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    Aye! I loved the stuff as a kid! In fairness, it would maybe taste minging if I had it now, but as far as I know its not been made for years.

    There are loads of things that will are still be available back home, but I cannot get here, and I miss them dearly - macaroon bars, tablet (although sometimes I make my own), pan drops (Millers were the best), tattie scones (available here, but not great), breakfast fruit pudding, lorne sausage & Scotch Pies (available frozen from Farmfoods, but not great), snowballs (the proper ones with the sponge and jam in the middle), Tennants (in various forms) and decent rolls (sorry to all my English friends, but your rolls/baps are rubbish in comparison to a Scottish roll, and I cannot work out why)
     
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    With all this talk of sherbert fountains, does anyone remember that crackly stuff that got banned on suspicion of causing cancer?

    I can't remember its name, but its was confectionery. It was like small crystals and it reacted with moisture on the tongue to crackle and tingle in your mouth.
     
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    I think it was called spacedust or something?

    EDIT - Fizz Wizz Space Dust to be exact, and still available!
     
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        I've just lost myself for ten minutes on that site, and am counting my lucky stars that I am skint, or I would certainly have ordered something :biggrin:
         
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        Same here. Except I didn't see two all time classics. Mojos and Blackjacks.
         
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        I never liked Blackjacks - in fact, I don't like any liquorice at all. I don't remember Mojos?

        Am I alone in remembering crisps with weird flavours in the 80's - like hedgehog flavour, beer flavour or chocolate flavour?
         
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        Flying saucers !! They were amazing. Bright, illuminous colour rice paper shells with a fine sherbert powder inside that was so acidic that if you ate half a dozen, your toungue would start to split down the middle.
        OMG - what would Madam Health and Safety say to that!!
         
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          £2, for 50 of them

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          With regard to "black jacks" you had to have them with "fruit salads"

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          I remember when you got 8 of each (16 in total) for 1d
           
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            Anyone remember Razzledazzlers? A big "gobstopper" that you sucked on for hours and it changed colour every so often - so you kept taking it out to have a look to see what colour it was. At the end,if I remember correctly, was a small crunchy seed. Was it Anniseed? Didn't like that last bit much,
             
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            That strange tingling feeling in your nether regions :hapfeet:
             
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            I loved this stuff :dbgrtmb:
            Um Bongo, Um Bongo they drink it in the congo :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
             
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            Kia Ora anyone?



            Or how about Five Alive?

             
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            Or, what about Saturday night entertainment courtesy of London Weekend Television!
             
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            Anyone remember the Idris ad? Can't find a TV clip of it.

            I drink Idris when I’s dri,
            Idris is the drink to buy,
            I drink Idris, I drink Idris,
            Idris when I’s dri.
             
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