I loved white rabbits too. I bought a bag the other day but am afraid to start unless I can't stop!! I had so little time this week, I wanted to write much more!
Niceeeeee...apparently white rabbits eat lollies called Alice in wonderlands 😹
...i first enjoyed White Rabbits in Yunnan Province near the Lao Border...watching pigs rolling around the mud outside the wee shop i bought them...it was there i became a white rabbit piggy...🐰🐷
Hello Jane, so timely you writing about sweet memories as earlier this week I picked up a packet of Frys chocolate creme in ALDI. As soon as I saw them a memory of my darling Dad came to me. After work on a Friday Dad would meet with mates at the local for a couple of sherbets. He would arrive home for dinner never empty handed. He would always bring a sweet treat. Columbine caramels (ballerinas on the box or Frys chocolate creme or Curly Wurlys & Bobbys.
Oh Kerrie I love this memory. My parents rarely bought sweets for us but we were often given boxes of Fry’s Golden Cups, Sugas (my big brother loved these) and the old Quality Street. I loved the round flat toffees. Thank you for the memories!! 🥰
We didn't get that in Hong Kong, but I just love the idea of this!! Did people eat the jaffas AFTER they'd rolled? I guess they couldn't eat them before....
I closed my eyes on this reverie and remembered my 7th birthday.
We’d taken a trip to Mexico… I’m not sure why, but we went to see My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn. Afterward we went to an A&W, (remarkably in Mexico City) and I had my first taste of root beer. Amazing. Those memories come to me as a package every time.
Jane, right off the bat, Julie Andrew’s did not star with Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was Sally Ann Howes. Maybe you are thinking Mary Poppins.
I agree. I liked the fact that I could get 4 for 1 cent of cocktail fruits my very favourite lollies when I was at primary school Jane. With 5 cents you ate like a king. The other lollies we ate at school were cough lollies. Irish Moss, Throaties and Butter Menthols. Yum! They were eventually banned due to them being medicated!
I don't know how I missed this post... but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane that it invoked within.
Jaffas - a favourite at the movies, for both right and wrong reasons - right because they deliver their joy in stages and wrong because being round, (we) kids enjoyed rolling them down the sloping aisle of the movie theatre. (A waste of good sweets in hindsight, but I guess another sort of childish pleasure in itself.)
I have a sister who is in her 80's and has the pleasure of working in a sweet shop that sells imported sweets. She reports that she enjoys experiencing the reactions of a wide range of customers, from young to old who all like to indulge - some to discover untested flavours and some to reminisce with their childhood memories being briefly reawakened.
I am also a 'Jaffa' fan ... and eat them in exactly the same way! I was also introduced to 'Acid Drops' as a little girl, visiting Ballarat's Sovereign Hill. They are a little tricky to find these days, but I have located a few old-fashioned confectionary shops in both Queensland and Victoria for those times when a sweet treat is required.
Never heard of Jaffas or any of these sweets but would have loved them the same. I did look up Cadbury Flake and it sounds great. I wonder if it comes in dark chocolate. Love the story about how it came about. Anyway, now you've got me to thinking!!! Another great post!
White rabbits and the inside wrapper also pleasantly addictive.
Jaffas rolling down cinema stairs yum too.. 😻😎🍬🍭🍯🐱
I loved white rabbits too. I bought a bag the other day but am afraid to start unless I can't stop!! I had so little time this week, I wanted to write much more!
Niceeeeee...apparently white rabbits eat lollies called Alice in wonderlands 😹
...i first enjoyed White Rabbits in Yunnan Province near the Lao Border...watching pigs rolling around the mud outside the wee shop i bought them...it was there i became a white rabbit piggy...🐰🐷
🙏🏾🐱🙏🏾🐱🙏🏾
Look forward to ur next post Jane🐴
Hahaha 🤪 Love it Dion x
😉❣x
I am right there with you Jane! A couple of your sugary mentions even evoked childhood memories for me as well. Yum and good recollections.
Thanks Marci! Who doesn’t like to recall our Sweet Bygones?!
Hello Jane, so timely you writing about sweet memories as earlier this week I picked up a packet of Frys chocolate creme in ALDI. As soon as I saw them a memory of my darling Dad came to me. After work on a Friday Dad would meet with mates at the local for a couple of sherbets. He would arrive home for dinner never empty handed. He would always bring a sweet treat. Columbine caramels (ballerinas on the box or Frys chocolate creme or Curly Wurlys & Bobbys.
Special memories
Oh Kerrie I love this memory. My parents rarely bought sweets for us but we were often given boxes of Fry’s Golden Cups, Sugas (my big brother loved these) and the old Quality Street. I loved the round flat toffees. Thank you for the memories!! 🥰
Hi Jane, I remember the Saturday movie matinee where the boys and girls rolled the jaffas down the aisle. Fun and Giggles all round🍊
We didn't get that in Hong Kong, but I just love the idea of this!! Did people eat the jaffas AFTER they'd rolled? I guess they couldn't eat them before....
I closed my eyes on this reverie and remembered my 7th birthday.
We’d taken a trip to Mexico… I’m not sure why, but we went to see My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn. Afterward we went to an A&W, (remarkably in Mexico City) and I had my first taste of root beer. Amazing. Those memories come to me as a package every time.
That’s a magical memory Barb!
Jane, right off the bat, Julie Andrew’s did not star with Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was Sally Ann Howes. Maybe you are thinking Mary Poppins.
I was a fantails fan myself.
All the best.
Alec Valcanis
Thanks. I’ve updated that.
It just goes to show that in the wobbly world of memory the facts don’t matter and everything tastes delicious. Most of the time, anyway…
It should have been Julie Andrews. I might start a retro petition?!
I agree. I liked the fact that I could get 4 for 1 cent of cocktail fruits my very favourite lollies when I was at primary school Jane. With 5 cents you ate like a king. The other lollies we ate at school were cough lollies. Irish Moss, Throaties and Butter Menthols. Yum! They were eventually banned due to them being medicated!
I don't know how I missed this post... but I enjoyed the trip down memory lane that it invoked within.
Jaffas - a favourite at the movies, for both right and wrong reasons - right because they deliver their joy in stages and wrong because being round, (we) kids enjoyed rolling them down the sloping aisle of the movie theatre. (A waste of good sweets in hindsight, but I guess another sort of childish pleasure in itself.)
I have a sister who is in her 80's and has the pleasure of working in a sweet shop that sells imported sweets. She reports that she enjoys experiencing the reactions of a wide range of customers, from young to old who all like to indulge - some to discover untested flavours and some to reminisce with their childhood memories being briefly reawakened.
I am also a 'Jaffa' fan ... and eat them in exactly the same way! I was also introduced to 'Acid Drops' as a little girl, visiting Ballarat's Sovereign Hill. They are a little tricky to find these days, but I have located a few old-fashioned confectionary shops in both Queensland and Victoria for those times when a sweet treat is required.
Never heard of Jaffas or any of these sweets but would have loved them the same. I did look up Cadbury Flake and it sounds great. I wonder if it comes in dark chocolate. Love the story about how it came about. Anyway, now you've got me to thinking!!! Another great post!