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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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How many of you have eaten 'raw' jelly - ie without dissolving it and setting it?
Just had some raspberry jelly. Didn't know whether to throw up or not but I still managed to finish the lot!
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:26 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Undiluted Rowntree's Strawberry jelly is very nice. Eating it raw is the only way to actually get some flavour.
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:37 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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I used to eat a strip of it before races back when I used to swim competitively…
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I've been eating the 'ready-made' little tubs of that with ice-cream recently - goes down a treat with Tesco's own brand vanilla 
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:15 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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I think most people have  Even when I was a kid, my mum would let me have one cube when she was making some. I also remember a "make" on a kids show where they covered the cubes in chocolate and stuff to make sweets. I bet I'm the only one here who's tried to make "wine" out of it though  Also, mixed with the 99.8% Polish vodka makes an excellent alcoholic trifle 
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:45 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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When I was doing long walks a few years back I would take a packet per day, they pack more of a punch than mars bars, and though I love them, the amount of mars bars I ate while walking, well, let's just say it played havoc with the whole digestive system I quite liked it, used to take strawberry and sometimes lime...
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:50 pm |
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Ady6UK
Has a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:47 am Posts: 37 Location: Calculating MPs' expenses
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I loved it as a kid. My mum used to wonder where the packs were disappearing to from the cupboard. 
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:53 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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I always dissolve it, unlike some others here I can still taste the flavour! I can't stand jelly in its "raw" form.
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:02 pm |
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Spreadie
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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Yep, I used to nick it from the cupboard and eat it from the packet. It was lovely.
Can you still get it like that?
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:04 pm |
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leeds_manc
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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OFC, No seriously how else could you buy it? In a big wobbly bag? :p
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:11 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:51 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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You can buy crystals in little packets.
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:55 pm |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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Yep, I've seen the bags of powder/crystals, thats why I asked if was still available - I might buy some for a nostalgic trip. 
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:14 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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I never had jelly cubes, as it would cause asthma problems. My mum used to make jelly out of fruit juice and gelatine or pectin, which I liked.
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Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:52 pm |
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John_Vella
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Maybe it's a sign of old age but there are few things in life which are quite as good as lying, (or sitting up) in bed on a saturday night watching Match of the day whilst eating a bog bowl of Strawberry jelly. 
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