Milk bottle tops

Dinnefords was gripe water but I believe they also produced milk of magnesia.

Philips Milk of Magnesia and Milk of Magnesia toothpaste, as far as I remember. Oh and there were Milk of Magnesia tablets which my mother made us chew. Horrible! Gripe water was still around 40 years ago and my kids loved it - apparently it had alcohol in it.

Condensed milk (sweetened) and evaporated milk (unsweetened) are used in quite a lot of classic recipes – the former in Boston Banoffee Pie and the latter in Kulfi (Indian ice cream), for example.

Nsube, I loved Dinnefords Magnesia, but what we had was clear, not milk of magnesia (what`s magnesia anyway?). If it was gripe water it didn`t taste like the stuff I gave my kids, it was lovely.

Milk of Magnesia was (is?) white and slightly minty. When my sister was a young GP, a young mum told her she had found a great new form of milk. You've guessed it - she was feeding her poor baby Milk of Magnesia!

Oooh Geraldine - you didn't throw that half tin away did you? I would have had it! Are you going to let us have the recipe for that cake, sounds good (especially if you have half a tin left over afterwards!)

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I also made Christmas decorations from the coloured foil tops but pressed over a thimble and strung together with cotton.

I'm going to stick my neck out again that condensed milk is probably no "worse" than jam on your bread. At a guess (I'll do some research in a minute when my neck's out of reach), I'd say the sugar content is probably similar.

I use it in a date cake that has no other added sugar. The condensed milk, that is, not jam.

Yep. Thought so. Sugar content of condensed milk is about 65%. Sugar content of most jams is similar and often higher. The milk will have other nutritious content as well.

That's the best news of the day, might have some on the apple and frangipane tart that I plan to make for pudding

Here's some more 'justification' for you yoga, should you feel the need of it :

Vitamins

Vitamin A817IU16%
Retinol223mcg 
Retinol Activity Equivalent226mcg 
Beta Carotene42.8mcg 
Vitamin C8.0mg13%
Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol)0.5mg2%
Vitamin K1.8mcg2%
Thiamin0.3mg18%
Riboflavin1.3mg75%
Niacin0.6mg3%
Vitamin B60.2mg8%
Folate33.7mcg8%
Food Folate33.7mcg 
Dietary Folate Equivalents33.7mcg 
Vitamin B121.3mcg22%
Pantothenic Acid2.3mg23%
Choline273mg 

Minerals

Calcium869mg87%
Iron0.6mg3%
Magnesium79.5mg20%
Phosphorus774mg77%
Potassium1135mg32%
Sodium389mg16%
Zinc2.9mg19%
Selenium45.3mcg65%

I'm not quite sure if that's good or bad bagitha

Nutritional vitamins and minerals in condensed milk = good.

Did you ever smoke the straws?

Yes and my brother and I lined the cardboard ones up against the wall in the hall and played Skimmers. He always beat me.

I'd forgotten about the Christmas tops. It was so exciting when they appeared because Christmas was close. Our milk sat next the the radiator and the cream floated to the surface.

Not a great fan of milk now but happily drank it as a child.

Winter at my school meant frozen toilets though....well they were outside lol. But frozen toilets were really cold on little bottoms lol.