Food/Drink from the past

[delbert_trout]

^ Don't remember it, but banana-flavoured Lilt sounds like a bloody nice idea! I'd buy it.

[Liamh1982]

Banana's one of those flavours that works better in a milkshake, frankly. The consistency I don't think is right for carbonated drinks.

[deadpan666]

Not sure if I mentioned this before but I remember being given a promo can of a new flavour of Lilt once. It was one of those mini cans and part of the flavour was banana but I can't remember anything else about it. Did anybody else get one of these cans? Am I just going mad?

I believe it was Banana and Peach.....never tried it personally, but it would seem I'm not missing much...

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[Liamh1982]

Did the Rev. write that?

[Liamh1982]

Oh, speaking of milkshakes earlier - can you still get lime Crusha? Shouldn't have worked, but it did.

[Megamixer]

Oh, speaking of milkshakes earlier - can you still get lime Crusha? Shouldn't have worked, but it did.

Whenever I go on holiday to south Devon, there's still a few cafes that serve it. Lime Crusha blended with ice-cream to make a lovely thick shake...mmm. There was one cafe with a whole shelf of around 10-15 different varieties of Crusha

Haven't seen it in the shops for ages though and the wholesaler where I work doesn't carry it either.

Interestingly, there also used to be Pineapple and Forest Fruit flavours which disappeared at around the same time. I even wrote to Crusha (I know it's sad but I was a kid) and they sent a reply along the expected lines of "they're a poor seller so we don't make them widely available".

[SJ_Sathanas]

I still see the modern crusha. Don't know if it's the same thing tho ?
Also, Northumberland Fudge ? Kind of nutty and fudgy cover in chocolate. Sold in chunks and by weight from a jar and you'd get it in a bag like a 10p mix. They also did mint and IIRC orange flavours. For a while my local two newsagents had all 3 yar!

[Hitman_HalStep]

i have been trying to recall a sweet from my childhood,
it was a mint chew,individually wrapped like opal fruits,quite hard untill chewed a bit,they were half green half white and i recall the advert on tv for them had something to do with ice skating.
a bit vague but anyone recall these and if so WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY CALLED?please.

[SoupDragon]

i have been trying to recall a sweet from my childhood,
it was a mint chew,individually wrapped like opal fruits,quite hard untill chewed a bit,they were half green half white and i recall the advert on tv for them had something to do with ice skating.
a bit vague but anyone recall these and if so WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY CALLED?please.

Pacers?

[djcarlos]

i have been trying to recall a sweet from my childhood,
it was a mint chew,individually wrapped like opal fruits,quite hard untill chewed a bit,they were half green half white and i recall the advert on tv for them had something to do with ice skating.
a bit vague but anyone recall these and if so WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY CALLED?please.

Pacers?

Yep sounds like Pacers to me.

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[Hitman_HalStep]

yes it was pacers,at first i thought it didn't sound right but after googling and searching youtube for the advert you are correct.thanks SoupDragon and djcarlos

[Liamh1982]

Sticking with the mint theme, remember when they sold what were allegedly the bits stamped out to make the holes in Polos?

[markopoloman]

Sticking with the mint theme, remember when they sold what were allegedly the bits stamped out to make the holes in Polos?

POLO HOLES



Limited edition though........

[retromax]

I remember getting a 'Lilt' rip-off as a kid called 'One Cal', I think they did a few other flavours too.
Oh and 'Logger' bars .... he he... with it's Monty Python Lumberjack-type song advert

[Liamh1982]

Sticking with the mint theme, remember when they sold what were allegedly the bits stamped out to make the holes in Polos?

POLO HOLES



Limited edition though........

Dunno why I couldn't remember THAT name - must have been so obvious it was in a blind spot in my mind.