General Chat

You got some salt liquorice?

Sharon I have just eaten half a packet. ;-)

Well thanks a bunch for putting up this thread Paula!

I have just been looking on the All About Liquorice website and spent money when I didn't mean to!

Salt liquorice winging it's way to me, can't wait, sod the bills!

Nolls, I like marzipan too, but I think it was made with a substitute for the ground almonds during the war.

My ancient cookery book has two recipes, one for uncooked marzipan and the other for cooked. The latter is the one they recommend for making potatoes, fruits etc.

Liquorice and Turkish Delight? No thanks.

Haribo make an excellent Pontefract cake.

There is all sorts of liquorice available on-line.

Paula+ Carry on eating the Liquorice and you may end up being called" Tilly Trotter" :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Don't think so. Don't like Crunchies.

Doubt I could get it anyway, this is way down south.

Sharron - Very similar but not the same. Try some and you will love it.

GP

Is that like Crunchie?

Cinder Toffee.

GP

Another strange little pleasure I sometimes indulge in is to chew cardamom seeds.

Yesterday went we shopping. ......
(I was born to do it) we saw an old fashioned sweet shop.
All the old favourites, I was not tempted but had to drag OH out he was getting rather carried away. He loves Turkish Delight.

I hadn't heard of Pontefract cakes until somebody mentioned it on GR a few months back. I happened to see a lot of British sweets in a shop just afterwards and was able to buy some Pontefract cakes. I didn't think they were any better than ordinary liquorice, which I love. I also love Turkish delight and marshmallows, but I have gone off ultra sweet things over the last 3 or 4 years. I did buy a cake of white Raspberry chocolate yesterday, as I wanted to try it. I have eaten almost half of it (a 250 gm. cake) but it really is too sweet so I am taking the rest into the shop tomorrow to see if some of our volunteers would eat it for me.

Chocolate for me, almost any kind will do but have my favourites, mostly of the more expensive kind lol

We had a huge jar of pickled beetroot o.h.'s dad did and gave us, but I only like plain beetroot, and o.h. has gone off the pickled stuff so after he opened it, it just sits in the fridge. If only it was postable!

We will be in Yorkshire/Licolnshire next week for a few days and I mentioned Pontefract to o.h., he had never heard of Pontefract cakes but says he likes liquorice. I have never seen him eat it but if he says so...... Will have to make sure he doesn't make a pig of himself if he buys some.

Lizx

lol Ann I don´t do sweet things, I rarely eat chocolate prefer savory to sweet but just can´t resist Turkish delight. (mind if I am bought the proper stuff I have to shake the sugar coating off)

Bombay mix - in fact, I'm going to have some very, very soon! :-D

eugh too sweet for me.

I do like chocolate but don't buy it for myself as I'd eat it all and put on weight. But like crisps, especially pringles. I have to ration them out or I'd eat the packet!!!

Yes! Can go for a bit of Turkish if no marzipan around :-D

mmm Uzzi, my sister's too, probably why she has moved to Turkey. :-D

Turkish delight

I will say no more than that .....or maybe I will !