food not around anymore that you miss

[zzxxee]

I can think of several
Vesta currys (havent seen them for ages)
mojo sweets
can you think of any more?

[Jemisa]

Robinia, I've copied your recipe it sounds lovely. I'm going to give it a go at the weekend. I'll give you my verdict then. ThankQ

jem

[zzxxee]

sounds a bit sweet jem (naughty but nice hey ;0) )

[tamborine]

wagon wheels....anyone know wot the flavor of the squashy filling was.....could murder for that.

[zzxxee]

they still do wagon wheels tambo but they dont seem a s big now
or is it me getting older ???

[Jemisa]

Yes very sweet and I'm a diabetic too, I'll adjust the amount of sugar. But one has to have a special treat sometimes, life wouldn't be worth living if one didn't.
jem

[Robinia]

Ok jem, I'll look out for you...erm, don't shoot the messenger if it's like polyfilla! :o)
The problem where I live is that custard powder's now becoming a rarity would you believe?!

[zzxxee]

all this talk of food is making me hungry im off to make a cheese and tomato butty
bye

[lyall]

What interesting reading, never was partial to a Vesta curry myself but my Grandma and Grandad loved them they had one every Saturday lunch! zzxxee Mojo's are still around I got a jar for Christmas try this link (I hope it works not put a link on here before) http://www.aquarterof...eiEt6YCFYUe4Qoden-FHA I miss loads of stuff but I only seem to remember I miss it when I see stuff that reminds me of it! I used to love HP biscuits (they were square) oooh and green sugar snakes a black aniseed flavoured jelly covered in bright green sugar I can taste it now. Mm yummy!!

[sandyRoe]

Crosse + Blackwell's vegetable soup. It had a greyish colour(a potato base?) I really enjoyed that when I was a child.

[bigbanana]

Most of the Vesta range can be found in branches of B & M Bargains.

http://www.bmstores.co.uk/stores

[MarkRae]

> Creamola Foam

I remember it well...
http://www.fizzshop.co.uk/

[mike11111]

Vesta curries are still made, but mainly for the foreign market. They are available in the UK in discount stores and corner shops. I bought one a few years back for the sake of sheer nostalgia. All the labelling and instructions were in Dutch. I have often wondered how produce manufactured for foreign consumption sometimes finds its way on to the shelves of these shops. I once bought a jar of Nescafé in such a shop at under half the price of that in the local supermarket. Fine, until I opened the jar and found that it did not taste as usual; also the labelling was in Portuguese. The words 'falling' and 'back of lorry' spring to mind.

[Halifaxmum]

cherry lips sweets...but with the full sugar...the ones you get now are sugar free and they taste rubbish!

[trt]

Was it blue ribbon wafer bars, I think?

[cupid04]

coffee matchmakers.

[looobylooo]

sandyroe - i was only thinking of that particular soup just the other day.
it was a clear soup with vegetably bits in it wasnt it, and came in a sachet?
i remember loving it when i was young. it was a real treat lol. it had a lovely taste to it.
tut.. shame its still not around, would love to try it again..

[slinkycat]

Blue Riband, trt, my dad loved them, think they are still around

[looobylooo]

hmmm, now thinking about it .... i reckon it was batchelors, not cross & blackwell... ooops lol..

[mike11111]

Just read all the posts on this thread. Fry's Five Boys was the answer to one of the questions in a cryptic chocolate-themed quiz on here a good few months back to which I was pleased to supply the answer. Fry's were taken over by Cadbury's years ago, but kept many of their brand names, such as Five Boys and Crunchie. On the subject of dried reconstituted goods, I remember Surprise peas, which were a brilliant green and very juicy.

Google Five Boys if you want to know why it was so-called.