Old Style vs the USDA head-to-head challenge...

boredofbeingathome

I love curly wirlys too..they used to be really long...can't stand flakes though, love licquorice mmmmmmmmm

BARGAINHUNTER!

And those liqorish whirls on the side - another of my faves! I love the aniseed things that are usually in the middle (i notice yours are missing shaz - but i suppose blue or pink inserts don't really go on tank wheels do they? lol! )

ceridwen

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

So while there off eating their dinner a few questions for everyone there lurking or not!

Which was your fave recipe?

What bit amazed you the most

mine is the pate

and what amazes me the most is the military precision with which sandwiches are made and frozen.........................i think weezl and ceridwen were switched at birth that would explain it:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Shaz

Well...that might just require a time machine;) - as we were born a couple of decades apart! I'll have to have a word with my mother - see what she can arrange in retrospect!:D

shaz_mum_of__2

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

That cake looks lovely - is that a curley whirley on the side? I used to love them as a child, but im sure they were much bigger than they are now, and they only used to be 10p too!! Hmm - curley whirleys and wham! bars.........

Wham bars ..................... i think i saw some recently they were tiny compared to the 80's .....................and was it just me who couldnt quite get the wrapper off the groove down the back


Yes the sides are cutly wurlys,the main gun is a ripple and the one next too it is a milky way crispy roll obviously the caterpiller tracks are licorice wheels

it was my fist attempt at a novelty cake and he was chuffed to bits all his mates said there mums don't bake or anything...really sad

Shaz

shaz_mum_of__2

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

And those liqorish whirls on the side - another of my faves! I love the aniseed things that are usually in the middle (i notice yours are missing shaz - but i suppose blue or pink inserts don't really go on tank wheels do they? lol! )

i used some for headlights ....................do tanks have headlights??

Ceridwen never mind there booze levels i have had 3 pimms and i am on industrial strength painkillers might have to lay down soon:rotfl: :rotfl:

Shaz

Bobbykins

hi again (sneaks out of ceridwen's cosy kitchen)....in response to shaz's question....

fave recipe = ISOM's dowerhouse chutney....haven't tried it yet as I'm waiting for Victoria plums to be in season but sounds absolutely lush!

what amazed me the most? the whole thing! Weezl's total commitment and genuinely educational approach to making sure it was a healthy challenge, not just a cheap challenge.

..........and in answer to Weezl's earlier question.....fave bit of the thread.....it HAS to be the elder flower foraging debacle......cow parsley cordial anyone?????:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

In_Search_Of_Me

Just popping in to say hi before I go and wash up!! Mr Weezl just gone to the little boys room and we've just eate a yummy meal; mega scrap just broke out outside the flat but they just left so need to call police...all excitement here! Back in a bit will pass on to the Weezles!

BARGAINHUNTER!

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Wham bars ..................... i think i saw some recently they were tiny compared to the 80's .....................and was it just me who couldnt quite get the wrapper off the groove down the back


Yes the sides are cutly wurlys,the main gun is a ripple and the one next too it is a milky way crispy roll obviously the caterpiller tracks are licorice wheels

it was my fist attempt at a novelty cake and he was chuffed to bits all his mates said there mums don't bake or anything...really sad

Shaz

YES! I had that problem with the wrapper on Wham bars too! But I loves the way they made my tongue tingle!

I think its a real shame that the art of baking and cooking seems to be being lost. I have just spent most of today making two loaves of bread from this thread, bagels from this thread, fairy cakes whilst the oven was on (and to use up some eggs) and a salmon pasta bake (from another thread on this site). I had great fun doing it and my son came down to ask what the lovely smell was! My other son brought a friend in who was gobsmacked that I MADE bread! He didn't hesitate to dive into the iced fairy cakes though!! Not many of the mums I know bake or cook anything really - such a shame as its cheaper, healthier and entertaining. Oh yeah - I forgot to add - im a single mum who works and I still manage to fit it in! To be honest - it keeps me busy and out of the shops (but not the food shops!!)

BARGAINHUNTER!

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

i used some for headlights ....................do tanks have headlights??

Ceridwen never mind there booze levels i have had 3 pimms and i am on industrial strength painkillers might have to lay down soon:rotfl: :rotfl:

Shaz

Im sure tanks have headlights! I bet your son was dead proud that you had gone to so much trouble and hadn't just gone out and brought something ready made. Made with love!!

boredofbeingathome

I have always done the same as well shaz and bargainhunter, don't know how i would have managed otherwise