jackson 301 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Throwing away water veg has been cooked in! I use mine to make the gravy. Except potato water, that has starch in it Use it to stiffen your shirt collar then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Use it to stiffen your shirt collar then Wow!! .................does it work with anything other than collars? Like This Unlike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 veg...YAK !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't? I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't? I use the veggy water, especially the 'tattie-watter' for both gravies and soups. I was making a rude jest about the gaseous qualities in the previous post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 As kids we use to drink the strained cabbage water with pepper in it.I think memory tells me,it was to 'keep you regular' or 'clean out the system'. Like a shot of 'Reddex' I suppose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trevorthegasman 150 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I remember most of the remedies in this topic and had nearly all of them but I fondly remember most going down the terrace to the "off licence" for "indian brandy' in a small jug.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mango 6 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Cod liver oil, rose hip syrup and a dollop of malt a day. Yummy. There is nothing to compare today, to the welfare orange juice from the clinic. You had to dilute it, but it had a taste all of it's own. Does anyone remember the fact that we only got Lucozade if we were really poorly, it was an expensive luxury item and you had to be really ill to get it. I was ill a couple of weeks ago and I mentioned to my son that I fancied Lucozade and the fact that we got it when we had measles as kids as it was seen as a luxury and I remembered it had orange cellophane around the glass bottle that me and my brother used to hold up to the light, we thought it was magical hahaha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mango 6 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 As kids we use to drink the strained cabbage water with pepper in it.I think memory tells me,it was to 'keep you regular' or 'clean out the system'. Like a shot of 'Reddex' I suppose. My mum still drinks it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thanks for the memory of the orange cellophane. Was it tied in a bunch at the top, if I remember right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Yes Mick, regarding 'Lucozade', orange cellophane was tied in a bunch at the top of the bottle. At one time only Chemists and the Co-op sold it; and it was most expensive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 What was in 'Lucozade' to make it so expensive?I liked 'Tizer' much more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Glucose...a big con...it's cheaper than sugar.Folks have always gone daft for 'energy' drinks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Regarding holding the orange cellophane up to your eyes to look through. We did the same thing with chocolate wrappers, was it Quality Street that had the pink, purple etc cellophane around some of their chocs? Also used to wrap the silver paper around chocs, around one finger to form a goblet shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 You don't see much of cellophane these days do you? In fact, if they stop using it, then the word is in danger of becoming obsolete. Re: the colourful 'Quality Street' wrappers, I used to pleat these to make tiny fans for my dolls. 'Quality Street', my mum's favourite; she always sat down with a quarter on a Saturday evening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Regarding holding the orange cellophane up to your eyes to look through. We did the same thing with chocolate wrappers, was it Quality Street that had the pink, purple etc cellophane around some of their chocs? Also used to wrap the silver paper around chocs, around one finger to form a goblet shape. Then put a lump of wet (snotty works) tissue in the goblet, chuck it hard up to the celing, would stick there for ages..........................if no snotty nosed kids available, ordinary spit would suffice!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 That's diz-gustin ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 I was thrown out of a café for doing just that, using silver paper from a fag packet, (1967). I was upset because I had put "Waterloo Sunset" on the jukebox and was being thrown out before hearing it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Which cafe was it Compo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 One in High Wycombe, forget the name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 That's diz-gustin ! It's a boy/man thing................................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Waterloo Sunset? one of my all time top three favourites. Does anyone remember those other sweets called Lucky Numbers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I do,weren't they caramels with a coloured number through the middle. Catchy advert if I remember rightly, on't telly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,488 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 This thread made quite a few mentions of the Empire Cafe, but so far there hadn't been any photos of it. Now I've found this - where it appears to be having a repaint I'm quoting my own post here from 18 months ago, but here's a photo of the Empire Cafe quite a few years before the original picture. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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