Biscuits That Crumbled Away With Our Childhood
The best part of my school days was when I got home! There would be a snack waiting for me on the laminate kitchen table and I’d wolf it down before settling in front of the box to watch ‘Magpie’ or ‘How’. I’d usually have a Kraft cheese slices sandwich in Mother’s Pride white bread and a couple of biscuits. Ooh, I loved biscuits, many of my favourites now dearly departed.
Trio – I want one now
Everyone remembers the advert, set in the jungle. Trio wasn’t only a biscuit. With it’s chewy toffee filling, it was a piece of luxury and one was never enough. Mum kept the pack in the top cupboard so we couldn’t help ourselves – unless we stood on the chair (only saying).
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Tesco was one of the original supermarkets in the north and I’d go with my parents on a Thursday evening, where they stocked up on everything for the week, another new concept in shopping. Each member of the family had their own personal favourite treat, but mum overruled as ‘she wasn’t made of money’. That was her catch phrase and it didn’t half annoy me.
Original Club Biscuits – Join our club
I’m well aware that these are still around but there is no comparison with the bars we had in the 70s. The chocolate was thicker and creamier and definitely bigger. We grew up watching the adverts and singing along to ‘join our club’.
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Besides chocolate biscuits, there were some plainer ones, in packets, that hit the spot, namely Lemon Puffs and Ritz Cheese Sandwich crackers. What about the Huntley & Palmer Breakfast biscuits that were smooth around the edges but really crunchy in the middle. My grandparents always had these.
Lincoln Biscuit – Will send you dotty
Lincoln biscuits were like shortbread but slightly different texture. They were perfect for dunking in your tea and just the right size.
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