A blast from the past

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A blast from the past

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Mmmm....just sitting here, minding my own business and eating a Toffee Apple, haven't had one for 50 yrs!

Just thought you might be interested :lol:
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Re: A blast from the past

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:lol:
Was it nice? I always used to make them for halloween with our kids!
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A good job we still have our own dentures San !! I loved a toffee apple when i was a kid.An old woman in the next street Granny Hall used to make them but to be honest even though i have my own teeth i wouldn't fancy it now. I never eat toffees due to the risk of fillings dropping out.
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prefer good old bonfire toffee myself
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grangers14 wrote::lol:
Was it nice? I always used to make them for halloween with our kids!


Not really Jo! Didn't taste a bit like I remember :thumbdown:
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Rob wrote:A good job we still have our own dentures San !! I loved a toffee apple when i was a kid.An old woman in the next street Granny Hall used to make them but to be honest even though i have my own teeth i wouldn't fancy it now. I never eat toffees due to the risk of fillings dropping out.


Too true Rob! Yes I loved them too but at our age we have to be careful don't we? I didn't dare bite into it so I licked it for about 10 mins and then it went in the bin!! :lol:
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peterd wrote:prefer good old bonfire toffee myself


Bonfire Toffee Pete, what's that?
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:crazy: :sick: Dont ask San !!! Probably some Geordie concoction to be eaten around their canny bonfires II "Howay man! We gannin' doon Morrisons to beat the queue?"Canny netty, that, like."
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Rob wrote::crazy: :sick: Dont ask San !!! Probably some Geordie concoction to be eaten around their canny bonfires II "Howay man! We gannin' doon Morrisons to beat the queue?"Canny netty, that, like."


sad how dementia is effecting the old :roll: :lol:
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mallosa wrote:
peterd wrote:prefer good old bonfire toffee myself


Bonfire Toffee Pete, what's that?


toffee but you add black treacle with golden syrup

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/177 ... ire-toffee
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Make it yourself do you Pete?
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The bonfire toffee we got where I lived when I was a kid (Ashby de la Zouch) area was quite brittle. Almost transparent and broke into shards. I've had other bonfire toffee that was just like normal toffee only darker.
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gardener wrote:The bonfire toffee we got where I lived when I was a kid (Ashby de la Zouch) area was quite brittle. Almost transparent and broke into shards. I've had other bonfire toffee that was just like normal toffee only darker.


exactly the same gardener brittle and rock hard
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Rob wrote:Make it yourself do you Pete?


easy made rob just follow the recipe
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gardener wrote:The bonfire toffee we got where I lived when I was a kid (Ashby de la Zouch) area was quite brittle. Almost transparent and broke into shards. I've had other bonfire toffee that was just like normal toffee only darker.


Ah! Now you come to mention it, I do remember it :grin:
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