Strange things we like , or liked as kids ....

[Ian Robinson]

Vegemite & Peanut Butter sandwiches .

two slices of buttered white bread .
liberally coat one slice with Kraft smooth peanut butter
liberally coat the other with nice thick Vegemite.
slap them together and yummo !!! Haven't had it since I was kid ....

Smiths Chips sandwiches (Salt + Vinegar , or Chicken flavours are best)

Buy 100g pack of chips.
butter 4 to 6 slices of white bread
cover every other slice with a nice thick layer of chips
bread on top - squash the two slices together and hey presto fast food.

[vash (Ashley)]

peanut butter and M and M's sandwich goes down a treat.

[TrevorW]

Peanut butter and celery
Peanut butter and honey on toast
Vegemite soup
Cumquats
Mulberries

more appropriate is what we hated but now can tolerate

cabbage
brocoli
cauliflower
sweet potato
pumpkin

what we still hate

brussell sprouts
spinach

[Barrykgerdes]

I don't know whether it was liked or lumped but when I was growing up during the war all sorts of things were rationed. but sandwich fillings were peanut butter (no one ever heard of people being allergic to nuts) with out butter. Jam without butter. Sometimes you got dripping instead of butter. yuk! sultanas and my favourite if dad brought some home from someone he knew in the chocolate factory. Chocolate sandwiches!

Barry

[GrahamL]

jelly tips

and those wine gum type lollies allens used to make in the yellow packet.

Weidest thing I hated olives (spit on the floor) until I was 35 love em now
And couldn't eat prawns until 20

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Those little handy cans with the cartoons on the sides.
I see coke is trying it now in the handy can.
Cheers Kev.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi there

I miss Glugs, Razz's and Sunnyboys - now who remembers those and what flavour was which?

Cheers Petra

[BerrieK]

My kids love sunnyboys!

Dont forget the noble Milo sandwich! YUMMO you should try it!

[GrahamL]

http://www.sunnyboy.com.au/

Definately in stores this year petra ..So you want to split a pallet?

[TrevorW]

Forgot Choo Choo bars

[spacezebra (Petra)]

You are a god! I thought that they disappeared from the universe.

Originally Posted by nightstalker

http://www.sunnyboy.com.au/

Definately in stores this year petra ..So you want to split a pallet?

Hmmmmmm! a pallet! I could be tempted.

[Dog Star (Phil)]

Bananas dipped in tomato sauce, when I was young.
As Trev mentioned earlier, honey and peanut paste sandwiches. Yum!
Still love 'em. Even better on Weet-Bix.

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Hi there

I miss Glugs, Razz's and Sunnyboys - now who remembers those and what flavour was which?

Cheers Petra

Sunnyboys were the go !!! if you were lucky you got a free one (had to finish the frozen Sunnyboy , I think they ware only sold frozen) and open the container and look for the yellow give away print on the inside... I think there were prizes up to about $1000 that you could win).
Sunnyboys came in two flavours I recall , orange or lemon (the orange one were great.)I think you can still get them .... they don't look as big as did to me in the 60s as infants and primary school kid.

Jim's Milkbar had the best choc malt milkshakes (must have been a litre of milk and icecream in them), better than Oak's Milkbar's (Hexham) chocolate milkshake , but they more flavours that you could poke a stick at)
Jim's also had frozen Coke, frozen Lemonade, frozen Fanta. 5c each . I do my own now , small disposable plastic drink cup , half full with the chozen fizzy drink , wait 2 hours and wollah !!! , I do frozen Coke, frozen Fanta Orange, frozen Mountain Dew, froze Fanta Lemonade and Frozen Solo , they're a great treat to shave with steak knife on a hot day.... even more refreshing than the drinking them with icecubes.
I reckon some of those fizzy wines would freeze up a treat too.

I also remember collecting MT coke and fanta bottles (glass ones) and when I had a box full I'd take them the local corner shop and cash them in - not a bad way of getting extrea pocket money (was 6p the 5c a bottle reward). Too bad they don't do that now.


I also remember being able to get a huge bag full of lollies for about 6p then 5c , 4 or 5 lollies per c , and cans of cans of coke (they were steel then) cost 10c.

[AdrianF (Adrian)]

Apparently i am a weird one because I like Brussel sprouts with mint sauce.

Adrian

[garyp]

Phil you reminded me of a couple of things I liked as a kid.

Tomato sauce sandwiches and

hot water on my weet bix instead of milk.

[Jen]

mmm cheese and chips sandwiches
sugar sandwiches or milo sandwiches yum yum
licorice i used to love licorice and aniseed balls, black cats and black jelly beans they dont make them like they used to so i now drink Ouzo instead
But most of all i love sherbert the real sherbert that they also dont make as good a they used to
Sunnyboys yes they were the best i used to get so excited to open the wrapper up and get a freebie i was straight back up the shop again hehe i still buy them now but they arnt as big as they used to be they are great to have after a hangover
Remember the drink bottles that used to get delivered to your door in a crate well i used to go door to door asking people if i could take them back to the shop for them 20c a bottle haha thats how i bought my sunny boys and return of the jedi icypoles
hey did someone say choo choo bars they were yummy too

oh now ya got me started on something here im going to the lollie shop tomorrow to place an order

[gman (Grant)]

When I was a kid the frozen drinks were called Jubilee's
Sunnyboys were orange - Razz was raspberry and Glugs were cola.
Vegimite on toast with a poached egg on top with tomato sauce
Peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches
Blue Heaven milkshakes
Bazooka Gum
Kraft braised steak & onion jaffles
Chip Butties - (Buttered roll with salt n vinegar chips)
Lime spiders (lime soft drink with vanilla ice cream)
10c of hot chips, tearing the end out of the paper and eating straight away

Ah the simple pleasures of ones youth.

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by AdrianF

Apparently i am a weird one because I like Brussel sprouts with mint sauce.

Adrian

I've never liked my vegies - pumpkin , yuck , sprouts , double yuck, spinage (I'd sooner die) , I just tolerate pea and bean (smothered in vinegar).

Hot chips wrapped in news paper .... smothered in salt and vinegar were wonderful (I remember tearing the end off the parcel and eating them steaming hot while walking down the street).
The chips you get now (the real ones not the skinny french fries alla KFC, RR, Macas, Henny Penny) are not near as nice .... the fat they cooked them in made all the difference.

Steak sandwiches actually had a nice bit of rump , not the horrible stuff that passes for steak now too.

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by BerrieK

My kids love sunnyboys!

Dont forget the noble Milo sandwich! YUMMO you should try it!

Milo in a cup , eaten with a spoon , and dry was wonderful. It's pretty good on icecream too.

Fruit Loops straight from the box and dry was real treat too , if I got to the box before little sisters did.

Flavoured Aeroplane Jelly crystals as favourate of mine , I very tasty eaten dry with a spoon straight from the box.

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by Jen

mmm cheese and chips sandwiches
sugar sandwiches or milo sandwiches yum yum
licorice i used to love licorice and aniseed balls, black cats and black jelly beans they dont make them like they used to so i now drink Ouzo instead
But most of all i love sherbert the real sherbert that they also dont make as good a they used to
Sunnyboys yes they were the best i used to get so excited to open the wrapper up and get a freebie i was straight back up the shop again hehe i still buy them now but they arnt as big as they used to be they are great to have after a hangover
Remember the drink bottles that used to get delivered to your door in a crate well i used to go door to door asking people if i could take them back to the shop for them 20c a bottle haha thats how i bought my sunny boys and return of the jedi icypoles
hey did someone say choo choo bars they were yummy too

oh now ya got me started on something here im going to the lollie
shop tomorrow to place an order

Where were you when I was a young single guy ..... ???

You've a great excuse to visit the lollie shop .... you're stocking up for Xmas , Boxing Day and New Year .... and if you've got kids, even better , no one will bat an eye if you've kids in tow.

I've just stocked up on lollies , chips (big!!! bags) , twisties , chocs , drinks (coke, fanta, mountain dew, solo) , pavlova , cliks , cheeze , crackers , Nobbies Nuts).
My wife reckons I've gone overboard (we don't know if jr will show up this year).
Just the ham , and a couple of 1kg turkey preseasoned rolls (a steggles breast meat and a dark meat) , been getting these rather than a bird the last few years , better value - all meat !!! , but usually go for the 2kg size which feeds the 3 of us , and gives up cold meat to share over the next week or so.

We tend just to graze Xmas - New Year , what we don't eat or drink will keep , can alway do with drinks and the chippies and crackers and cliks and cheeze (if they survive Xmas and New Year will be polished off in Australia Day or if we get kiddy visitors.)

Maybe some local prawns too and a couple bottles of red an white wine .... local stuff sounds the go from what others say.

Those end slab cuts off leg ham (about 3" thick) at Woolies are great value too .... think they are about 3kg or 4kg , a full leg is too much for us , and those small hams are too small and not as nice.