We were given it for ‘good health’ I believe. Didn’t last long, and went the way of ham steaks never to be seen again in the THT household.
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Incidentally, cod liver oil became really vogue in the early-mid 90’s. Some research papers had concluded that the reason there were relatively few obese Asians was because of the amount of fish they ate. All of a sudden cod-liver oil was being pressed-up in high volumes as soft-gel tablets and marketed by nutriceutical companies (including one of companies I worked for) as a potential weight-loss aid. More recently it’s had another rebirth as a supposed anti-arthritis aid.
Does it really work? No idea, but I wouldn’t believe any of the very carefully worded paraphernalia put out by a nutriceutical company…
At least call it something interesting (■■■■■ Goat Weed FTW)
There was a liquid called Hypol that we took.
And Akriflavine as a yellow alternative to Mercurichrome, but the doozy was Gentian Violet which left some nasty purple stains.
Kaomagma was the treatment for the trots, until I discovered that the best treatment for the trots was…let it pass…unless you had to go somewhere or be somewhere, and the old Kaomagma was essentially a cork up your freckle.
I was once diagnosed with a gastric virus, and prescribed Lomotil. After a week, i was blocked up but feeling a bit dodgy. Someone said…just stop taking them…and a couple of days later, the moment came, and there was none of that “I’d give that five minutes if I were you”. 23 years later, I suspect there’s still a Hazmat notice.
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Thars Ointment anyone remember?
Man I’ve derailed this thread. 1000 apologies.
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I don’t like them 
will give to my mum. 
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Slip into a cinema and give yourself a treat …
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tinhillterror
These guys are pretty good too. Great with a nice cold beer.
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@bltn i grabbed these at Aldi today.
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Cherry choclate with a burst of liquor i love those choclates
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bltnElite
em2009
They’d want to be friggin good to rival Griottes !
Nonetheless, i shall be awaiting your rating once whole box consumed.
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Will be waiting for your rating too @em2009.
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I reckon Tyrells takes some beating when it comes to potato chips.
Can’t come at them at full price though at the supermarket.
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KlawdyElite
We were force fed cherry flavoured cough medicine, Brondecon, as kids. There is no way in hell cherry flavoured liquor chocolates would get near my lips.
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I was a kid so long ago now that I can’t remember the taste of that medicine.
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I didn’t mind the cherry-flavoured one. The one that got me was a prescribed medication Seneca Squills of Ammonia (sp?) which I simply gagged on.
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Oh yeah… Senega! Licorice-flavoured ammonia solution (close enough to aniseed-flavoured bleach). I used to work in the testing lab for a company that made that stuff. This was back in the days before OHS types banned tasting as being part of the mandatory test regime. Foul, foul muck that stuff was.
The one I remember Mum shoving down our gullets as kids was called Milk Of Magnesia. A creamy, chalky sort of solution. I think it was for stomach upsets or for when we were “zipped up” (to… umm… “get things moving” if you catch my drift…) That and Mercurocrome are the lasting medical memories from my youth…
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What about cod liver oil? Nasty
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We’d get a dose of that whenever we needed to throw-up for whatever reason.
I remember my little sister being force-fed near enough to a bottle of that stuff in a frantic attempt to evacuate her stomach contents after my next-door neighbour and I figured it would be a good idea to get her to try the red & white toadstools/mushrooms that sometimes grew in our garden. What little shiits we were…
The cod-liver oil didn’t do the job and she was summarily whisked off to Maroondah Hospital. Whatever A&E gave her… did, and fast.
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We were given it for ‘good health’ I believe. Didn’t last long, and went the way of ham steaks never to be seen again in the THT household.
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tinhillterror
Incidentally, cod liver oil became really vogue in the early-mid 90’s. Some research papers had concluded that the reason there were relatively few obese Asians was because of the amount of fish they ate. All of a sudden cod-liver oil was being pressed-up in high volumes as soft-gel tablets and marketed by nutriceutical companies (including one of companies I worked for) as a potential weight-loss aid. More recently it’s had another rebirth as a supposed anti-arthritis aid.
Does it really work? No idea, but I wouldn’t believe any of the very carefully worded paraphernalia put out by a nutriceutical company…
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At least call it something interesting (■■■■■ Goat Weed FTW)
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There was a liquid called Hypol that we took.
And Akriflavine as a yellow alternative to Mercurichrome, but the doozy was Gentian Violet which left some nasty purple stains.
Kaomagma was the treatment for the trots, until I discovered that the best treatment for the trots was…let it pass…unless you had to go somewhere or be somewhere, and the old Kaomagma was essentially a cork up your freckle.
I was once diagnosed with a gastric virus, and prescribed Lomotil. After a week, i was blocked up but feeling a bit dodgy. Someone said…just stop taking them…and a couple of days later, the moment came, and there was none of that “I’d give that five minutes if I were you”. 23 years later, I suspect there’s still a Hazmat notice.
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Thars Ointment anyone remember?
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KlawdyElite
Man I’ve derailed this thread. 1000 apologies.
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Yep, it’s all @Klawdy 's fault…
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I thought the first couple just tasted like chilli. After a few though, the rest of the flavour started to come through.
Not bad.
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Those are truly the WORST.
Bought them for 80% off.
Price should’ve been a dead giveaway.
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So do they taste like ■■■■ or are they just not hot?
Both!!!
First couple are ok, then they taste like ■■■■.
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Is this a twisties or cinema treat thread?
If cinema a mate put me onto the following.
Take a bag of your favourite M&Ms and tip them into your popcorn at the cinema. Then mix a bit
Makes for a very good sweet n salty treat.
Nice bump re: twisties though. Surely its just cheese.
Chickens for when your a kid and you have been swimming at the pool.
To me the chicken flavour kinda reminds me of pool chlorine
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Definitely farking hot! I liked the taste but YMMV.
Nope, it’s these babies… every day of the week…
Like @hambo I found the Ramen ones very, very ordinary…
Curious……
Have to look out for em
Any good Asian supermarket will have them…
Works even better with Maltesers imo
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