Coltfoots rock

[Globetrotter.uk]

I discovered a taste for Coltfoots Rock when I first visited the Lake District and got some from a sweet shop. However over the years I have found it hard to find especially in the east. However at last a traditional sweet shop in a market town has got some for me.

Does anyone else like this stuff?
Or what's your fav sweet.

Coltfoots Rock is flavoured from this plant, but what else is it good for

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[British Red]

Haven't had that stuff for forty years...but can still taste it

Half a century and more ago there used to be a boiled sweet that had various fruit flavours with a liquid centre. It came in a paper wrapper with a picture of the relevant fruit on it. When I was a small lad my grandfather would hide them under my pillow so that I could have a sweet in the night . I wish I knew what they were called and if they were still made!

 

[Toddy]

Those were fruit bonbons
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/fruit-bonbons-p-600.html

I still like flying saucers

M

 

[Clouston98]

I love the stuff! I'm all for aniseed and similar flavours and this hits the spot

 

[Joonsy]

Haven't had that stuff for forty years...but can still taste it

Half a century and more ago there used to be a boiled sweet that had various fruit flavours with a liquid centre. It came in a paper wrapper with a picture of the relevant fruit on it. When I was a small lad my grandfather would hide them under my pillow so that I could have a sweet in the night . I wish I knew what they were called and if they were still made!

''Fruit Bonbons'' perhaps ? they came in a white wrapper with a picture of fruit on them.

 

[Toddy]

I love the stuff! I'm all for aniseed and similar flavours and this hits the spot

Aniseed balls make good catapult ammo when practicing so do mint imperials, they smash leaving a white dust that lets you see where you hit……and what the rain doesn't wash away confuses the neighbourhood dogs

M

 

[British Red]

Those were fruit bonbons
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/fruit-bonbons-p-600.html

I still like flying saucers

M

They look right, but I'm sure the wrappers were white?

 

[British Red]

''Fruit Bonbons'' perhaps ? they came in a white wrapper with a picture of fruit on them.

That's them! Looks like they have changed the wrapper now. Thanks guys. The old man is long dust now but the thought of those sweets takes me back (must be something in my eye)

 

[Man of Tanith]

That's them! Looks like they have changed the wrapper now. Thanks guys. The old man is long dust now but the thought of those sweets takes me back (must be something in my eye)

Strange spearmint chews and sherbert lemons have same effect on my eyes.....


Aniseed twists, army and navy, rhubarb and custard and the above two are my firmest favourites. when doing a course if food is permitted i always take a bag of an assortment of them with me

 

[British Red]

Do you remember old fashioned "cough candy" Sam? It was flavoured with horehound. I grow the herb now for the smell

 

[Toddy]

Huge great pan drops do that to my eyes too. Big as an old penny and given to children by elderly relations to sook in Kirk to keep us quiet If you sucked one and didn't crunch it, then it lasted a whole sermon long
I miss my Aunts and Uncles.

Did you get lucky tatties ? a lump of white sugary not quite toffee that was dusted with cinnamon powder. Smelled great, tasted fine, and made a mess of every child who got one used to have a very small, truly bad, toy pressed into the stuff too. Total H&S nightmare.
http://www.moffattoffeeshop.com/dee_valley_lucky_tatties_large.htm

M

 

[Joonsy]

That's them! Looks like they have changed the wrapper now. Thanks guys. The old man is long dust now but the thought of those sweets takes me back (must be something in my eye)

This 1960s ad for them may bring back a few more fond memories British Red

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1gAh6d1oo

 

[Man of Tanith]

Do you remember old fashioned "cough candy" Sam? It was flavoured with horehound. I grow the herb now for the smell

Nope dont think so?
some of my sweetie preferences were influenced by a house mate who was a fair bit older than me but not one i recall

 

[British Red]

This 1960s ad for them may bring back a few more fond memories British Red

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1gAh6d1oo

That's them! The paper was white and very whiney. I remember damn all of my Latin and less Greek, but I remember those sweets! Thank you

 

[British Red]

a fair bit older than me but not one i recall

That's a gentle way to tell me I'm a coffin dodger

 

[Harvestman]

I'm all for coltsfoot rock. Wonderful stuff. I have been known to drive to Ross on Wye to acquire some, which is a considerable trip for me. It can also be found online.

As an aside, here's a health and safety warning though. Some utter fools have been known to cut themselved on it when snapping it into more practically-sized pieces

The edges on boiled sweets are sharp!

 

[Man of Tanith]

That's a gentle way to tell me I'm a coffin dodger

Not at all Hugh.
Sol was 60 when he passed to the summer lands nearly 4 yrs ago so be was a fair bit older than me when we house shared

 

[bigbear]

Yes yes yes to Coltsfoot rock, fruit bonbons and cough candy.
I recall Terrys Neopolitains that my gramps gave me........
and 1776 chocolates, mmmm.
barley sugar twist anyone ?
Old Jamaica chewing tobacco ?

 

[British Red]

Old Jamaica chewing tobacco ?

Was that the coconutty stuff?

 

[Macaroon]

I'm really intrigued to try the coltsfoot rock, and Ross-on-Wye is not very far from me; although not having a sweet tooth I don't know the sweet shops there. Whereby is that, Mike?