Food you remember from the 80s
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Yes, I get one for the daughter any time she's not well. They sell them in the pharmacy so she associates them with medicine
Tudor chocolate crisps - vile!
There were some pickled onion wheel-shaped crisps I used to love as a kid. Cheap 10p packets like Space Raiders. I think they may have been Tayto 'Wheelies'.
Candy cigars
Push pops
Chupa-chups melody pops.
Candy bracelets - lethal at school.
Chewits - like cola or pineapple flavours.
Screwballs.
Zap ice lollies.
And for drinks, cans of dandelion and burdock. Can't think of the brand, but I distinctly remember being ill after drinking that at my grandparents - may have been early 90s. Never again.
There were some pickled onion wheel-shaped crisps I used to love as a kid. Cheap 10p packets like Space Raiders. I think they may have been Tayto 'Wheelies'.
Candy cigars
Push pops
Chupa-chups melody pops.
Candy bracelets - lethal at school.
Chewits - like cola or pineapple flavours.
Screwballs.
Zap ice lollies.
And for drinks, cans of dandelion and burdock. Can't think of the brand, but I distinctly remember being ill after drinking that at my grandparents - may have been early 90s. Never again.
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I just looked them up. Bleurgh!
Saying that...turkey drummers, I used to freaking love them but they are really rank.
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Quarter Backs - Cheeseburger flavour
Looney Tunes Crisps - With the pictures on and the Tazo pogs inside (edit - these were 90's)
Secret Bars - Chocolate Bars
Looney Tunes Crisps - With the pictures on and the Tazo pogs inside (edit - these were 90's)
Secret Bars - Chocolate Bars
In Shropshire?
There's at least one butcher in Ludlow high street that I know is still doing this... Grab yourself three brace of pheasant for £8 while you're there.
Information last confirmed correct at 30th November 2018...
Wrong side of Shropshire for me
Fruit salad goes back further. When I was a boy, fruit salad and blackjack were the cheapest sweets at 4 for a penny. You could really stretch your pocket money with those.
Yep, loved them. I think Aldi or Asda still stock them; or at least something very similar.
You can still get those, I see them (and eat them) from various service stations.
Cook in a covered dish with a little water, onion and herbs etc. Certainly works well with pork steak.
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Best school dinner pud, this served with custard.
Little Chef cherry pancakes
Having a macaroni / cauliflower cheese combination at least once a week (with sausage if particularly lucky!)
Wagon wheels.
School cheese burgers that tasted like no burger that should ever be consumed by man.
Sherbet fountains.
Having a macaroni / cauliflower cheese combination at least once a week (with sausage if particularly lucky!)
Wagon wheels.
School cheese burgers that tasted like no burger that should ever be consumed by man.
Sherbet fountains.
I googled them as well, turns out that they still kinda do them but undoubtedly they are not the same as they used to be. I'm sure they used to come in like a pack of two. I'm sure if I had one today that it would kill the memory so probably best to leave it at a memory.
