Jellie babies

[chesters1]

i'v often wondered if worthers original had the word "original" on the bag when they first were put in bags? ,how can they be original if they didnt?

 

hmmm are you sure yours are original its not on the home site

http://www.dlea.com.au/all-products/liquorice.html

just some crap made of the rubbish left behind for export ,i think batch 25 was far better!

 

i like liquorice (not bothered if its fake) but in folkestones "old fashioned" sweety shop i tried some salted liquorice i tried the strongest and it was bloody vile! how anyone could eat it in the past or even now surprises me ,the sticks didnt taste as good as they did when i was 6 either!

Edited January 10, 2012 by chesters1

[Andrew]

i'v often wondered if worthers original had the word "original" on the bag when they first were put in bags? ,how can they be original if they didnt?

 

hmmm are you sure yours are original its not on the home site

http://www.dlea.com.au/all-products/liquorice.html

just some crap made of the rubbish left behind for export ,i think batch 25 was far better!

 

i like liquorice (not bothered if its fake) but in folkestones "old fashioned" sweety shop i tried some salted liquorice i tried the strongest and it was bloody vile! how anyone could eat it in the past or even now surprises me ,the sticks didnt taste as good as they did when i was 6 either!

 

 

Chesters you can remember that far back

[chesters1]

yes i'm not old enough to get full blown alzheimers yet ,i remember being given them along with the girl next door by her neighbour ,you just chewed on them for a couple of hours to remove what flavour was there and chucked them ,we bought some for the grandkids in the summer who gave us a funny look and no doubt after we went binned them

 

err i wasnt given the girl next door that came later but i meant we were both given the sticks

Edited January 10, 2012 by chesters1

[Andrew]

And i bet the sweeties were a lot bigger than they are now.

[chesters1]

about the same ,but not so much sawdust today .

i remember Saturday morning pictures and a everlasting strip brilliant not seen those since and five boys chocolate ,most of the rest and even some i don't recognise are made but i bet not with the original ingredients.

tried some yucky coltsfoot sweets last trip blurp!

Edited January 10, 2012 by chesters1

[Andrew]

We have a sweetie shop called Sweet Home Alabama, again supposedly original boiled sweets, i once tackled the owner about it, and he said they were made to the original recipe, but with alternative ingredients?? WTF is that about then ? so they are not original.

 

The best boiled bullets i have tasted in yonks are the sweets made at Beamish, very nice

[Clifftop]

i'v often wondered if worthers original had the word "original" on the bag when they first were put in bags? ,how can they be original if they didnt?

 

hmmm are you sure yours are original its not on the home site

http://www.dlea.com.au/all-products/liquorice.html

just some crap made of the rubbish left behind for export ,i think batch 25 was far better!

 

i like liquorice (not bothered if its fake) but in folkestones "old fashioned" sweety shop i tried some salted liquorice i tried the strongest and it was bloody vile! how anyone could eat it in the past or even now surprises me ,the sticks didnt taste as good as they did when i was 6 either!

 

 

 

Got given some Dutch liquorice once, to say it was disgusting would be an understatement

Edited January 10, 2012 by Clifftop

[Tony U]

We have a sweetie shop called Sweet Home Alabama, again supposedly original boiled sweets, i once tackled the owner about it, and he said they were made to the original recipe, but with alternative ingredients?? WTF is that about then ? so they are not original.

 

The best boiled bullets i have tasted in yonks are the sweets made at Beamish, very nice

 

 

Andrew

Do they sell Black Bullets, my personal favourite? (in a Black and White tin ).

 

Tony

[Andrew]

Andrew

Do they sell Black Bullets, my personal favourite? (in a Black and White tin ).

 

Tony

 

Dont know,

[DavyR]

Do they sell Black Bullets, my personal favourite? (in a Black and White tin ).

 

Blimey, it's a good job you're not superstitious, Tony - the Black Bullet was an old seafarer's way of choosing who was going to get chucked overboard! As in this snippet from the traditional ballad "The Undutiful Daughter":

 

"They cast the black bullets, as they sailed on the water

The black bullet fell to the undutiful daughter.

Now, who in the ship must go over the side O

O none save the maiden, the fair captain's bride O."