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Favourite and maybe Rare foods from your childhood?

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dottiedodah · 12/12/2019 11:40

Just that really .Reading about Dates in the Guardian today ,and remembering from my childhood 60s/70s they were a special treat we had at Christmas .Also does anyone remember Matinee Selection at all?My Nans favourites ,and she used to let me have the fondant creams ,Ate too many one year and was rather sick!

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PrincessHoneysuckle · 14/12/2019 10:21

Breakfast slices.They were thin slices of a spam type meat,v v greasy but we loved them.Noone I know remembers them.Possibly from Sainsbury's mid 80s

AltheaVestr1t · 14/12/2019 10:28

I remember breakfast slices. As well as trifle and angel delight there was a hot chocolate pudding that you mixed with a powder, and then put a packet of crumbs on the top.

halcyondays · 14/12/2019 10:54

Not Christmas related but does anyone remember a toffee flan that M&S used to do in the 80s? It was lovely.

Similar to Weekend chocolates was Carousel. Not sure if I ever actually had these or just remember seeing them in shops.

Biarritz chocolates in the late 80s/early nineties. Tasted great but hard to wrap with the triangular box.

MeowyChristmas · 14/12/2019 11:01

Swiss pies from Marks and Spencer on Boxing Day. They were very like a pork pie, but the top half of the filling was a smooth pate.

GingleJangleScarecrow · 14/12/2019 12:24

Ooooooh, breakfast slices. I think I might have to hide this thread soon Xmas Grin

30not13 · 14/12/2019 17:05

Sara lee custard Danish pudding thing. It was long like a strudel with crispy crunchy sugary crust and gorgeous custard inside

FurryDogMother · 14/12/2019 17:12

For me it's pickled walnuts. We only ever had them at Christmas - they were Dad's favourites, and part of our traditional Boxing Day meal - cold turkey and ham, leftover stuffing, hot mashed potato, salad, cranberry sauce and pickled walnuts. I lost Dad in April, but I have some pickled walnuts for Christmas :) I'll be thinking of him.

sueelleker · 14/12/2019 17:26

Badgers Chinese Figs! I mention them every time a 'do you remember' comes up. Also loved New Berry Fruits. The ones you get now are called 'Jewels'and have a fruit jelly centre instead of the liquid.

FrancisCrawford · 15/12/2019 09:00

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HeartshapedFox · 18/12/2019 22:02

Update: I’ve sourced a trifle kit for the absolute bargain price of £1 and It even has the packet of sprinkles! Think DH is more excited about than me.

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