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>> On 1/09/2011 10:08 AM, Ozgirl wrote:
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>>>> Janet > wrote:
>>>> : Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> : >>>> I like dark chocolate but no more that 75%, that's my limit. Do
>>>> : >>>> you get Cherry Ripe there? I love Cherry Ripe
>>>> : >>>
>>>> : >>> Is that the brand? If so I've never heard of it.
>>>> : >>
>>>> : >> Cadbury is the brand.
>>>> : >
>>>> : > Ohhhhhh. Cadbury used to be widely available here. Now we can only
>>>> : > get it at places that sell imported foods. I believe it is a
>>>> : > Canadian brand. I will look for it.
>>>>
>>>> : Cadbury is an English brand. It is their equivalent of Hershey or
>>>> Nestle,
>>>> : and not particularly good IMNSHO, although it is better than
>>>> Hershey. It is
>>>> : sold in supermarkets here.
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>>>> : I admit a fondness for Mint Aeros, dating back to my schooldays in
>>>> England.
>>>> : Since then, they've come out with an orange flavor that is even
>>>> better. But
>>>> : the orange is not available here.
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>>>> I used to like the Cabury's Quality Street assortment . when I wa a
>>>> teenaer I thought it the height of sophiticated candy-imported from
>>>> England and that nice tin. How tastes and times change:-)
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>>>> There was a wonderful very hard butterscotch candy whose name is
>>>> missing.
>>>> something like Cadwallenders,. It came in rectanglar blocks, marked in
>>>> squares, wrapped in silver paper in boxes with, IIRC two blocks about
>>>> 4"x2 2/1" Boy was that good!
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>>> Oh yes, butter scotch. Hard to get a good one these days.
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>> You tried the Werthers sugar free one ... not bad :-)
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>> I don't think Cherry Ripe has been the same since Cadbury
>> started making them in the 60's (well they don't taste the same as when I
>> was a kid :-))
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>> originally made by MacRobertson who was the guy who sponsored the
>> original London to Australia air race in the 30's
>> they also made the original Freddo, Old Gold and Snack
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>> Still haven't had one in years ... bugga now you got me thinking about
>> those cherries coconut and dark chocolate.
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> Lol. Snack and Freddos don't taste the same to me anymore. Perhaps we were
> less discerning when younger
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> I used to love Fantales but for a few years now they have been rather
> unpleasant. And too soft now. I like Werther's, not as good as some but a
> pretty good one. Haven't tasted the sugar free ones. I would rather have a
> real one every so often. I used to buy a fabulous one in David Jones food
> hall but can't remember the brand.

I never liked Werthers but then I can't stand the taste of Butterscotch.

My parents had a bad of the sugar free ones and I warned them not to eat too
many because of the laxative effect. They got very angry with me and said I
was wrong. But later that night I got an apology.