Defunct sweets?

[darren]

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this was yummy.
it tasted like silk.

Cadbury's Silk

[sixtyten]

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Cadbury's Silk

[Alockh79]

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talking of parma violets that tasted like eating an old aunt can anyone remember satin cushions?you bought them by the quarter pastel coloured squares that tasted of scent......and does anyone know what these were called??? a peanut shape .... sweet on the outside .... with bits of nibbed nuts inside bought loose also?

I dunno if anyone replied to this yet, but they were called Sweet Peanuts, I loved them

[darren]

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Oh yes i sure remember doing that
i loved the feel of the air as it came through the hole.
it seemed so minty fresh.


[QUOTE=Heather74;172084]I use to love these Coolmints, I remember sucking them until they were almost transparent, a small hole would appear in the center, which yo could suck really cool air though if you balanced it between your teeth.

[DemonEyeX]

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I use to love these Coolmints, I remember sucking them until they were almost transparent, a small hole would appear in the center, which yo could suck really cool air though if you balanced it between your teeth

Haha, I used to do exactly the same thing, the air seemed so fresh.

[Heather74]

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Lots of pictures of galaxy counters on this thread https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/t...light=counters

[the-peoples-poet]

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Yes, they do look familiar. Thanks!

Also, Galazy Counters. I know you can get them again now, but I am convinced (Perhaps wrongly) that they never used to look like they do now. I am sure they just used to be like Cadbury chocolate buttons only they were made from Galaxy chocolate instead. Am I right or wrong on this? It's somethng that has been bugging me for years!

[Heather74]

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Sounds Like Pacers



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5HcRN_2n4 (advert)

[the-peoples-poet]

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I remember my Aunt having some sort of hard sweets, I think they may have been mints of some sort, not entirely sure, and the were mainly white with thinner green stripes. I think they may have been cube shaped. Anyone remember these?

[Heather74]

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I use to love these Coolmints, I remember sucking them until they were almost transparent, a small hole would appear in the center, which yo could suck really cool air though if you balanced it between your teeth

[sixtyten]

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Cadbury's Gambit

[darren]

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i must say i think it tastes as good as it ever did.

but like you say i think the caramel is a bit thicker.

Whey-hey!





I still love Cadbury Caramel, but I think the caramel inside has got slightly thicker in texture to when I was little.

Also, the comment you made about our tastebude being desensitised, that is a very valid point. But according to the font of all wisdom, QI, apparently our tastebuds die off and we get new ones every so often, so would the new ones make us taste things differently?

[a_c_g_t]

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Whey-hey!

I still love Cadbury Caramel, but I think the caramel inside has got slightly thicker in texture to when I was little.

Also, the comment you made about our tastebude being desensitised, that is a very valid point. But according to the font of all wisdom, QI, apparently our tastebuds die off and we get new ones every so often, so would the new ones make us taste things differently?

True true but I still thing the taste buds are only part of the story as our brains process more and more info over the years. I am not saying it wears out or anything like that but like our perception of time as a kid 1 year is a life time but as we get older it seems to speed up. So goes with everything we experience the more we do the more we have to refernece it against and all that. Maybe not the tastebuds but the way we process the subtlties that is taste.

[the-peoples-poet]

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Whey-hey!

I still love Cadbury Caramel, but I think the caramel inside has got slightly thicker in texture to when I was little.

Also, the comment you made about our tastebude being desensitised, that is a very valid point. But according to the font of all wisdom, QI, apparently our tastebuds die off and we get new ones every so often, so would the new ones make us taste things differently?

[a_c_g_t]

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Yorkie chocolate doesn't taste like it used to, I bought a bar last year and I thought it was very tasteless. Last time before that when I had one was when I was a teenager.

Hi everyone my usual Friday after a few bevvies visit. Although I some what agree things seem to be getting rather bland. There's also another reason we are all getting older (well apart from me I am still 18 with a full head of hair and a washboard stomach "I Wish"). Our tatse buds have become desenstized to a lot over the years preeceeding the many of these sweets.

Don't get me wrong I am sure if we can find not just the front of these sweets but the actual back with the percentage of things like cocoa solids to whey powder I am sure the cocoa solids have gone down and the whey poweder up as it's cheaper. I will have to find some way (whey get the pun)? to see if there's some where where this info is held. I am sure there is.

s for the cream egg debarcle "Yes they have gone down in size" from small chicken to quail eggs