"I love sweeties, especially the kind you buy weighed out from a big jar in the shop" oh wow! Nostalgia hit!
One place I lived (army brat) there was a corner shop on way to school. I'd meet my then bff at top of my street, we'd go in and get "a quarter" of whatever we fancied, things like kola kubes, strawberry lips, rhubarb and custard, cough candy etc ohhhh I miss shops like that!
"I love parma violets" I passed my love of these onto dd and now she's almost on a mission to introduce to all her friends. When she first got friendly with her bff, she came for tea at ours and dd gave her some to try and she loved them, excitedly went back home and told her about the "weird herbal sweets" she'd had at ours and I got a very odd message from her mum asking basically (but politely) what on earth I'd fed her dd! 😂.
When I explained she was both relieved and then excitedly asked where I'd bought them as she loved them and hadn't had any in years!
"What's egg in a cup? I think I know from grandma making it but don't know the technique" we call them Chucky eggs.
Soft (but not too soft) boiled eggs, then you mash them in a cup (wide necked mugs are best) with butter and salt. Real comfort food, we used to get this if we'd been poorly, supposedly as egg "binds" so reduces length of a diarrhoea spell? But of course eggs are also good sources of protein and iron which are essential for "recovering invalids" funnily enough if you don't use too much butter they're quite a satisfying low cal snack too. Came up in my ww group as a snack choice.
I'm not a Disney fan myself for lots of reasons but I hate it when others sneer at those who are! Its a pretty harmless interest for adults and generally doesn't affect the other adults sneering!
So to all of us enjoying "children's things" I say carry on! There are few guilt free joys in adult life and we'd probably all be a lot mentally healthier if we were left in peace to enjoy them!
"I like to make up silly names and songs to sing to the dog, who looks at me like I have lost my mind." You may well enjoy checking out clips of Gloria Estefan on Graham Norton singing "alternative lyrics" to her hits! They're mostly silly but occasionally cathartic addressing eg being annoyed with her husband! Also her mother raps in Spanish!
"Can someone tell me about hot squash, please? Is it just the usually ratio of squash to water, but with boiled water?" I use less squash when making it up hot, the heat seems to "release" the flavour - experiment till you find right ratio for you. Also don't use all just boiled water you'll burn your tongue! I find 2 parts hot to 1 part cold about right.