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23rd October 2023, 10:48 PM
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Sweets
Any one ever get a craving for boiled sweets?
I bought a bag of Humbugs the other day, do not know why as I have not had a boiled sweet for years I would think. Out today put petrol in the car and spotted a bag of Brandy Balls. so tonight watching TV I have my tongue nearly raw through sucking on a bag of Brandy Balls.
My Mrs asked me if I was up the duff with my recent cravings
Humbugs.jpgBrandy Balls.jpg
Just had a thought maybe I should have posted this in the Sugar thread doh!!!
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24th October 2023, 05:26 AM
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Re: Sweets
We all get cravings at times.
At times I get them for some odd foods.
Drinking Gin while eating pickled onions the other day.


Happy daze John in Oz.
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24th October 2023, 06:36 AM
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Re: Sweets
Love the old Humbugs !
And the hard Boiled Egg with the Pickled Onion as well John!
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24th October 2023, 09:42 AM
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Re: Sweets
I on occassion will have a Bushmills whiskey, usually neat , sometimes with ice & soda , rarely these days with dry ginger.
Seeing as the nights are getting colder here and people are coughing and sneezing I believe prevention is better than cure.
So I have of late a large tot of Bush a spoonful of honey and a good squeeze of lemon and boiling hot water, cloves optional.
John the Aussie customs have nicked a bottle of Spanish Larios gin from your posted package Spanish Gin might well go with pickled
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25th October 2023, 05:23 AM
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Re: Sweets
James see you with Humbugs, you been reading Dickens lately?


Happy daze John in Oz.
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25th October 2023, 05:47 PM
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Re: Sweets
Ebenezer Scrooge me , no way I am generous to a fault, but yes if we have guests , and they are given a whisky it will be Scotch, Bushmills is to good for Plebs
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26th October 2023, 05:44 AM
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Re: Sweets
Haig in the dimple bottle, still very good I say.


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26th October 2023, 10:34 PM
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Re: Sweets

Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Haig in the dimple bottle, still very good I say.
Best thing to do with a poor whisky , put it in a fancy bottle and someone will buy it. I have not seen Haig Dimple for years.
Got a good deal on a ltr bottle of Bushmills £22 in Asda
Last edited by James Curry; 26th October 2023 at 10:35 PM.
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27th October 2023, 05:16 AM
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Re: Sweets
Go to Numea , there is a very large shop there selling all manner of grog from around the globe.
Very popular with tourists, many of whom think this is cheap.
Well it is compared with back home.
Never bought there, it looked too good to be true.
Heard from one passenger who had been there before and bought a good few.
Fine he said if you like your Scotch already watered, Rum with a distinct coffee flavour.
Then some of the worlds finest on shelves that look so good.
Pity about the contents.
Apparently according to him they have a store out back where they bottle all manner of crap in fancy bottles.


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27th October 2023, 10:11 AM
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Re: Sweets
Can but Dimple any time at Dan Murphy's.
LOading whisky in Glasgow, the foreman kept our seaboots in bathroom well filled with lost bottles. Every night, we helped stopped getting a cold or flu by putting 2 inches of scotch in a pint mug, a spoonful of issue lime juice and filling with hot water. We slept well and kept fit
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