Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

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brownspeed

746 posts

132 months

Sunday 5th May
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..................Caramac.................hurl

dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th May
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brownspeed said:
..................Caramac.................hurl
Have you seen the price they fetch on ebay now since they were discontinued the end of last year yikes

In anticipation of this I ordered this last personalised presentation gift for Wifey as a Xmas pressie. I chose the wording hehe She's not allowed to eat them though rofl




generationx

6,840 posts

106 months

Sunday 5th May
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dickymint said:
brownspeed said:
..................Caramac.................hurl
Have you seen the price they fetch on ebay now since they were discontinued the end of last year yikes

In anticipation of this I ordered this last personalised presentation gift for Wifey as a Xmas pressie. I chose the wording hehe She's not allowed to eat them though rofl



I bought some Caramac yesterday! It seems alive and well in Germany smile

Purosangue

986 posts

14 months

Sunday 5th May
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brownspeed said:
..................Caramac.................hurl
name checks out

dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th May
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generationx said:
dickymint said:
brownspeed said:
..................Caramac.................hurl
Have you seen the price they fetch on ebay now since they were discontinued the end of last year yikes

In anticipation of this I ordered this last personalised presentation gift for Wifey as a Xmas pressie. I chose the wording hehe She's not allowed to eat them though rofl



I bought some Caramac yesterday! It seems alive and well in Germany smile
No longer made.

generationx

6,840 posts

106 months

Sunday 5th May
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Guess this must be an illusion


dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th May
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generationx said:
Guess this must be an illusion

No illusion GenX. So scoop them up now if you like them because nobody makes them, anymore, anywhere in the World wink

generationx

6,840 posts

106 months

Sunday 5th May
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dickymint said:
generationx said:
Guess this must be an illusion

No illusion GenX. So scoop them up now if you like them because nobody makes them, anymore, anywhere in the World wink
May have to (plenty of room in the freezer(?)) if situation worsens. Either that or start importing them the the UK and making millions wink
I’ll keep an eye on availability.

dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th May
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generationx said:
dickymint said:
generationx said:
Guess this must be an illusion

No illusion GenX. So scoop them up now if you like them because nobody makes them, anymore, anywhere in the World wink
May have to (plenty of room in the freezer(?)) if situation worsens. Either that or start importing them the the UK and making millions wink
I’ll keep an eye on availability.
Check the use by date - the last production run will say use by end of April 2024 but obviously would still be edible for way longer.

Dark chocolate Bounty Bars have also been stopped by Mars cry

generationx

6,840 posts

106 months

Sunday 5th May
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dickymint said:
generationx said:
dickymint said:
generationx said:
Guess this must be an illusion

No illusion GenX. So scoop them up now if you like them because nobody makes them, anymore, anywhere in the World wink
May have to (plenty of room in the freezer(?)) if situation worsens. Either that or start importing them the the UK and making millions wink
I’ll keep an eye on availability.
Check the use by date - the last production run will say use by end of April 2024 but obviously would still be edible for way longer.

Dark chocolate Bounty Bars have also been stopped by Mars cry
The plot thickens scratchchin


Nethybridge

1,015 posts

13 months

Sunday 5th May
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dickymint said:
No illusion GenX. So scoop them up
now if you like them because
nobody makes them,
anymore,
anywhere in the World wink
Caramba, [ good name for a choccy bar ]

In the world of confectionery when you make a
definitive statement like that you'd better be sure of your source.

dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th May
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generationx said:
dickymint said:
generationx said:
dickymint said:
generationx said:
Guess this must be an illusion

No illusion GenX. So scoop them up now if you like them because nobody makes them, anymore, anywhere in the World wink
May have to (plenty of room in the freezer(?)) if situation worsens. Either that or start importing them the the UK and making millions wink
I’ll keep an eye on availability.
Check the use by date - the last production run will say use by end of April 2024 but obviously would still be edible for way longer.

Dark chocolate Bounty Bars have also been stopped by Mars cry
The plot thickens scratchchin

Plot busted hehe

"Shelf-life of food
You can find both following important dates on many products, but they are extremely different.

Best-before date
The best-before date (“Mindesthaltbarkeit / MHD” in German) is a date that comes with a recommended storage temperature. It can usually be found on processed food, such as cookies and yogurt. The producer guarantees that the product’s quality and microbiological state will be maintained until at least the date mentioned if the indicated storage temperature is ensured. Therefore, the storage temperature must be maintained. After the best-before date, the producer does not guarantee the product’s edibility anymore, so the consumer gets the responsibility to decide if they still want to consume the product or not.

Expiry date
The expiry date (“Verbrauchsdatum” in German) is a date that also comes with a recommended storage temperature. It can be found on highly perishable food, such as meat. It is a deadline after which the microbiological state will very likely evolve so fast that it becomes dangerous to health. Food whose expiry date has passed should be neither passed on nor consumed."

The clue is the last couple of letters the whole phrase your photo is not showing wink


https://www.foodsharing.lu/shelf-life-of-food/#:~:...


I could be wrong but it's great fun hehe

tim0409

4,458 posts

160 months

Sunday 5th May
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Does anyone remember Sunquick? I lived in Iran when I was young and it was the diluting orange juice my mum used to buy for us. It was like a thick syrup concentrate, and I remember my mum making up jugs of it and keeping it in the fridge. It was available in Asda in the UK around 25 years ago but I haven’t seen it since.


MikeT66

2,682 posts

125 months

Sunday 5th May
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cuprabob said:
Gordon Hill said:
Watch with mother, remember that? Pogles wood, Trumpton/Chigley/Camberwick Green, tales of the river bank. I can still remember pre school sat watching these even though it was almost 6 decades ago.
Add Mary, Mungo & Midge to that list.

Trumpton smile

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grub.

Oh and Windy Miller in Camberwick Green.
Does anyone else remember The Herbs? Ran from 1968 to 1972 apparently, so I must have been very young watching this.


Super Sonic

5,005 posts

55 months

Sunday 5th May
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Baby weighing scales in pharmacies.
People would track their kids weight gain on them.
There was a beautiful big one in a shop in Leicester when I worked there in the mid 70s. All polished brass and hardwood with an engraved brass plaque: "Boots weighing machine".
I was asked to leave because I was a juvenile tt (then as now) and took off my safety boots and put them on the scale.
It had to be done.

Super Sonic

5,005 posts

55 months

Sunday 5th May
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generationx said:
The plot thickens scratchchin

That's a very specific sell by date and time !

blueg33

36,095 posts

225 months

Monday 6th May
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cuprabob said:
Add Mary, Mungo & Midge to that list.

Trumpton smile

Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grub.

Oh and Windy Miller in Camberwick Green.

Edited by cuprabob on Friday 3rd May 18:56


Edited by cuprabob on Friday 3rd May 18:56
Hate to spoil things for you, it was Hugh, Pugh etc


andybebop

44 posts

83 months

Monday 6th May
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blueg33 said:
Hate to spoil things for you, it was Hugh, Pugh etc
No, the Pughs were twins.

blueg33

36,095 posts

225 months

Monday 6th May
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andybebop said:
blueg33 said:
Hate to spoil things for you, it was Hugh, Pugh etc
No, the Pughs were twins.
That’s what I always thought. I was corrected some years ago

dickymint

24,454 posts

259 months

Monday 6th May
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andybebop said:
blueg33 said:
Hate to spoil things for you, it was Hugh, Pugh etc
No, the Pughs were twins.
yes