Maltesers

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[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that Maltesers were available in WW2 :)

[gollygosh.livejournal.com]

And Mars Bars..



This was on the other side of the Maletesers ad.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

2 1/2 d. What does d stand for? Is it currency?

[gollygosh.livejournal.com]

Yes it is currency. It's the old money in the UK, two and a half pence. More details on wikipedia here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/£sd).

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

For those of you outside the UK, Mars Bars cost about 50p nowadays ;)

[seasaidh78.livejournal.com]

ahhh...the good ol days when child labor was paid with candies!

[coffee-and-gin.livejournal.com]

Tiny fingers make tiny stitches!

[llamamuffins.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[catspaws.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

That's how I pay my sweatshop workers!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

It does have a kind of Oliver Twist vibe to it.

She should be grateful, though. At least Mummy doesn't lock her outside like Dave Bruebeck's kids.

[nokomarie.livejournal.com]

My father tells a story of a guy who shared his barracks in Italy. This man would take out the empty wrapper of a candy bar and fiddle with it just to freak the others out with hunger.

[llamamuffins.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is insane. Not only their hunger, but the fact that the man took pleasure in taunting them...

[teshara.livejournal.com]

Sponge candy?

[garden_hoe21]

Yeah, it's hard and full of tiny holes. Jamie Oliver says they are good crushed over ice cream!

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

My first thought is that they were malted milk balls. They're something else?

[garden_hoe21]

I'm not really sure how to describe maltesers...

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are pretty much like Whoppers.

[llamamuffins.livejournal.com]

"--all 180 of them!"
Oh the cuteness; oh the subtle creepiness.

[del-ruby.livejournal.com]

Ah, the good old days. When candy was a reward... not a side dish.

[seamonkey-mags.livejournal.com]

Huzzah war rationing!