Taste of the past

[IanA]

Whatever happened to kali lumps?

[henry]

What was/is this as I've never heard of it

[bob. b]

Henry Maybe this will jog your memory

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[henry]

so was it a lollypop and i still never heard of that word

[Jan]

I used to love Kali lumps, they were shaped like a cushion and they were like a cinder toffee texture, but they were fizzy, you could get them in yellow or pink.

Jan

[Shelagh]

Kali lumps...lovely but so rough, you would suck them till you're mouth bled
Shelagh K.

[IanA]

so was it a lollypop and i still never heard of that word

No, not a lolly - as has been said, a cushion-shaped lump of fizzy candy which you could cut your tongue on. It was popular because you seemed to get a lot for your penny, it fizzed, tasted good and lasted a long time. It was a sort of solid sherbet.

[henry]

Wasn't that just ordinary Cinder foffee

[IanA]

Wasn't that just ordinary Cinder foffee

Ooh, no. Kali was harder and sort of fruit flavoured. You had to gnaw it or suck it.

[Sheelagh Tequila]

MMmmm loved them

Sheelagh

[Elaine Goulding]

Henry have not tasted cinder toffee for years....mmmmmmmmmm so yummy!

[Invicta]

Henry have not tasted cinder toffee for years....mmmmmmmmmm so yummy!

Dentists bought many a holiday as a result of that stuff but it was nice K

[bpo25359]

With all the retro sweets available, I can’t believe Kali lumps aren’t one of them. Loved them as a kid. Try to describe them to people now and they think I’m nuts.

[filsgreen]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for your input, bpo.

[Invicta]

Can you still get Sticky Lice?
Always got ours in the chemist on Carr Meadow Hey in Ford. K

[bjones]

You can still get sticky lice online Ken. Google "Licquorice Root". Our only source was Hilton's on the corner of Falkner St; the last sweet shop before Gray St School.

Who remembers Coconut Japs (aka Dessert Japs). Shiny colourful half inch sized cubes, a hard shell encasing coconut filling. We've been on the look out for them for years. Found them on line 10 years ago but they were and still are out of stock

[Invicta]

Thanks Bee,
Never heard of Coconut Japs but sweets were a rare treat in ours. K

[filsgreen]

Here you go, Ken, you may recognise them. They were also called Jap desserts.

[Invicta]

Ah, yes Phil , I do recall them.
Imagine the colourants used back in the day.

[IanA]

I remember Jap Desserts. Also, a mixture called (I think) 'Ducks, Green Peas & Potatoes'. The ducks were a jelly/ wine gum type thing while the peas and spuds were a sort of Dolly Mixture sweet. Quite a treat and only bought by dad. I've also just remembered about something I've not thought of for many years - the penny machines which used to dispense Beech Nut chewing gum. Every fourth penny, you'd get two packets. You never knew when you'd get lucky.

[john j connell]

Ian, if my memory serves me correctly there was an arrow on the dial that indicated when an extra pack of gum would be dispensed. JJC.

[IanA]

I think you're right. Many moons ago...

[Walsh]

As a kid, we would sometimes wait for an hour outside Downings on Hawthorne Road (near Waterworks St) for the arrow on the side knob to face us, when the next coin would return 2 packets of chewy. We were poor but found time between visits to the Derby park and street footy! Walshy.

[Maureeng]

My mouth is watering with all this talk of sweets, loved cinder toffee and sticky lice, does anyone remember pontefract cakes, small circles of licorice, yummo?

[filsgreen]

I loved egg and milk toffee, alas, no longer available.

[bjones]

Hiya Maureen, nice to see you posting, Pontefract cakes area still available and still delish.

Phil, egg and milk toffee? What's that?

[filsgreen]

It was toffee that tasted of egg and milk, Bee. It's been that long since I've had them, I've forgotten what they taste like.

[Invicta]

Pigs feet and tripe in our house. I remember.
My Mother cleaned Cooksons and used to give the piggery lads the slops. On slaughter days the lads always gave Mum some " bits " Not sure what they were sometimes but late Friday night fry ups were something to behold after a few pints.

[bjones]

It was toffee that tasted of egg and milk, Bee.

OH! big kid that I am I'm disappointed Phil; I was expecting a toffee version of Cadbury's Cream Egg

And Ken; we must have been posher than you, we got my dad's tripe and pigs feet from Robert's chippy on Knowsley Rd

[Invicta]

Wouldn't be hard to be posher than us Bee.
Did you eat the tripe raw with salt & vinegar? K