Caz 25 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Does anyone remember those little packets of potato puffs we used to buy from the tuck shop when we were at school they were full of air & very yummy & obviously made from potato? also those really cheesy biscuits with holes in them & salty? ooo my mouth is watering! they were around the same time as the very large wagon wheels? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,646 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Ayup Caz, I remember one year when I were a nipper getting a pound for my birthday and I spent it all on Potato Puffs, there seemed to be a lot of bags but I managed to eat em all Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 You mean Cheese Snips or is it bites? I believe Mc Vites make them still and the Puffs are still made too... The cheese Bites or Snips are especially nice washed down with copious amounts of alcohol in your case Caz Dutch red vino gallons of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 There were lots of puffs(poofs) at the Sydney Mardi Gras at the weekend. Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 We have to be politically correct on here Baz,so we will call them people of other genders. I would love to go to the Mardi Gras,I can just see myself in black plastic pants & boots Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I thought I would have seen you in the parade Baz. I looked everywhere but no sign of you. Admitted it's hard to recognise people with all the funny costumes. Caz luv, sexual orientation has nothing to do with gender. Of which there are only two. Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Sorry Alison,i'm a little naive when it comes to the other persuasions,perhaps you might explain so we are able to understand ? Did you take part Alison, if you did a photo would be good? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I can just see myself in black plastic pants & boots It wouldn't stretch my imagination to far either..yum Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Don't be detty Den Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Does anyone remember those little packets of potato puffs we used to buy from the tuck shop when we were at school they were full of air & very yummy & obviously made from potato? also those really cheesy biscuits with holes in them & salty? ooo my mouth is watering! they were around the same time as the very large wagon wheels? The small cheesy bicsuits were originally called Burton's Cheesettes. They came in a small red and yellow cellophane bag and cost 3d. I remember them because, as form biscuit monitor, I had to sell them along with Penny Bourbons, Custard Creams, Sportsmen and one whose name eludes it at the moment. It was chocolate with a peppermint centre and came wrapped in foil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bazza 71 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I thought I would have seen you in the parade Baz. I looked everywhere but no sign of you. Admitted it's hard to recognise people with all the funny costumes.Caz luv, sexual orientation has nothing to do with gender. Of which there are only two. Alison Funny costumes indeed!! I'll have you know that my pink school cap and blazer are classics. Baz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zacsmum 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 the biscuits you are thinking of were yo yo,s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 the biscuits you are thinking of were yo yo,s That's them. Ta, Bamber Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caz 25 Posted March 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Anyone remember Grannys cookies? they were yummy too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Don't remember them, but do remember buying a tanners worth of broken biscuits. You didn't half get a lot. That's when biscuits were distributed to the shops in big tins. Broken bikkies were the ones left over at the bottom of the tin and were much cheaper, but tasted the same. Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 There used to be a cake shop on the corner of Arkright St / Pyatt St in the Meadows. On my way home from school you could buy a cake for a penny. Those were the days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 The Penny cake shop that I know, was on Holgate Road. A small bakery/shop where the wall used to bulge and get hot where the oven was inside. Great to lean on in the winter whilst you ate your (yesterdays) 'Penny Cake(s)' It was a shilling for a school dinner (or a dozen cream cakes). Yes its the old penny, 12 pennies in the shilling. Or 240 cream cakes for a pound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alisoncc 379 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 It was a shilling for a school dinner (or a dozen cream cakes).Yes its the old penny, 12 pennies in the shilling. Or 240 cream cakes for a pound. I bet you did that without a calculator. They can't do that nowadays. Went grocery shopping with my daughter recently. We had bought probably a dozen and half or so items. When we got to the checkout I had the correct money ready in my hand. My daughter looked at me in sheer disbelief when the printout came to the same amount. She thinks I carry a calculator in my handbag. Hugs Alison Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 I bet you did that without a calculator. They can't do that nowadays. No I still carry one of those decimal conversion cards, that they gage out at decimalisation in 1971. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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