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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 18, 2018 17:07:27 GMT
Anyway, I like the Turkish Delight. I remember there used to be a Turkish Delight version of Munchies. Always loved those. You could squeeze them with your tongue until the chocolate broke and then let the inside dissolve. (You can do the same thing with a Fry's Turkish Delight, but because they're larger you start to feel the effects after twenty or thirty of them, which was never a problem with the smaller sweets.)
Evidently someone who did not read The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe as a child! I've never been able to face Turkish Delight due to that book (not that I like it anyway).
I only like one variety each out of Quality Street (fudge), Roses (ditto fudge) and Celebrations (Malteaser) so it's not really woth me getting any of them. I'm not that keen on chocolate full stop - I'd rather have biscuits - but if I had to pick a box then either Ferrero Rocher or Elizabeth Shaw.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 17:42:48 GMT
Anyone remember “Weekend” assortment? It was the box you dreaded receiving as it wasn’t all chocolates. There were weird jellies and candied peel and bits of old fudge and whatnot. Awful. View Attachment The green one's were basically just a lump of marzipan. I liked the variety in those boxes but always left the candied peel. Gross. |
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Post by sf on Dec 18, 2018 18:34:55 GMT
Anyone remember “Weekend” assortment? It was the box you dreaded receiving as it wasn’t all chocolates. There were weird jellies and candied peel and bits of old fudge and whatnot. Awful.
I'll see your Weekend and raise you a box of Meltis New Berry Fruits, the appalling fruit jelly sweets with a sugar crust and a liquid centre. My grandmother bought a box of them every Christmas, I think as a reminder that the universe is essentially cruel. In one of her stand-up acts, Victoria Wood observed that she'd never seen anybody eat a whole one. Neither have I.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 21:19:56 GMT
When I was younger I used to loathe nuts with a passion, although now I'm OK with them and quite like them if they're combined with something else*. It bothered me no end that when eating Revels I couldn't distinguish between the toffee ones, which I loved, and the peanut ones, which were disgusting. So I tended to eat all the small ones first and try to hold back the larger ones (which included the delicious orange ones) until the end.
* Except almonds. F—k almonds.
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Post by lou105 on Dec 18, 2018 23:17:42 GMT
They made a TV ad about that, but focussing on someone hating the coffee one, didn't they?
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Post by jaqs on Dec 19, 2018 10:33:56 GMT
When they put raisins in revels my mouth died a little. Horrid.
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Post by hulmeman on Dec 19, 2018 13:34:58 GMT
Anyone remember “Weekend” assortment? It was the box you dreaded receiving as it wasn’t all chocolates. There were weird jellies and candied peel and bits of old fudge and whatnot. Awful. I was just about to pile in with a mention of "Weekend" mixture. The first present I bought my mum, they were her favourites. You have to bear in mind mama Hulmeman had an air of Hyacinth Bucket (It's Bouquet) about her and they were considered more upmarket than the aforementioned Quality Street or Roses. Black Magic however were also an acceptable assortment. |
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 19, 2018 13:50:36 GMT
The Quality Street factory was 'the factory' on Inside The Christmas Factory on Monday night. Although the chocolates are made in Halifax, the chocolate they are made from is blended in York, and is transported the 40-odd miles in heated tankers. Perhaps everyone else was camera-shy, but save for half a dozen employees, the factory looked deserted, which probably explains why a tin can be bought in Asda for only £4! Ever since the 'through the window' segment on Playschool, I've always found behind the scenes films fascinating, so I was in my element.  |
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 19, 2018 15:23:04 GMT
Uncannily, I too watched it last night, thanks to the wonders of modern technology. I did actually think of you, @theatremonkey. Not during the bit on soft centres, but during the potted history of panto!
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Post by BoOverall on Dec 19, 2018 17:03:09 GMT
Oh Weekend - yikes I remember vividly. And parents were also partial to buying boxes of Terry’s Carousel chocolates: flirting with what passed for sophistication in Leicester back in the day! But Roses were my fave.
And don’t get me started on “Eat me” dates: I recall making what turned out to be the most horrid gift for my gran by soaking them in advocaat and then dipping in melted chocolate. Well, I liked the idea at the time and thought these would be THE poshest chocolates ever - but these were my very early days of food experimentation as a kid. #shudders
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 17:21:19 GMT
The Quality Street factory was 'the factory' on Inside The Christmas Factory on Monday night. Although the chocolates are made in Halifax, the chocolate they are made from is blended in York, and is transported the 40-odd miles in heated tankers. Perhaps everyone else was camera-shy, but save for half a dozen employees, the factory looked deserted, which probably explains why a tin can be bought in Asda for only £4! Ever since the 'through the window' segment on Playschool, I've always found behind the scenes films fascinating, so I was in my element. There’s a CBEEBIES show called “Do You Know?” That I think you’ll love. They’ve basically gone to all the tiny factories in the UK and filmed how was crayons, tennis balls, soft play cushions are made. The only downside to it is that my four year old thinks that things are still actually made in the UK, and not that the tennis ball factory, for example, is actually the only tennis ball factory left in the whole of Europe. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 19, 2018 19:06:46 GMT
The Quality Street factory was 'the factory' on Inside The Christmas Factory on Monday night. Although the chocolates are made in Halifax, the chocolate they are made from is blended in York, and is transported the 40-odd miles in heated tankers. Perhaps everyone else was camera-shy, but save for half a dozen employees, the factory looked deserted, which probably explains why a tin can be bought in Asda for only £4! Ever since the 'through the window' segment on Playschool, I've always found behind the scenes films fascinating, so I was in my element. I might watch that prog if it wasn’t for Greg Wallace repeating the words incredible/amazing/astounding every thirty seconds and looking agog at machines doing very boring things like cut toilet rolls. The man is an idiot. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 19, 2018 19:14:50 GMT
Not Coronation Street Goes Wrong.
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Post by sf on Dec 19, 2018 23:55:21 GMT
Most horrifying of all, this was on sale in the Christmas market in Albert Square in Manchester this afternoon. It terrifies me that it even exists:  |
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Post by mistressjojo on Dec 20, 2018 1:41:46 GMT
^ I brought Irn Bru tablet back from Orkney. Because concentrated sugar needs more of a kick.  |
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Post by sf on Dec 20, 2018 2:20:00 GMT
^ I brought Irn Bru tablet back from Orkney. Because concentrated sugar needs more of a kick.
The same stall also had Irn Bru fudge, which was a shade of orange that has never occurred in nature.
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Post by jaqs on Dec 20, 2018 10:46:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 15:06:31 GMT
Walking through Sainsbury's today I was reminded of something else that I used to enjoy. Large tubes of sweets.
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Post by lynette on Dec 20, 2018 16:31:59 GMT
Someone has given me a tub of roses and I find they are named on the wrappers! So no need to remember what each one is. That would explain a lot about the decline in standards of education. How do you think I honed my colour recognition ? I suppose they do encourage reading in adults.
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Post by dontdreamit on Dec 20, 2018 18:05:41 GMT
Also assist the colour-blind, of course. As the parent of a colour blind child who also has food allergies, this sort of thing makes me really happy! |
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Dec 20, 2018 18:54:21 GMT
Quality Street, because even though Cadbury > Nestle for the most part, their strawberry and orange cremes taste miles better imo. And mildly exciting fact: the Quality Street factory is a 15 minute drive away from me  |
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 26, 2018 10:27:54 GMT
Someone has given me a tub of roses and I find they are named on the wrappers! So no need to remember what each one is. That would explain a lot about the decline in standards of education. How do you think I honed my colour recognition ? I suppose they do encourage reading in adults. I had the same experience. My husband won a tub of Roses in a Treasure Hunt competition in his sailing club (which basically involved sticking a pin at random in a map). I couldn't believe that they have done away with all the pretty wrappings in place of the utilitarian ones.
I remember as a child at school pasting Roses wrappers on the outside of a glass bowl and then covering them in some acrylic paint so the bowl would look pretty through the glass. I did a similar thing as art therapy at a Carers' Relaxation day.
I must try to find my bowl; it might be a collectors' item.
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Post by david on Dec 26, 2018 18:42:16 GMT
The Telegraph newspaper has ranked the Quality Street selection from worst to best - apple.news/AWQpdZ4UjRJuB549c-qkJsAI am definitely not very happy that the orange and strawberry ones are so far down the list. They are the best ones in my opinion. Though the drop in weight of the selection is really shocking. |
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Post by ada92 on Dec 26, 2018 22:10:53 GMT
Gutted!!! On opening the Roses yesterday (I know - great restraint!) There are no Dark Brazilians anymore! Christmas ruined!!
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Post by musicallady on Dec 27, 2018 15:28:36 GMT
Quality Street. Roses seems to be all wrapping.
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