BARCHESTER FORTIFIED WINE

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 20 Mar, 2008 10:49 pm

arry awk wrote: Fanx Stevief and Tykebhoy!'Wine from the wood' was, among other things(!) called 'Armadillo!'It wasn't bad really and was quite a bit cheaper if you broughtyr own bottle! I have a feeling Barchester wines did a wine fromthe wood too, Mebbe that was Armadillo!Not quite amontillado!'TIO Pepe' of course, was a top end sherry,By Gonzales Byass,Sherry importers, Good stuff ! Armadillo rings a bell. Advocaat is made from eggs and brandy - my dad tried to make some, I think your supposed to disolve the eggs shell and all in the brandy - I may have that wrong of course because he never succeeded probably because he didn't have enough brandy.

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 6:15 pm

He probably supped all the brandy first!(Shame to spoil itsticking eggshells in it!) Surely the shell gets in your teeth?Wife remembered that Egg Flip(not NOG) was a drink.made by Seager's?

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 6:19 pm

arry awk wrote: He probably supped all the brandy first!(Shame to spoil itsticking eggshells in it!) Surely the shell gets in your teeth?Wife remembered that Egg Flip(not NOG) was a drink.made by Seager's? I think the idea was that the brandy would disolve the shells - anyway it never worked - as you say he probably drank all the brandy.

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 12:37 pm

I know this isn't leedsbut when I lived in manningham there was an off licence that sold draught martini.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 12:52 pm

fevlad wrote: I know this isn't leedsbut when I lived in manningham there was an off licence that sold draught martini. Handpumped through a sparkler?

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 2:44 pm

Trojan wrote: fevlad wrote: I know this isn't leedsbut when I lived in manningham there was an off licence that sold draught martini. Handpumped through a sparkler? not quite my friendit was in these big glass jars

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 4:15 pm

Talking of big glass jars, Does anybody rememberVANTAS fruit drinks? They were dispensed into a tumbler, from fruitconcentrate in separate bottles and topped up from thisgreat glass urn affair containing soda water. They were 1d. and 2d. a glass. You got more in the 2d glass ofcourse, and more of the fruit concentrate too! Used to come outof the sweet shop on the corner of Gloucester Rd. near CastletonSchool, burping for all we were worth! This was in 1935/6. There are industrial units on that site now. I think the schoolis still in existence

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sat 29 Mar, 2008 4:28 pm

arry awk wrote: Talking of big glass jars, Does anybody rememberVANTAS fruit drinks? They were dispensed into a tumbler, from fruitconcentrate in separate bottles and topped up from thisgreat glass urn affair containing soda water. They were 1d. and 2d. a glass. You got more in the 2d glass ofcourse, and more of the fruit concentrate too! Used to come outof the sweet shop on the corner of Gloucester Rd. near CastletonSchool, burping for all we were worth! This was in 1935/6. There are industrial units on that site now. I think the schoolis still in existence new one on me arryI do remember cremola foam though. It was a powder that you put into a glass of water to make a 'fruit' drink. They were right about the foam bit though there was loads of it.