Inside: The Facory: Sweets

[mikey4444]

I am not a huge fan of Greg Wallace. nor of his woman co-presenter, who I find irritating in the extreme !

But having been a fan of Swizzles products for 63 years, I did enjoy last night !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p044vpfp?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbctwohighlights&intc_campaign=bbctwohighlights&intc_linkname=vidclip_sweetfactory_contentcard7

[Cloverjo]

Really? My OH was watching it and I kept looking up thinking "Why the heck are you watching people work in a factory?"

[mikey4444]

Come on Jo....didn't you eat lots of sweets when you were a kid !

[Georgiesmum]

Yes, it was very interesting seeing how they were all made.

[Cloverjo]

Yes, mikey.
It's just that my OH watches all kinds of programmes about people only doing their jobs; in airports, as policemen, as dustmen, firemen, pawn brokers, whatever. I just assumed this was another boring old thing on the same tack.

This programme was obviously more interesting than those.

[mikey4444]

Fab though sweets are, they are the prime cause of my loss of teeth over the years....my parents had a sweet shop in the 60's and my three brothers and myself only have about 5 teeth between us !

I like all the old-fashioned ones...pineapple chunks, sherbet lemons, cough-candy, liquorice, ....have to rely on sugar-free ones now though, due to diabetes !

[wolf63]

Chocolate covered raisins - I could eat them by the ton. Give me a skip full of them and I would have to forget that I am diabetic.

[Cloverjo]

I'm not crazy about sweets nowadays, I prefer savoury things.
But I do like Love Hearts. I eat them at work to keep me going.

[ImLostAgain]

My grandson just came back from some wildlife centre somewhere and brought me back a box of otter's poo!!
Chocolate covered raisins they were, and like wolf63, I can't resist them.

[Bazile]

cloverjo

//It's just that my OH watches all kinds of programmes about people only doing their jobs; in airports, as policemen, as dustmen, firemen, pawn brokers, whatever. I just assumed this was another boring old thing on the same tack. //

'' people doing their jobs ''

Well , isn't that what all of us do - from the girl serving in greggs ( other bakeries are available ) to the actors in eastenders .

So , don't you watch any television ?

[wolf63]

Mikey - what are the drumstick lollies actually made of? I couldn't even describe to someone what the texture was like.

It will soon be cat treat time here - before bed. Frankie is on a diet and refuses to eat the diet treats. He scoops them up in his mouth, waits a minute or two then spits them out onto the floor. Then he starts crying for his Dreamies. The Dreamies cost about £20 per kg - scary !!