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  • #902
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Tapioca pudding.

    Lucky for them. Yeugh, the texture of that stuff in your mouth is one of the most nauseating sensations you could experience.


  • #903
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,068 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Lucky for them. Yeugh, the texture of that stuff in your mouth is one of the most nauseating sensations you could experience.

    What about Semolina, I always loved that.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #904
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    I know this always comes around in nostalgia threads but wasn't this one of the best chocolates in the world. :)

    Picture-22.png

    The greatest
    My father would bring some Two & Twos home from the golf club bar every Sunday night.

    I remember an advert for them, seemed violent.

    They disappeared suddenly in mid/late 80s. Were supposed to be coming back a few years ago but don't think they materialised.


  • #905
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    What about Semolina, I always loved that.

    Semonlina is lovely! It used to be used as a weaning food, too. Tapioca had such a horrible consistency, slimy and lumpy like eating frig spawn


  • #906
    jelem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 285 ✭✭jelem


    Sardonicat wrote: »
    Semonlina is lovely! It used to be used as a weaning food, too. Tapioca had such a horrible consistency, slimy and lumpy like eating frig spawn
    yep" frogs eggs" tapioca served on school menu.
    enjoyed and seemed a health food.


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  • #907
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The multi flavoured Birds Blancmange packs. Lots of colours so probably loaded with E numbers.


  • #908
    Lucy8080
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Lucy8080


    The old Nunch in the blue wrapper (later "starbar") was bigger ,thicker, more chocolate, cheaper and tastier than the starbar.

    Treets (yellow wrapper) became half of M and M's, big shout out for minstrels and especially revels.

    Are revels still on the go? What about your Lucky Bag?

    Fcuk me, a lucky bag was gambling for kids! As it's Christmas time, does anyone remember the old Christmas stockings that came in a net?

    It was like a super lucky bag!


  • #909
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,229 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    The old Nunch in the blue wrapper (later "starbar") was bigger ,thicker, more chocolate, cheaper and tastier than the starbar.

    Treets (yellow wrapper) became half of M and M's, big shout out for minstrels and especially revels.

    Are revels still on the go? What about your Lucky Bag?

    Fcuk me, a lucky bag was gambling for kids! As it's Christmas time, does anyone remember the old Christmas stockings that came in a net?

    It was like a super lucky bag!

    Great call. I remember eating a Nunch in 1979; second class prefabs. Blue wrapper, yellow writing.

    Treets were nice. Revels still on the go, the orange ones best but the malteser in them sometimes tasted a bit stale


  • #910
    partyguinness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,202 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    ...Mars Bars circa 1984 were the most expensive item in the sweet shop-28p.


  • #911
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,587 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs


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  • #912
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Looking at whatever was the Sunday roast knowing if there was any left it was your school lunch for a few days.


  • #913
    partyguinness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,202 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    cj maxx wrote: »
    Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs




    ...and making a big song and dance about it in the nightclub knowing full well the chances were they would stay in your wallet for the next 2 years.


    "Anyone got any change for the condom machine"...the ultimate humblebrag


  • #914
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,883 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Are black magic sweets still on the go?


  • #915
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Baked Alaska.
    The young ones don't know what they are missing.


  • #916
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,363 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    Are black magic sweets still on the go?

    Probably only allowed to be called 'magic' now.


  • #917
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    Are black magic sweets still on the go?
    And Emeralds in the green wrappers?


  • #918
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Big Tom.


  • #919
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,317 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    Are black magic sweets still on the go?

    You can't say that anymore.


  • #920
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,127 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Baked Alaska.
    The young ones don't know what they are missing.

    ice cream inside meringue that is baked in an oven. It was like witchcraft when I was a kid.


  • #921
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,317 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    the purple tin wrote: »
    And Emeralds in the green wrappers?

    Oatfield also had Colleen. A Mish mash collection of various hardboiled chokers and possibly contained one or two Emeralds.


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  • #922
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,127 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    the purple tin wrote: »
    And Emeralds in the green wrappers?

    pretty sure you can still buy them.


  • #923
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    pretty sure you can still buy them.

    They always remind me of a relation who ran a basic little shop near the Burren. She is sadly no longer with us but always had tons of Emeralds for us and Eskimo mints! I don't think I have tasted them since my last visit to her.


  • #924
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Pennysweets or pick n mix. They don't have them anymore do they?


  • #925
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,127 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Pennysweets or pick n mix. They don't have them anymore do they?

    the only pick'n'mix still available is at the cinema. That probably wont survive after covid.


  • #926
    Whestsidestory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Whestsidestory


    Having to lick stamps


  • #927
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    pretty sure you can still buy them.

    Not made by Oatfieds anymore, there's just an empty lot where the factory used to be,


  • #928
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,913 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    pretty sure you can still buy them.

    Haven't been quite the same in years. Possibly linked to leaving Letterkenny.


  • #929
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Denim shirts.


  • #930
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,068 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    branie2 wrote: »
    The original Battlestar Galactica

    Logan's Run.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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  • #931
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,981 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    cj maxx wrote: »
    Having to buy condoms from a vending machine in clubs

    Having to get a prescription to allow you to purchase them from a pharmacist, now that was messed up.


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