16-Mar-16 13:00:12

I found some sugared almonds from two Christmases ago which were faded. They were delicious!

jinglbellsfrocks Wed 16-Mar-16 13:08:59

Oh yes! you don't want to worry about old.

marionk Wed 16-Mar-16 13:33:11

I stopped buying peanut butter when I realised that I ate more off the spoon than on my bread! Unfortunately DGD loves it so it has found its way back into the cupboard

aquagran Wed 16-Mar-16 13:53:06

Maggiemaybe: my mum, coincidently also called Maggiemay, told me vinegar dried your blood. She used to send me to the green grocers to have a bottled filled with vinegar, and warned not to drink it on the way home, or expect the fore mentioned dire consequences. The shop always smelt of cooking beetroot, a smell that always takes me back to those times.
She also warned that sugar sandwiches gave you worms, but I loved them!

chicken Wed 16-Mar-16 14:48:13

An orange with a hole bored in it then a sugar cube pushed in the hole and sucked the juice through the sugar. I also remember being sent to the greengrocers for a bottle of vinegar from the barrel and for a quarter pound of mushroom stalks which got stewed in a bit of milk, thickened with cornflour, seasoned and served up on toast---didn't know there were whole mushrooms for years.

annifrance Wed 16-Mar-16 14:57:09

Ooh yes remember the orange and sugar cube, also Yorkshire pud and golden syrup. Fav was Golden Syrup and bread and butter. Nowaday I have managed to pass on the bread and butter bit but frequently dip into the tin of GS with a spoon. It has to be brought out to me in France regularly.

Lindajoy Wed 16-Mar-16 15:08:13

Beetroot and salad cream sandwiches!

grannylyn65 Wed 16-Mar-16 15:25:00

Orange and sugar cube ??

Stansgran Wed 16-Mar-16 16:16:41

Oh yes to Connie onnie sandwiches and weetabix with jam on for supper. I do little yorkshire puds these days( pop overs) as my oven never seems to get big puds fluffy enough and we did have them on their own with sugar. So hungry now.

Hattiehelga Wed 16-Mar-16 16:30:00

Condensed milk sandwiches every time !! Also, used to love the radio-malt my Mum used to shovel down me. No wonder I am Slimming World's worse member now !! My son used to have peanut butter mixed with Marmite on toast !!

oldie730 Wed 16-Mar-16 17:00:58

Sugar sandwiches, loads of butter. Yum.

Liked rolled oats mixed with sugar and cocoa powder, eaten dry. Wouldn't eat it now, sounds revolting!!

Maybe a sugar sandwich for my late night snack?

witchygran Wed 16-Mar-16 17:17:05

Oh the memories, this has brought me! All of these wonderful things that are considered so bad for you now! (I suppose all the junk food is so much better!) Eating condensed milk out of the tin until I felt sick and still couldn't stop was just one of them! I was reading these out loud to the OH, who ate a banana and jam sandwich for lunch today!

SwimHome Wed 16-Mar-16 17:34:19

Honey-in-the-comb squashed onto doorsteps of white bread and butter, with the waxy bits lingering on the teeth. Grandad kept bees and there was always honey.

sussexoldbag Wed 16-Mar-16 19:35:56

Salad cream sandwiches when my Mum was hard up....yum!

merlotgran Wed 16-Mar-16 19:37:47

Finely shredded Brussels sprouts and marmite sandwich.

Hilltopgran Wed 16-Mar-16 23:09:32

We used to have hundreds and thousands in our sandwiches for parties, coloured sugar really, with crusts cut off, and toast and dripping was a favorite teatime treat.

pollyperkins Thu 17-Mar-16 00:35:49

My mum used to let me have a saucer full of condensed milk to eat with a spoon for a special treat! And i had suger mixed with butter for sore throats. It almist made feeling ill worth it!

grannylyn65 Thu 17-Mar-16 08:15:06

Oh merlotgran ?!!!

Imperfect27 Thu 17-Mar-16 08:34:52

'Raw' jelly cubes. Yum! And they really do help you to grow strong fingernails grin

grannylyn65 Thu 17-Mar-16 08:51:09

Yes, jelly cubes! A few weeks ago was looking after dgs here and after he left I found a half eaten packet of jelly in cupboard!!!

Imperfect27 Thu 17-Mar-16 08:54:59

grin I like raw orange best!