The misery of a runny nose and a boakey throat are beginning to lift…hurrah! Not quite back to normal but way better than I was earlier this week. To that end I decided to treat myself and the kids to some ‘sweeties’ or candy for those of you not from the UK. Luckily for me there is a top quality shop very near to my home in Girvan which specialises in sweets. So off I went and I found…Vimto Creams!
You can see the jar they come in below. I asked for two ‘quarters’. Sweets in Scotland are measured in the old imperial system of pounds and ounces and a quarter is a quarter pound of sweets by weight. The sweets looked, felt and tasted great.
You can see them and buy them (if you are not in Girvan…very likely) here. Give them a try.
Cheered me right up!
GBS
Hi Gavin, there is a shop in Leamington that still measures in imperial measurements!
Never tried these though!
You should try them. I still have little sense of taste but I tasted these just fine!
With all the entertainments and time aimed activities of the modern world there is joy to be had in the simple act of a wee bag of sweeties in the afternoon sun.
GBS
Gavin, what is vimto? Is it not a delicious local drink?
Vimto is indeed a carbonated fruit flavoured soft drink made in the UK but its flavour has been added to all manner of food related things. But this was the first time I had seen it in ‘traditional confectionery’.
GBS