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Nannylovesshopping Tue 23-Jan-18 12:44:50

Went to a little ones party recently, enjoyed mandarin oranges set in lemon jelly, oh my lord I am now hooked!! Verging on obsessed reallygrin so simple if full of sugar, too easy to wolf down in a cup watching tv, so what about you, have you any little delicacies, odd or not, that you can't resist?

Jalima1108 Tue 23-Jan-18 16:49:01

What! Even my delicious raspberry jelly with fresh raspberries
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mcem Tue 23-Jan-18 16:46:21

Am I the only one who finds every single one of these suggestions absolutely unappealing and verging on disgusting ????? ?

Jalima1108 Tue 23-Jan-18 16:38:28

Raspberry jelly with fresh raspberries set in it.
Cheese on a sweet biscuit as a change from the savoury crackers.

MissAdventure Tue 23-Jan-18 16:30:37

Mashed potato sandwiches are nice.

M0nica Tue 23-Jan-18 16:30:08

Hummus and crusty fresh white bread, chocolate crackles.

I cope by never buying either hummus or chocolate crackles myself, but whenever I visit DS &DDiL or DD, they always Have some in the fridge grin.

Mapleleaf Tue 23-Jan-18 16:26:07

Jelly babies.
Scotch pancakes with lots of butter.
Chocolate Brazil’s.
Prawns in a chilli and garlic sauce.
Not all at the same time?

MesMopTop Tue 23-Jan-18 16:06:52

Those tiny little bite sized french fancies, pickled beetroot sandwiches, squashed garden pea sandwiches, stinky cheese ( smellier the better ) melted on toasted Turkish bread and cucumber dipped in garlic barbecue sauce, and a mug of tea. Yum

Chewbacca Tue 23-Jan-18 16:01:32

A huge slice of rich fruit cake with a wedge of strong cheese. Delish!

Nanawind Tue 23-Jan-18 15:53:24

Cavewoman your the first person that says they like crisps and chocolate, others think I'm mad.

cavewoman Tue 23-Jan-18 15:38:32

Nanawind Oooh yes! Crisps and chocolate mixed together! Or crisp and banana sandwich.

kittylester Tue 23-Jan-18 15:30:41

You can buy some really fancy jellies nowadays! I saw pina colada and black forest gateau flavour - who knew!!

Nanawind Tue 23-Jan-18 15:24:30

Cheese & onion crisps with chocolate buttons in the bag.

NotTooOld Tue 23-Jan-18 15:08:54

I like the sound of all these jellies. I'd have to get off my bum and make them, though. Had a cinammon iced bun from Morrisons the other day. Was delicious.

Fennel Tue 23-Jan-18 14:43:07

Talking about jelly, my Grandma used to make lime jelly with green grapes in it - very refreshing.

Greyduster Tue 23-Jan-18 14:34:07

Mandarin oranges in orange jelly is DH’s other ‘signature dish’! He started making it when GS was small, then discovered that a friend who used to come to lunch loved jelly, so then he made it at every opportunity, but our friend is no longer with us (no, not from a surfeit of jelly!) and when he presents it to GS, the response these days is “Is there anything else, Grandad?”
Me? It has to be Mr Kipling’s Fondant Fancies!!

kittylester Tue 23-Jan-18 14:08:02

Ooooooh! nina I've not had ham and cream cheese for ages. Sainsbury's shopping list!!

We bought some pots of jelly when littlest DGD had a sore throat. She didn't want them - I can't imagine where they have gone! blush

BlueBelle Tue 23-Jan-18 14:07:14

Honey and marmite sandwiches are delicious as is marmite spread on fruit cake

midgey Tue 23-Jan-18 13:57:27

Honey and marmite on top of buttered crumpets.. yum.

ninathenana Tue 23-Jan-18 13:50:08

tanith
I can consume obscene amounts of all of that.

Blueberry layered yoghurt from Aldi's.
Ham and cream cheese with chives sandwiches.
Cheese topped crumpets.

tanith Tue 23-Jan-18 13:43:33

A bowl of cornflakes with ice cold milk.

I make myself fruit in jelly all the time , mixed berries in black currant jelly, mandarins in orange jelly, apricots in green jelly, strawberries in strawberry, delicious as a sweet treat and I use sugarfree jelly so low in calories too.

Baggs Tue 23-Jan-18 13:42:24

That's interesting about the Bovril and jam, bb. I recently started adding raspberry curd to salt beef sandwiches when I'd run out of chutney and the combination is delicious.

Iam64 Tue 23-Jan-18 13:37:56

crumpets running with Lurpak and a mug of tea - any time, day or night.

BlueBelle Tue 23-Jan-18 13:37:01

‘Fidgety’ where did that come from meant foody things

BlueBelle Tue 23-Jan-18 13:35:30

Ice cream sandwich or bovril and strawberry jam sandwich or black pepper hand cooked crisps with a cold glass of cider Yummy yum
Then there’s lots of fidgety things I can’t resist Weak woman ?

farview Tue 23-Jan-18 13:15:43

Homous and pitta bread?