What foods were considered a luxury or treat and meant you were "on holiday" as a kid?

Posted by katalyna78@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 403 comments

I used to go camping to France every year (trailer tent, too povo for a caravan). As a treat I was allowed the Kelloggs mini multi pack of cereal. This was top tier luxury as an 8 year old! I also could order Orangina if we had dinner out.

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MedicalTea2989@reddit

everything

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GuybrushFunkwood@reddit

Mini mixed branded cereal boxes for breakfast when we went to Mablethorpe for our weeks holiday. I felt like royalty as I tipped milk onto my real Coco Pops

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KungenBob@reddit

And there was always a couple nobody wanted…

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Bravo1781@reddit

Ricecles 🤢

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mr_michael_h@reddit

Looking at you, basic cornflakes

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Pogipete@reddit

Special K.

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zero_iq@reddit

Obviously Special K is always going to be a lower tier than, say, Coco Pops, but when I was a kid (80s), plain old Special K was much nicer than the modern bland stuff. Used to have a lovely malt flavour. Even used to say on the box "malted toasted wheat flakes" (or something like that). Was one of my favourite cereals back then. This was removed when they introduced all the varieties like Red Berries, Clusters, etc. so they could just have a single plain base for them all. Plain Special K has been a pale shadow of its former self ever since. Probably a lot less sugar in it now though, and it did give use Red Berries, which I love, so maybe I can forgive them!

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lindabcb@reddit

I loved the old Special K, its just not the same anymore.

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Sufficient_House_837@reddit

And at Halloween we used to make them into warts by wetting them and sticking them on our chins! 🧙‍♀️

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eletricmojo@reddit

I never thought about doing that and now I'm not sure I can look at Special K the same way again 😂

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No_External_417@reddit

😂

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SilverellaUK@reddit

Me too

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Auntie_Cagul@reddit

Special K used to look like rice crispies, back in the day. Then it had an overhaul and became malty flakes.

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Willsagain2@reddit

Bin cereal

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crowort@reddit

We used to have to pick our box out of a pillow case. That was the only way to stop arguments over cereal lol

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Lucky Dip..🤏..(hopefully!)

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Confident-Claim-689@reddit

My kids are weird and go for the plain corn flakes and rice crispys first.

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helenfirebird@reddit

The one never eaten on our holidays was the Coco pops. Both my brother and I hated them.

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allyearswift@reddit

Allbran!

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drunkpepita@reddit

oh my god yes. but in australia lol. going camping seemed like a luxury just for the real brand cereal

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CaptMerrillStubing@reddit

Same but Canada

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reuben_iv@reddit

Oh man core memory unlocked of caravan holidays in skegness

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wildflower12345678@reddit

I still get them for myself when we go away in this country.

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Garconavecunreve@reddit

Not a holiday but a grandma memory to me - the Kelloggs variety multipack exclusively existed at her place to me

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Rocky-bar@reddit

Yes! A cereal wonderland lay on the other side of the country!

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tracytorr0712@reddit

Same. My mom always had these on hand for visits from the grandchildren.

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PerkeNdencen@reddit

Ditto!

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razzlemcjazzle@reddit

Me too! Aw that just unlocked a memory

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Electronic-Country63@reddit

Mine too!

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tracytorr0712@reddit

You are so correct! Same in the US.

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Sfb208@reddit

Are you related to me? This was our holiday treat too, along woth findua crispy pancakes (which are categorically disgusting, do not try as an adult)

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suntanC@reddit

Oh god yes... I tried them not too long ago thinking it would be a nice nostalgic easy dinner... binned after the first bite. They are utterly rank.

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KezzaK2608@reddit

Ricicles were my favourite.

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OG-87@reddit

This! All this! I had 2 brothers so you had to be up early for co co pops

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slothliketendencies@reddit

Same, but chalet at Sutton on sea.

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no_good_usrname_left@reddit

There was a card game called “top that” which had the Kelloggs logo on, so I’m assuming it was a free gift with cereal some time in the 80’s/90’s. That card game survived every family holiday throughout my childhood & teenage years despite us loosing the instructions and arguing about the rules every single trip. It was a bit like uno. Good times

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misselectro86@reddit

This is literally a core memory for me and it's something I do with my son now

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ocelocelot@reddit

And Jordans Country Crisp cereal.

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Tennonboy@reddit

Sorry two words that should never be in the same sentence "luxury and Mablexxxxpe" can't bring myself to type it out Visited relatives in Lincolnshire in the 70's has a teenager went there for a day!!! Say day came away early. Best bit was the road back to Lincoln

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Cussec@reddit

Lincoln. That’s a shithole nowadays eh. Was there last summer. What has happened to it?!! Same as a lot of places I guess. Greggs, vape shops, second hand tat shops, cash only barbers (yeah you know the ones I mean) and many groups of foreign men leering at passing women and young boys.

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Tennonboy@reddit

Last time I was there was 90's for my aunties funeral. I know exactly what you mean, my local town is the same. Capes, charity, coffee shops. Takeaways that are continually raided, staff taken away. Owners find but still are their. Turkish barbers, who only employ their cousins, brothers & sons. As you say only take cash when every where else as moved away from it.

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danabrey@reddit

Blimey, hello Facebook comments thread.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

💯.. disgusting..

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Tennonboy@reddit

Must admit we dont see groups of men, leering at women although I did see that in Sheffield few years ago. Was walking back to hotel one morning when I had a young women dash across the street shouting "uncle Dave, not seen you for years" she grabs, hugs me and kisses me. A bit shocked I start pulling away!! Then she whispered "sorry can I walk with you, pointing out some Asian guys saying they'd been following her" she walked back to reception of premier inn with me then called a taxi she was definitely a bit panicked

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Lobotomeme@reddit

I lived in Lincoln until very recently, it has some areas like this, like the majority of the UK now. It also has some lovely areas with independent businesses, parks etc. it has 2 large "commons" for walks, one of which has horses on it, one I recently saw deer on. I'm sorry if that wasn't your experience when you visited but it really is quite a nice city in my opinion.

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MummyButtons@reddit

We’ve started buying the mini packs of Kelloggs cereal for our kids everytime we go on holiday in the UK. Keeping up the tradition!

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AirconGuyUK@reddit

Unlocked a memory for me there haha.

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Intelligent-Dig2945@reddit

My Grandma and Grandad used to own a static caravan at Morecambe and they used to take me and my sister there when we were little kids. Grandad used to always do an absolute ton of egg mayo butties and a flask of orange for the car journey, sometimes crisps too if we were lucky. The best times. ❤️

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trebor67@reddit

Pizza. Believe it or not, it was not that common in the early 80s, the closest you got at home was a frozen Findus cheese and tomato rectangular slice thing. So, to eat pizza out had an air of sophistication as it did for my parents drinking a bottle of Asti Spumante.

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GreyStagg@reddit

I think it was called Kelloggs Variety Pack and I'm sure you can still get it

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Willowx@reddit

You can but there's not as much variety these days, it's just corn flakes, coco pops, rice Krispies and multi grain rice krispie shapes.

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thehatteryone@reddit

Need to hit up the cash and carry for actual variety, you can still get individual packs of frosties and crunchy nut corn flakes on the less-healthy side, plus fruit and fibre, all bran, bran flakes and special K for a nod to health and at least some choice.

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GreyStagg@reddit

Im guessing most of the others which were just sugar in a bowl have been discontinued under current standards?

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Large-Lettuce-7940@reddit

buying an icecream from the ice cream van/ shop and not having to put up with the tasteless choc ices from the freezer

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jenllplaydead@reddit

Yes! Same. Normally a caravan holiday in the UK somewhere and me and my brother would fight over the singular cocopops mini box everytime! Wow… that was a memory I’d forgotten ☺️

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MD564@reddit

Orange Fanta when we visited my mum's family in Spain.

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Character_Arachnid65@reddit

Orangina with our packed lunch for the journey and once in France for breakfast we always had a jar of nutella and would get fresh baguettes every day to spread that on. We were never allowed to have Nutella at home lol.

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Barn_Brat@reddit

Being in bed and hearing zips. We used to go camping every summer when I was young and the night before, I’d lay in bed all excited and would hear my parents packing the last few things and zipping up bags. I’m 23 now with my second baby on the way and I can’t wait until my kids are old enough to go camping- I plan on using the same old ass tent we used when I was a kid 😂

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Zealousideal_Pop3121@reddit

French onion soup. But from a packet 🤣🤣🤣 also camping in France

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bahumat42@reddit

I don't know about holidays but I definitely considered viennetta a luxury. Wasn't until I was a teenager that I figured out it was just a cheapy desert.

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

I think its advertised as a luxury. A bit like the roche!

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

In the UK..Vienetta , Arctic Roll were luxuries for my working class family. Tinned fruit salad and evaporated milk was a dessert or 'afters'. 😋

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terencejames1975@reddit

God, I’d forgotten about tinned fruit with Evap. We’d often have this on a Sunday night. My Nan used to have Evap in her coffee all the time.

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ams3000@reddit

Yes but did your Nan also love Camp Coffee???

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Competitive-Fact-820@reddit

I LOVE Camp coffee. My mum always had it in for baking purposes and as they only drank tea if someone wanted coffee they would use that. It was my first experience of drinking coffee and although I rarely want the chicory blend these days it does hit a spot that even fresh ground beans can't touch

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ams3000@reddit

Ah that’s amazing. I don’t think I’ve seen it for 25 years!!! Good to know there’s still love for the brand.

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Aphr0dite19@reddit

Memory unlocked! My Nan would bring Camp Coffee with her when she’d come and stay with us many, many years ago! She would only drink from a cup and saucer too so we had one especially. I thought she was posh, but she probably was just old fashioned.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Fancy bone china tea cups were aspirational. My grandmother had a special china cabinet with a glass front through which you could see the cups ,saucers and tea plates which were for special occasions only! Bless her 😊

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terencejames1975@reddit

Nah, that was a bit too fancy for my Nan.

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Rocky-bar@reddit

Mine did. That brings back a memory... I always studied the picture on the label, if I remember it was repeating itself getting smaller and smaller somehow.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

I'm beginning to sound like a Monty Python sketch about poverty..but it's amazing how we could be poor and not realise. Our families were amazing 😍

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

We had Camp Coffee Essence in hot milk because we couldn't afford Nescafé. I liked the picture on the front of the bottle!

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tracytorr0712@reddit

Sounds like the popular coffee milk served in Rhode Island (US). It was even one of the milk choices served in elementary schools. I’ve never seen it in any other state.

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ams3000@reddit

Pretty dodgy Imperialist picture if I remember of a British man and his manservant’s in India. The chicory smell is so distinctive.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Funnily enough as a Black child..I didn't pick up on it being dodgy..I liked the soldier's uniform 😁.. Can't stand chicory..

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ams3000@reddit

Yes it was a really interesting image for a coffee brand. I think it just aged badly. They amended it in 90 https://preview.redd.it/622xnr0nl9fg1.jpeg?width=484&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e41f7e4bdb2bbcafcf1628bb84f94a09fbd40971 s and allowed both me to be seated and equals.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

A bit like what happened in the USA with Aunt Bessie and Uncle Sam images I would imagine.

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ams3000@reddit

Exactly!!! The new equal image. https://preview.redd.it/ia9xcp03m9fg1.jpeg?width=703&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf134ff701ef8afed25d2117442941e0df48d0b6

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Just not historically accurate. I don't have a problem with history as long as it is not repeated negatively. Thanks.. Have a good day ☺️

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ams3000@reddit

Yes. For the sake of a coffee product, removing the outdated imagery is the best bet rather than rewriting history.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

True.. personally as a non mountain climber I have always found it uncomfortable that the Native people..the Sherpa men carry the luggage of mostly White Westerners..but as Sherpa Tensing et ..al have been recognised as essential to the Everest records and that mountaineering is a vital component of their regional revenue..I also saw the other side of the question. With regards to the Camp Coffee image..The Indian Maharajas would never have sat down to take coffee with their servants either..and they were the same race.

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Ok_Neat2979@reddit

I wonder if people still use evaporated milk.

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Harvey_Sheldon@reddit

Angel Delight is the smell that takes me back. The purple one.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

My nan preferred condensed 😁

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terencejames1975@reddit

I’m pretty sure I used to drink condensed milk straight from the tin😋

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

💯..

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Virtual_Mongoose_835@reddit

Lol how far back are you going the 50s?

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

1970s UK..

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Virtual_Mongoose_835@reddit

Yeah that is a while back 50 years or so. Dont know how many people here would be alive back then

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Are you serious? 😧.. Sadly you probably are not.

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Virtual_Mongoose_835@reddit

Yes. Thr average Reddditor is 23, not 56

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

You have been reported for harassment on the grounds of ageism and an intention to discourage a particular group from participating. This thread obviously was not for you..but you decided to barge in anyway. Ain't you got no manners? 🤪

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

I remember this stuff which googling I assume was tip top. But I swear there was a something else that ended -top.

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biffking67@reddit

I don't remember writing this,but you must be me!afters indeed!

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Workers Of The World 💪.. Unite 😁

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V65Pilot@reddit

To this day, you'll find a tin of fruit cocktail in my fridge, but you can keep the condensed milk.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Yep I can afford single pouring cream now ..We've come up in the world..😄

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

The price of a ferrero rocher now means they are definitely a luxury.

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Harvey_Sheldon@reddit

Careful now, don't dis the Ambassador or you'll cause an international _incident_!

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melanie2690@reddit

Do you remember you could get it in kfc?

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bahumat42@reddit

I do, it really should have been a giveaway.

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pajamakitten@reddit

KFC was fancy to me as a kid.

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Other_Exercise@reddit

It was because it looked like the parthenon. It even came on a plastic / cardboard pedestal

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laughinggrvy@reddit

I hope our parents didn't feel bad about that. Kid me definitely saw it as a luxury treat, the next step up from the fancy neapolitan ice cream.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

🍨..in Wall's Blocks..

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axomoxia@reddit

...eaten between wafers,,,,,

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

and being wafer thin eventually on my hands 🤤

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CautiousJump3942@reddit

Viennetta was and still is the fancy icecream 😅

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Anxious-Cockroach-18@reddit

I only found after I became an adult and bought my first house! 😂 Used to give this to all guests that came around as a luxury dessert

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prof_hobart@reddit

When our usual dessert was something like angel delight or tinned fruit with condensed milk, Viennetta definitely was a treat.

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Immediate_Rub8840@reddit

Same

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SuzLouA@reddit

I was just thinking this, Viennetta all day!

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habaneronow@reddit

Up until now, I still thought it had been a luxury. I will look on my childhood differently now.....

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hamstertoybox@reddit

Yes! We’d only have it at Christmas.

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edfosho1@reddit

BN (do do do do do)

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Lau_kaa@reddit

The mini cereal multi-pack, the Angel Delight multi-pack, Orangina - holidays in France were a wonderland to me as a small child.

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IansGotNothingLeft@reddit

Yeah, cereal variety packs. Niche, but also pistachio ice creams (Cornetto style) when visiting my grandparents in France.

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Jimmy_Maximum@reddit

Very oddly, Peach Loops from Lidl! Never had them when we were at home so it meant we must be in Dorset!

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LittleDogsBark@reddit

Chocolate or strawberry eclairs from the ice cream truck

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Mini selection cereal boxes.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Knickerbocker glory.

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Wasps_are_bastards@reddit

McDonalds. My dad used to take us for mine or my brother’s birthday. We got so excited.

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SubstantialAd283@reddit

When we went camping in France, it was always Kinder Surprise Eggs.

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Double-School7913@reddit

Pop tarts! As a kid I thought I had hit the lottery when mom allowed us to have them.

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Northwindlowlander@reddit

Vienetta. Also corned beef hash made with Smash instant potatoes. Like proper corned beef hash only with added notes of cardboard. I think we had it camping once when we were kids and after that insisted that it was Holiday Food.

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Middle-agedCynic@reddit

Sounds crazy but bananas. They were expensive and saved for the adults at my grandparents house. Literally a hangover from wartime rationing.

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NM1tchy@reddit

Used to go to Cornwall way back in the 60's. Stayed in static caravans near Constantine Bay. A treat was sterilised milk, believe it or not. A lovely taste and missed it when we left. Came in a taller necked bottle compared to the usual. Yep and glass, so returned to milkman or shop. Not sure if that is still available. (quick search says it is). And yes, great on the mini packs of cereal.

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LadyBAudacious@reddit

New clothes because we were going on holiday. Nothing fancy, think Primark [but most likely the market as Primark didn't exist then], but my sister and I would receive matching outfits whether we wanted them or not.

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Intrepid_Bearz@reddit

Fizzy drinks. We were rarely allowed them at home, but had them on holiday. When we went to France, madeleines, excellent croissants, milks chocolate and those long strips of hard boiled slightly fizzy sweets they had near the checkouts in all the hypermarkets (orange onesfor me) , meant we were on holiday.

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bahumat42@reddit

Oh you just reminded me of how fancy Orangina felt when visiting france as a child.

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jflb96@reddit

I miss when Orangina was an exotic delicacy that you’d bring back bottles of to ration out after the holiday. It’s just not the same being able to pick it up in any supermarket going.

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thehatteryone@reddit

It's literally just not the same, recipe's been meddled with repeatedly, especially once they dumped the signature glass bottles for retail forever ago.

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Vequihellin@reddit

Hah! Orangina was the default kids drink in restaurants for ages. I am not a fan of orange flavoured things. I suffered through many a glass of that stuff lol

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Playful_Flower5063@reddit

Appletiser as well in restaurants!

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Vequihellin@reddit

Love an Appletiser! It's many monies now though so we usually buy it for special occasions.

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LayingInBracken@reddit

I thought of Orangina as well reading OP's question! Loved that stuff! That fancy bulbous bottle.

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yellowflowerstee@reddit

Schloer meant the festive season was truly upon us.

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togtogtog@reddit

> long strips of hard boiled slightly fizzy sweets they had near the checkouts [I had forgotten all about them!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/w0EuiXmX9FtA0tBDZyjGGqPTL5KHT--DJ5s5zKLlaMjn831MPlqaT0_wsyChvSg0CxjAqtqlXjf59jahiPopv52bzF-2-MK6hNEh7nUkLyciI5cxDavICcUL7zS221uBKQqZdBILSOc)

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cer1978@reddit

Same! But now I can almost taste them!

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Puzzleheaded_Drink76@reddit

Yes, Coke for birthdays, meals out etc. Fully behind this logic. Less so the gallons of squash we drank!

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Yep. My mother would tut at kids drinking soda pop, but squash was A-OK

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cuppoteaplease@reddit

We used to go on lots of gite holidays in France when our kids were little in the 80/90s. We always took Kelloggs Variety packs with us, but never bought them at home. Kids loved Orangina and Cacolacs, and there used to be those machines at the exits of supermarkets that sold pins - little badges . Remember those?

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tommygunner91@reddit

Pop and mcdonalds, we almost never had pop and when we did it was 7p safeway no sugar that made your teeth chalky. Also maccies, we would have 1 a year TOPS. We didnt really eat out at all come to think of it, my first real restaurant experience was when I was around 10 and remember how important it was I behaved and stuff.

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Dark_Akarin@reddit

Pistachio ice cream, Turkish delight, eating out every day, milka chocolate.

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GraceMisconduct@reddit

That first Orangina on the ferry to France. Zut alors.

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

The three coveted Continental foods for me were 1) lemon chewing gum, 2) Lipton lemon ice tea (years before it was around in the UK and 3) the chocolate hazelnut pillow cereal and the chocolate curl cereal (both of which you can get now but are nowhere near as delicious as they were to 10-15 year old me.

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DifferentLaw9884@reddit

The pinnacle for me was the French monster munch that were like pombears in the shape of ghosts, I still get friends to bring them back for me whenever they visit haha

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PipalaShone@reddit

We went on Eurocamp and mum took tinned "new potatoes" with us (and many other tins). We only had new potatoes from the garden for a few weeks, so it was exciting to have them on holiday. I convinced myself that I could taste the mint (spoiler: I could taste the tin).

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Hot-Efficiency7190@reddit

Kellogs individuals, Vienetta, Orangina, Little Chef... can so relate, but also this crowd really showing their age :)

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steven1966247@reddit

Fish and chips from a chip shop we only ever had that on holiday

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ddmf@reddit

I used to go camping in France and stay in the tents, used to love going for the baguette on a morning - the Hollywood bubble gum for 1 franc was the holiday treat! Remember getting to a campsite in Loire valley area and the swimming pool was this huge concrete industrial looking thing with dark dirty water and snakes.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Ah the Upside Down pool.

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ddmf@reddit

It could easily have been something from there, I wish I had photos of it rather than a 40 year old memory.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

We had newts in the outdoor swimming pool we got bussed to as kids. I wish I'd had a camera phone then. But they weren't invented for over a decade, sadly.

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ddmf@reddit

I didn't even get a film camera until I was 13 or 14, then at 15 I got a Pentax ME super ii - used to use Ilford monochrome film for that black and white goodness. I was a pretentious nobber when I was younger.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Lucky!!!!!

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vinpetrol@reddit

Cornetto! I'm old, so I can remember when they first came out in the UK (wikipedia suggests 1976). We would go on holiday to Skegness and I seem to recall they cost one million pounds each, or something, so I was rationed to precisely one per day if I was a good boy.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

I remember Edgar Wright saying they were his hangover cure at college and I thought "you could afford Cornettos as a student????!!!!!" Obviously a rich boy.

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Aphr0dite19@reddit

Never had a holiday as a kid ( v v poor), but we did house sit for a dear old couple who had basically adopted my mum and I, and by extension so had their family. Lovely people. So when they were away for a week, we’d stay at their chocolate-box idyllic cottage in the countryside which I loved because they always had eggs (a real luxury!), and these amazing chocolate cupcakes in silver cases, possibly Fabulous Bakin’ Boys this was ‘82/‘83.Absolute top notch treat.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

I think the cupcakes were Sainsbury's own brand, very rich and sweet.

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

France - nutella on a freshly baked baguette with berries and cheese. Granny's - those single cereal variety packs UK - kendal mint cake

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Ugh how we wolfed down Kendal Mint Cake. And those "energy tablets" made of glucose.

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parksa@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/vx6o9dpfw9fg1.jpeg?width=415&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=153dd6acae2797589fda1152f45318d5683f12b2 This guy when I would go away to Spain!

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

He is THE GUY

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RoaryLions@reddit

Panda pops out of the vending machine outside the shop on the campsite. Couldn't get them where we lived, so we considered them a luxury :) Trout is another one - they had a trout farm near where we used to holiday where you used to be able to feed the trout on pellets from your hand, and watch them go wild in the water for them. The trout were then caught and dispatched out of sight, and we went back to the campsite where they were BBQed with garlic butter and tasted AMAZING.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

The place we went to, a bored teenage girl would grab them out of the tub and bang their heads on a tree stump to kill them, in front of me and my two sisters as we watched with horrified tears sliding down our faces.

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Cute_Ad_9730@reddit

'Fishing holiday' in southern Ireland in the 70's - early 80's. Mum, dad, dog and three young children. Horrendous long drive from south west England and ferry journey to a damp cottage. Dad went fishing for a week while everyone else was bored out of their mind. Oh and the 'treat' was an occasional can of orange Fanta and a Crunchy.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Yeah like camping for us. My family sharing a tent? Christ. My mother still doing all the cooking for 5 people, just over a little Calor Gas stove.

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Kitchen_Current@reddit

Viennetta & after eights. I also used to think you could only eat the after eights after 8pm at night 😂😂

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autofill-name@reddit

I look at the world today, and point all blame towards premature mint chocolate consumption

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Yes, they were the opposite of Mogwai

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

You just couldn't W8..

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smeghead9916@reddit

When I was a kid I didn't think I was allowed to eat Yorkies because I'm a girl

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WeirdLight9452@reddit

I made a point of eating them as an act of feminism 😂

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Kitchen_Current@reddit

Yeah I remember the yorkies back then when it had “not for girls” on it or something like that

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CulturedClub@reddit

Oh that made me so mad at the time. Everyone thought my anger was funny. But my uncle always brought me a yorkie anyway. He was assisting me stick 2 fingers up to the patriarchy.

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

I always figured it was a reverse psychology ploy to make girls feel 'rebellious' and 'sticking it to the man' by buying them. How? You're still giving them your money.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Theres always 8pm somewhere 🌍..😋

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chankie888@reddit

Anyone else remember vienetta being available at KFC as a dessert?

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CaptainNipSlip@reddit

Yes! Very rare occasion we could afford a KFC and I always got so excited for the vienetta with it!

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chankie888@reddit

I'm surprised how it didn't melt when dad brought it home

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Nope..we were strictly Family Bucket Friday people..when it was payday 💷💷..

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potatan@reddit

I think the law recognises 8am as the starting point for consuming After Eights

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BlackCatWitch29@reddit

A breakfast from Little Chef We'd leave the house at like 6am having only eaten a banana, drive for an hour and then stop at a Little Chef. It was about the only time I was allowed to order whatever I wanted (2 fried eggs on fried bread). But it only happened on the day we were setting off on holiday.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

When my friend Jane was little, her parents asked her if she wanted a birthday party and she said all she wanted was to go to Little Chef for a meal.

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tortadepatata@reddit

When I was about 5 my mum took me to the little chef at the airport as a treat because they had these pancakes (crepes) with fruit sauce. I do remember them being pretty tasty. We weren't going on holiday or anything but we watched the planes take off too.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

I was literally telling my 10yo about Little Chef pancakes this afternoon. We passed an abandoned Little Chef, all boarded up, and I expressed regret she'd never get the pancakes with red fruit sauce, which to me were the absolute pinnacle of eating out as a child

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Low-Land-2530@reddit

imo watching planes take off while munching panakes sounds like a pretty sweet day even without the holiday vibes, tbh

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

There was one on a drive we did really regularly, I think my dad only stopped there with us 2 or 3 times, so the taste of the food 30+ years is still seared into my memory. I wish I could experience the pure ecstatic joy I experienced at having one of their chocolate milkshakes again.

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Vequihellin@reddit

Wow that's a name I've not heard in years. But yeah, the Little chef breakfasts were legendary. We used to order the pancakes jubilee and it was the only time I was allowed 'dessert food' for breakfast lol. Do you remember the slightly fizzy lollies you used to get from the desk before you left? The lolly was part of the experience.

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CupcakeFew7382@reddit

I will always remember those lollies!

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

I experienced Baby's First Liminal Existential Angst the one time my mother bought me into a Little Chef. We were on holiday and it was the only convenient place to eat. But for some reason, I reacted as if we'd popped into Cthulhu's holiday home. Complete brain shutdown.

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Sea-Possession-1208@reddit

The 3 Am set off. Crammed in the back of the car. To dover by about 8 am. Little chef. Then onto the ferry. I still remember the little "shop" on the way out where my grandparents would let us start spending our holiday money. I lived half a mile from a little chef. Never went there. It wasn't the holiday one, so it wasn't proper.

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DisplaySmart6929@reddit

Yes! Those service station stops/breakfasts were awesome lol

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lungbong@reddit

Little Chef here too, we'd stop at the Little Chef for lunch on the way. Almost always had Jubilee Pancakes.

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Cherry 🍒 pancakes at Little Chef 🤤

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orange_assburger@reddit

I wnt my entire childhood eating doughnuts and chocolate sauce for my breakfast on trips to little chef. I kind of feel like now that I have my own kids, it was my parents way of keeping me shooshed for the first 4hr of our regulat journey so they know I will stay sedated till I had them.

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ariadnevirginia@reddit

Orange Fanta in France, we weren't allowed fizzy drink usually.

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catsnstuff17@reddit

Any exciting Spanish ice cream - especially Cornetto variants. We bring our own kids to Spain now and I still get excited by the different ice creams.

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pajamakitten@reddit

It was Maxibon ice cream sandwiches for me.

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

Ooh now I’m remembering a strawberry calyppo from a holiday. Amazing. Remind me of the cornetto variants!

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catsnstuff17@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/p8m568fs3dfg1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=318973346ee573fb655001ba7ca69834262fd6e0 This poster might take you back (I hope the image will show up). My favourite was the one on the far right. Your Strawberry Calippo is there!!

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

Those pink feet things! Taste memory unlocked!

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catsnstuff17@reddit

I loved a Mini Milk - not exclusive to Spain, we had them at home, but they were so delicious!

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GolazoDaniel@reddit

After Eights, mostly because we’d never have them at our house. They only showed up for big family gatherings (Christmas and all that) and only at grandma’s house.

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Fine-Veterinarian804@reddit

not on holiday as in out of the country but the “punky” ice cream definitely felt like a real treat as a kid

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nofrillsjahmes@reddit

Ah I’m still a sucker for a punky

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orange_assburger@reddit

Or when you hit 12 and upgraded yourself to the hollow lemon filled with ice cream cause you were "grown up"

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HotButteredBagel@reddit

Juice - if we ever had a carton (which was exceedingly rare) we were only allowed a tiny glass. I see my husband gaily pouring himself a pint glass from the carton these days and have to remind myself it’s his money too and bite my tongue. Though I still think of it as a luxury and only really buy it for Christmas breakfast!

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nofrillsjahmes@reddit

Glass bottle of Fanta Limon

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HRHKarlFranz@reddit

Those small cereal boxes. Now they are only boring ones though

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FluidLadder2662@reddit

Ferrero rocher and Cadbury chocolate were considered ultimate luxury where I was growing up (Philippines in the 90s). Steak too!

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thunderfart_99@reddit

Can confirm OP, when I went on holiday I was allowed the Kelloggs mini packs of cereal. Even now I see it as a luxury.

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Alone_Improvement735@reddit

The fish and chips off the kids menu at the Little Chef where the fish was in the shape of a whale. Didn’t matter if it was 7:30am, I was having that meal.

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burgermachine74@reddit

Not as a kid but now every time I go on holiday I just *have* to get chocolate coated pistachios from Aldi/Lidl to eat while watching the TV. Percy Pig Phizzy Pigtails are an exclusive train-journey snack for me too, it's the only time I go to M&S

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

My granny used to get those mini packs of cereal… i would FIGHT for the multigrain shapes because I hated all the others. French holidays = those jam LU dry cake/biscuit-y things. American holidays = we would BEG to try a pop tart (horribly disappointed), lucky charms cereal, and Powerade.

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Flibertygibbert@reddit

My grandparents took us to Eynons face in Swansea town centre for lunch once. I chose a ham sandwich, a bottle of Coke and a Kunzle Showboat cake. To this day it remains my favourite meal. It was c1966. We rarely ate out with my parents, and if we went to a cafe we were given a glass of orange squash & no biscuits because there was food at home.

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SilverellaUK@reddit

The Kunzle cakes are definitely my childhood holiday treat. North End Cafe at Mablethorpe. https://preview.redd.it/gb52vp6vycfg1.jpeg?width=898&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=886ef636846c99703164e353484c510f340177ce Then later it was a cream soda icecream float at the Cobble Landing cafe above the slots in Filey.

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Sage_Council@reddit

A frozen Sarah Lee black forest gateau meant we were on holiday in a random cottage for a week. Dad would pick out a cottage from a catalogue based on, at best, two tiny photos. Results varied wildly!

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SilverellaUK@reddit

The bakery (factory) was at Carnaby, just outside Bridington.

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

I remember those catalogues. My best friend always had one of the Sara Lee chocolate cakes in the freezer and we were always too impatient for it to defrost. I don’t think I’ve ever tasted it in it’s not 75-50% frozen form.

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moreglumthanplum@reddit

Chicken in a basket. Scampi in a basket. Poshest foods came in a basket. Except soup.

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PsychologicalClue6@reddit

Anything from a restaurant

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spanakopita555@reddit

Pez. Lipton ice tea, which wasn't available at home. Orangina. Strawberry chewing gum. Paprika crisps. Cornish pasty!

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

I just commented the lemon ice tea and lemon chewing gum. Forgot about paprika crisps though.

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Positive-Mud-11@reddit

Mini cereal boxes!

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Shoddy-Reply-7217@reddit

Primula spread

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pattybutty@reddit

"The only cheese you can squeeze with ease" Unless it's the ham one and a big chunk gets stuck in the nozzle

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Shipwrecking_siren@reddit

I can smell this comment. Horrendous.

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REidreed@reddit

No way, I hadn't thought of that stuff in years then I saw some in B&M this morning and was amazed it still existed! And now you've mentioned it too... Maybe the universe is telling me to get some weird toothpaste cheese.

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rabbithole-xyz@reddit

...on cheddars. That was a treat for on the beach.

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Amy98764@reddit

For us this is a Christmas treat

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Blue_wine_sloth@reddit

I just ate some of that. It’s amazing on digestive biscuits.

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

Cheese in a tube?

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Shoddy-Reply-7217@reddit

Exactly that. Never allowed anything so evidently different to its natural state except on holiday!

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

Fantastic! Did it have a crimped inside so the cheese came out with little ridges?

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mrskristmas@reddit

Dandelion & Burdock. The only holidays I had as a kid was visiting family in the Wirral. My great-aunt always had D&B in the house for us. Rarely ever have it now but whenever I do it reminds me of those holidays.

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Cind3rellaMan@reddit

Milka chocolate bars. It's bloody everywhere now!

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kt1982mt@reddit

Awww, this brings back memories for me!! My brother and I were allowed to get the mini boxes of cereals when we went on caravan holidays! We were more excited about the cereals than we were about the holiday, it seemed! I liked the boring ones (Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies) and my brother liked the Frosties and Coco Pops etc. We were also allowed to get Nutella for our breakfast toast, which we were definitely not allowed normally. We were also allowed to pick one pack of Marks & Spencer’s biscuits, and we each got a pack of jelly shark sweets from there, too. The jelly sharks were our “car sweets” to keep us quiet on the journey to wherever the caravan was, and we were allowed a hot chocolate and a fancy M&S biscuit at bedtime.

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REidson89@reddit

Yeeeese we had the same cereal as a real treat too! And Appletiser as my special drink when out on holiday or a special occasion.

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Competitive-Fact-820@reddit

Holidays meant mid-afternoon snack of Dairylea on cream crackers. Only ever had it when we went on our one week holiday to Scarborough, now it is a special treat to myself every 6 months or so.

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mini72@reddit

My Nan used to make us Philadelphia sandwiches for breakfast in the back of her camper van overlooking the beach at Abersoch. It felt very decadent to have a sandwich for breakfast!

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Traditional_Exit6809@reddit

We used to go to north Cornwall from Kent and it was a long journey back then no big motorways, anyway we used to get to the caravan and get freshly baked Cornish pasties and a chips from the chippy, spend a week running around and playing on the beach then the day before going home we’d have scones clotted cream cream and jam as a treat

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PaintPrior3165@reddit

We used to go to the lake district and it was the same, mini cereal boxes for the week were an absolute treat!

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burnerofdoom@reddit

Orangina!! What a memory

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SolarPowered_user@reddit

Magnum!

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BeaksFalcone@reddit

'Half a lager and make it last you'..horrible stuff,it lasted all day

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AdMean8002@reddit

nutellaaaaa!

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that2017vibe@reddit

Aww, mini boxes of cereal. That took me right back 🥲

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Specific-Sundae2530@reddit

Mini cereal boxes Bacon rolls for breakfast France!!! In my eyes that's what rich people did!

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Firthy2002@reddit

Lemon Fanta. Either it was hard to find here in the 90s, or my mum didn't buy it for some reason. So whenever we were abroad and it was available, I'd get it. It's still my preferred lemonade.

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GreenHillage25@reddit

Vesta Prawn Curry with Rice and Crispy Noodles

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Playful_Flower5063@reddit

Chocolate cereal is the holiday treat for my kids. God, I'm such a mean mum. In my defence we go on 4-5 holidays a year so they're not that hard done by!

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ceciem2100@reddit

Cans of coca-cola were only at my grandparents cottage on a lake, which was our most frequent holiday as a kid. Pence/penny candies.

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pwuk@reddit

Kellogs multipack, luxury! all we had was a bag of gravel.

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WeirdLight9452@reddit

Trifle at Christmas. I now know that it was jelly with angel delight on top and then squirty cream. Still have it every year!

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Limp-Asparagus-1227@reddit

Literally everything that had a recognisable brand name as opposed to store’s own brand

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laughinggrvy@reddit

A little glass bottle of Appletiser. Only time I ever had it was at the caravan park pub while my parents were getting on it.

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Mammoth-Difference48@reddit

Felt so grown up when I was allowed this. I actually saw some in Spain last year and had to have it just for the nostalgia. It's still delicious.

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aqsgames@reddit

66m here, my mum would buy a Mars bar and would cut it into slices that she and I (aged 4-7) would share. My adult children still take the piss out of me for this. But times were hard and that was a treat maybe once a month.

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medlilove@reddit

Lemon Fanta

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OG-87@reddit

Those mini mixed packs of cereal. Coco pops day 1. Frosties day 2. Rice crispies day 3.

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VixenRoss@reddit

Schloor. I was told that if I wanted to drink a lot of it I should buy my own. I saved up and bought my own. I was told the adults were to get some first. I pushed back on that one and got my huge glass full.

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Soukchai2012@reddit

nutella when camping in france. Chocolate for breakfast - luxury!

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ApolloAthena321@reddit

We used to go to Italy as kids in the 80s, in a small hotel. Where they had jars of Nutella out for breakfast. Height of sophistication to me back then.

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roysustang@reddit

chocolate spread on a baguette is still one of the nicest things ever.

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

Honestly, a good baguette doesn't even need a topping. Just eat it warm and whole.

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TTNNBB2023@reddit

This was mine too, it blew my tiny little mind at the time.

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WhalingSmithers00@reddit

At primary school I remember us all gathering round to try a piece of mango. Never heard of such a fruit and the teacher thought it was some culture experience to share it out. Crunch chocolate was something to be found on the continent only.

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chicory8892@reddit

I had a similar experience with pomegranate at primary school!

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ApolloAthena321@reddit

Ah yeah me too! I remember about year 4 (as it is now), early 80s and we had a lesson where we were able to taste pomegranate (with a pin, eating the pips) and figs. Loved it.

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Clomojo87@reddit

Ahah we did that as well, remember excitedly running home to tell my mum I tried a pomegranate...I think we had to write a poem about our experience so that made it educational?!

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

Fancy!

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Both-Friend-4202@reddit

As a Jamaican 🇯🇲 heritage UK kid..mango 🥭 was something we bought every week in Brixton..Now Cadbury's Creme Eggs was another matter 🤤

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No_Teaching3037@reddit

lol cadbury's creme eggs were like gold! definitely a special treat and they always seemed so much bigger back in the day

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georgianakate@reddit

I thought Schloer was only sold at Christmas…..

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slothliketendencies@reddit

So I didn't realise I did this, but the kids say whenever we have a pack of choc chip cookies it reminds them of holidays. Apparently whenever we go away on holiday I always buy those biscuits!

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KittyOohLaLa@reddit

Having lunch in British Home Stores cafe. Fish fingers, chips and beans on a blue patterned paper plate and a Coke in a paper cup with a stripey straw. Only topped by an evening supper of hot buttered toast and a hot chocolate in a cafe in Weymouth before going back to our hotel for the night.

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Adventurous-Let-7907@reddit

A knickerbockerglory, usually on the last night. There's not enough knickerbockerglories anymore.

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Scarymonster6666@reddit

Yessss, memory unlocked. We went to the seaside for a week and had one at a sit down chip shop each visit

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

I've never had one and had only heard of them in books (Harry Potter and The Secret Of Platform 13), so I always imagined a normal ice-cream sundae except the tall glass was literally wearing knickerbockers. I never saw the appeal...

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rabbithole-xyz@reddit

They were for birthdays!

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Blue_wine_sloth@reddit

Oh my goodness, you’ve unlocked my holiday memory of eating far too much ice cream and vomiting.

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JalapenoToastie@reddit

Amazing! I remember my dad getting me one from an ice cream van once as a treat and I thought I was the bee's knees. My dad & the ice cream van man made a big fuss about it which as a little kid made me feel super fancy!

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Scarymonster6666@reddit

At Christmas our special treat was strawberry jam and clotted cream sandwiches

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trashpandaalliance@reddit

Apple juice. Not really a luxury but the three times I went on a plane as a kid they didn't serve milk and I didn't like soda, so apple juice was what I picked. Kept doing that until they stopped serving free drinks.

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Physical-Primary9665@reddit

Candyfloss (New Brighton) Grandma “You won’t like it” Me “Pleeeease, yes I will, I promise” One bite, and she rolled the car window down and gave it two lil scruffy girls in Birkenhead. I couldn’t work out if I was angry cos she was right, or cos ‘Girls’ got ‘my’ treat…. Sis always had candyfloss on holidays after, took me >25 yrs and becoming a Dad to try it again!

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attorneyatghost@reddit

The big share bags of salted crisps we used to get in Spain. As kids we’d get the like Walkers multipacks at home but there was something magic about having just one big full bag of salty crisps by the pool with a Lemon Fanta.

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Jim-Pansy@reddit

Crunchy nut cornflakes

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nb188@reddit

My parents used to take us to France with a trailer tent too! Or depending how far we’d be going sometimes there’d be a tent to rent at the holiday park, when I got older there’d be the Mobile homes instead. I used to love going to France and camping. I remember having the thick sweet syrup type cordial that came in different flavours. I think there’s one available now called teisseire you can get in the UK.

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Electronic_Cream_780@reddit

mini packs of cereal, party rings and creamola- the fizzy drink that came as a powder in a tin

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DrBob2016@reddit

This was in 60's England so may seem somewhat lame nowadays but when your parents both worked full time and still didn't have a lot of spare cash, going to the Seaside and having fish, chips and mushy peas while sitting in a seafront cafe. This and in the evening sitting in a Pub garden with a Ploughmans lunch, big chunk of Cheddar, crusty bread with butter, pickles/tomato/lettuce and a glass of Lemonade Shandy.

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Linkyjinx@reddit

People forget that food was really expensive pre supermarkets, and even when they opened it wasn’t until kquick save and value brands turned up in the mid 90s that prices dropped. My parents were electrician and teacher full time, and the one holiday in UK was the luxury.

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FarManagement9916@reddit

McDonald’s. They’re everywhere now, but growing up it was definitely a treat and something you only had once or twice a year on birthdays.

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Linkyjinx@reddit

I’m still like that now!

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DrBob2016@reddit

Wimpy's were in our town but we never went there as they had this foreign looking circular thing on the plate. Turns out it was just a Savaloy (or some other type of sausage) partially cut through and curled into a circle LOL. The Wimpy closed down shortly after McDonalds opened up opposite them and took all their trade.

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FarManagement9916@reddit

There’s still a Wimpy’s in my home town, I found out recently. I haven’t been inside one since the 80s though so I was amazed it was still there!

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Lupo1@reddit

I once went to a friends house and he had Party Rings in the snack cupboard. Like, for no reason. IT WASN'T EVEN FOR A PARTY.

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SarkyMs@reddit

Coke cola

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VernonPresident@reddit

I got those 1-2 times a year when I stayed with my gran

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TheHalfwayBeast@reddit

My Mum never allowed sugar breakfast cereals, so I was thrilled when we went on holiday with my ex-step-dad's family and I was allowed Honey Puffs. Well, not allowed per se - it was an uncle's idea. You know the type. The typical rosy-cheeked, twinkle-eyed older uncle who encourages the younger children to be a bit naughty on their holidays (in a wholesome way, he wasn't That Kind of uncle). Nice guy. Loads of fun. I miss him.

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no_good_usrname_left@reddit

I remember these long strips of individually wrapped hard sweets. Only ever saw them abroad

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Cam_Sco@reddit

Mini cereal boxes for sure, and Orangina. And we also used to stay at a campsite in southern France - Argellais Sur Mer. You would go to the central part of the camp and they had vats of some amazing chicken casserole in a tomato sauce, and I swear to god the best chips I've ever had in my life. You'd get tubs of the stuff to take back to your tent. And, there were apricot trees - you'd throw a tennis ball up, and the apricots would fall. Then their would be stalls all round the town and beach that would do American baguettes - chips with ketchup in a baguette. Like the best chip butty you've ever had. I've tried to replicate all of those - never been able to. France mid 1980s.

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puzzledbyadream@reddit

When we went camping we’d always have those French Toast crackers which were like really dry bread instead of bread. Such a Proustian memory even thinking about those.

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mrbadger2000@reddit

Fanta in a glass bottle.

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DrBob2016@reddit

When I was a kid every drink came in a glass bottle and you got a little money back for returning the 'empties' to a shop. Could be a nice bit of extra pocket money if you scoured the streets looking for them.

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Rainking1987@reddit

KFC. I’m from the north of Scotland, and back in the 90s the closest KFC to us was over 4 hours away. So when we were on holidays we would normally get a KFC in the north of England somewhere when we stopped for a break, before continuing further south.

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Blue_wine_sloth@reddit

Same except it was McDonalds when we visited my granny in the Glasgow area.

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CulturedClub@reddit

I'm a Weegie. I went to Chicago for my 1st McDonald's. I was not impressed. The happy meal toy was a yellow plastic M. The golden arches was explained to me but I remember thinking id misunderstood because why did the adults care about such nonsense.

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Rude-Possibility4682@reddit

Vesta Beef Curry or the Chow Mein with crispy noodles. Lucky if we had one twice a year.

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DrBob2016@reddit

The curry with little chewy bits of 'meat' that had the texture of shoe leather, plus Raisins.

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28daypillbox@reddit

You just unlocked a memory of having a Vesta paella. A rare treat back then and I loved it.

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vandelay1330@reddit

Them seashell chocolates which cost £3.99

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CamThrowaway3@reddit

Kelloggs multipack for us too 😅 We weren’t allowed ‘sugary’ cereal normally.

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millimolli14@reddit

Sugar puffs, never had them at home but always had them on holiday

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RachelFoxCat@reddit

Chocolates shaped like shells.

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permaculture@reddit

Sausages that were not burnt.

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True-Boysenberry7308@reddit

a sandwich an a fluffy bread roll. rather than sliced bread.

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MelMori@reddit

Orangina

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MutinousMango@reddit

Burger King - I still cannot smell Burger King without immediately thinking of Butlins lol

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EUskeptik@reddit

Kelloggs variety pack was a treat *IN FRANCE?* No crèpes, no croissants, no pains au chocolat? Just Coco Pops from Tesco? 🤔 -oo-

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Amonette2012@reddit

My grandmother used to get me that cereal!

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BorderlineWire@reddit

Fresh fried doughnuts in a white bag with the sugar shaken into it. We used to go to Hemsby every year and before going back to the chalet we’d get a bag of those to share. We still go to Hemsby every year but now the doughnuts are earlier in the day with a coffee from Maddison’s instead of at night from Oasis. I just have the coffee these days though, and get a chocolate oatie from the bakery instead because I can no longer do dairy

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Sea-Possession-1208@reddit

You'll be glad to know I've carried on that tradition for my kids. I still remember her lol of absolute betrayal when she saw them in the normal supermarket - having thought they only came with the holiday shopping delivery before then.

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DisplaySmart6929@reddit

Milka chocolate bars in France and those glass bottles of Orangina in cafes

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Illustrious_Pie_2585@reddit

Mini cereal boxes and Viennetta were the absolute pinnacle of holiday luxury, making you feel like you'd won the lottery.

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bossplaya4life@reddit

A 10p mix after school, in the primary school days

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Vequihellin@reddit

Oh yeah, I'm a child of the 80s - the kellogs mini boxes were an absolute staple of childhood holidays. Along with freeze pops. Fizzy drinks - particularly special flavours - were also a 'special occasion' thing. My birthday was in summer and I used to request cherryade for the party so I only ever got cherryade when it was my birthday. The rest of the time it was Squash or the occasional bottle of lemonade

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dkech@reddit

I guess it would be Caprice hazelnut chocolate-filled wafer rolls.

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Bluebellrose94@reddit

Maxi bon ice cream!

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Good-Gur-7742@reddit

Chewing gum, and sweets or chocolate on a day that wasn’t Friday. For a long time I believed my French mother when she told me chewing gum was only available in France.

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TCristatus@reddit

Usually holidays we're caravan near some seaside town, so undoubtedly the smell and taste of fresh fried donuts is what I think of when i think about kids holidays. Big, scorchingly hot, crunchy sugar. Hard to find good ones these days, they are usually either too small, too old, wrong sugar and of course we have the scourge of "Churros" that has flooded the market with bad, straight donuts with watery chocolate sauce for three times the price.

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Ashamba_@reddit

Not really a treat, but the first food that came to mind for me was Sosmix- we'd go camping, usually to the Welsh coast, and making sosmix burgers or sausages, fried in butter, was always one of our camping meals. I remember that smell and texture so clearly and put takes me back to those glorious, simple holidays. Thinking back further, there was a campsite that was visited by a man with a van selling bakery treats, and we could start the day with a jam doughnut! I think it was around Shell Island, but I could be wrong.

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Euphoric-Plenty-1603@reddit

Fizzy drinks, Kellogg's multi pack cereal, a cream cake from the bakery, what more could a 1970s kid ask for

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musesparrow@reddit

We were allowed a pot noodle when we went on holiday to eurocamp style places in France and arrived at the tent (or caravan when I got older). We'd get the kettle going and I would always have beef and tomato. Proper nostalgia for me

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redpandadancing@reddit

Courgettes in France camping in a tent. Not available in the UK, or certainly where I lived in the 70’s. Delicious and cheap also.

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Thisisth@reddit

My French mum, currently well in her 70s, still talks about her school exchange trip to the UK like it was a trip to the moon. One of the most memorable experience for her was the very limited range of fruit and veg available. She says she once grabbed a full bunch of grapes for dessert at the dinner table, like she would do at home in France. They all looked at her with horrified looks, as apparently she was only meant to get a couple of grapes off the bunch. The family wasn’t poor either, regular middle-class people in Pinner.

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OrangeChevron@reddit

Just a side note but I tend to find people who say "we were too poor for XYZ" when it's not relevant tend to be middle class people with anxiety about their class

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uncle_monty@reddit

Nutella. I first had it on holiday in Italy. And had it a couple of more times while on holiday there. It was years later that I discovered that it was available in the UK, and had been for a while. I was lied to.

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MuckyScruffle@reddit

Greggs. I grew up in the north of Scotland where there went any and a chicken pasty meant I was at my grans in Lanarkshire.

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Thisisth@reddit

Grew up in France and eating crisps was something we only ever had on picnics, car journeys or for apéritif with guests. And there was only one or two flavours available. It was quite the shock when we moved to the UK.

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TheDawiWhisperer@reddit

crab claws, we used to buy them when we went on holiday to lindisfarne, we'd get loads of crab claws from a fishmonger in seahouses and spent all night trying to get the meat out of the shell

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TwaddleSpouter@reddit

Only time I ever had fizzy drinks. I could get a lemonade on holiday 😆

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Appropriate-Bad-9379@reddit

We couldn’t afford holidays when I was a child. Once a year, however, our rich uncle would take us to Lytham St Annes ( I would have preferred Blackpool, but he considered it too vulgar). We went to a bistro for lunch and had a mixed grill with a glass of fresh orange juice. Thought we were at Claridges ha ha!

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Foundation_Wrong@reddit

The variety pack cereals were one of my holiday treats for my kids! We went camping or stayed with relatives. We also bought them at Christmas. I also got croissants and pain au chocolate for special occasions, and bought fizzy drinks.

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legosophie@reddit

Heinz beans and sausages in a tin, caravan holiday food the height of luxury

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sabboseb@reddit

Mini French beers

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armb2@reddit

Croissants for breakfast. Globe artichokes. On the downside, UHT milk.

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Prudent-Pineapple-94@reddit

J20

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pixelunicorns@reddit

Cake/pastry/treat before breakfast, my mum blames going on all inclusive holidays were they had every kind of food imaginable for a 10 year old. But the truth is whenever I stayed with my grandparents for a holiday they'd let me have whatever I wanted! Bless them.

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feralwest@reddit

Orangina!!!! And Kaz Limon. Omg.

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FidgetyHog@reddit

Yes, the multi pack of Kellogg's cereals meant we were on holiday in a French campsite or a rainy Devon holiday park! Did you also argue with your siblings over who got the Cocopops/Frosties? The Rice Krispies always got left to last.

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Verdigri5@reddit

Caravan park in Clacton, my Nana and Pops had a static there, we'd spend the summer there. Shandy icelollys from the onsite shop. 45 years later and drinking cold apple juice takes me right back there.

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Dear_Hornet_2635@reddit

Cider ice lollies too!

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Organic-Can7856@reddit

They were called Cider Barrels and we thought we were drunk after having one.

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Verdigri5@reddit

I meant cider, I'm not awake yet.

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

My mum lives in Clackers now. I wonder if the shandy ice lollies are still a thing?

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Verdigri5@reddit

I meant Cider, but now I've been reminded there where Shandy and I think Lemonade in the same range, I hope they're still around. Might have to take a run down when the weather improves to have a look,

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Wine_runner@reddit

Roses Lemon & Lime Marmalade. Particularly when staying at my Aunts caravan in Gargrave. Was it particularly expensive, i don't know, or maybe it had been left for us.

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No_Gas_2991@reddit

Maxi Twist ice cream and coconut marshmallow biscuits on our annual family holiday in Ireland

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schweffrey@reddit

"Wich" cookie sandwich ice cream was peak holiday only food for us on our travels

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ompompush@reddit

Vienetta Ice Cream

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Groundbreaking_Dare4@reddit

A Sunday afternoon drive out to Bonds of Elswick for ice-cream.

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paperandcard@reddit

Oh yes, wonderful Bonds of Elswick. Such a treat x

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Full-Marionberry-619@reddit

Lez cadburys fingrez

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jbrook95@reddit

We went to a Spanish island (I think Mallorca) and my parents bought me a Punky Penguin (small amount of ice cream in a plastic pot) and now it's one my strongest childhood memories!

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dontbeadiq@reddit

Orangina

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Collooo@reddit

Fanta lemon

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No-Club3690@reddit

A pixie ice cream. We used to go camping in Cornwall and these were vanilla ice cream cones with TWO flakes, clotted cream and a cherry on top.

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FalconRhino7@reddit

Fanta Lemon.

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81optimus@reddit

Viennetta ice cream. Something special was occurring when that bad boy made it to the dinner table

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toldemoldem@reddit

We were each bought a new bucket and spade. I used to envy kids whose parents could afford little paper flags to decorate their castles.

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lithaborn@reddit

We'd go for pub meals and my. Mom would always have scampi and chips and Dad would always have "**WELL DONE STEAK WITH NOTHING ON IT**" (emphasis his, it was eternally embarrassing having him *always* stop the waitress and not let her go until she verbally acknowledge there wasn't going to be *anything* anywhere near his *BURNT* steak) So scampi and chips was my default "posh" food. One place we had did a seafood platter and I had just found out that calamari and squid rings were the same thing and delicious so I asked the staff if it had calamari and she said no it's guy squid rings. I dropped it and ordered it, it was really nice!

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theescapedape2@reddit

I knew my Mum was in a good mood when I was allowed to have scampi and chips at the pub - seem to remember it was a relatively pricey option. Normally it was whatever was cheapest (usually something like ploughman’s). The holiday-specific treat for us was fish and chips - only ever seemed to have it on holiday (though as a kid I always went for battered sausage).

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RoaryLions@reddit

Haha, that burnt meat comment just reminded me of my grandad. Used to head into the Berni Inn and he'd announce to the waitperson that 'I WANT MY STEAK RUINED', and he'd actually send it back if he saw even a smidge of pink on it. FWIW he was ex-forces, so don't know if that had any bearing on why he liked it the way he did (I always thought it could be to avoid food poisoning, but I could be wrong).

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Rinlow05@reddit

Holidays meant variety packet of cereals for breakfast, ice cream treats between meals (Italian gelato spoiled me for normal British ice cream for ever after- God it was so good), and at dinner, I could have second or even third portions if I wanted (all inclusive holidays only on that last memory).

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goosiegander@reddit

We were a squash (and occasional Crusha) household but on holiday would have our choice of fizzy pop - we would usually go for cherryade, limeade or cream soda. One 2l bottle would be purchased, so we had to negotiate between ourselves. In France, sticks of chocolate shoved into warm croissants.

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evilgiraffee57@reddit

Lemon Fanta, also in France in the supermarkets you got a pack of tiny wrapped squares of different flavoured laughing cow cheese each the size of dice, they were amazing.

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kalendral_42@reddit

Cinnamon doughnuts from a place in Cornwall called Aunt Sally’s; campsite fry up for breakfast; a small glass of proper cider with dinner

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Gem6446@reddit

Having an Orangina on holiday was so refreshing

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BerkshireGent@reddit

Eating out at restaurants on holiday in the evening, it was something we couldn't afford at home.

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Kyber92@reddit

Orangina

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El_John_Nada@reddit

I grew up thinking smoked salmon was the most luxurious thing you could ever eat. I wonder if it's related to the fact the first time I tried it, it was displayed to form the shape of a swan...

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em_press@reddit

Snails

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Butterfish04@reddit

Our summer holiday was two weeks with our grandparents near Manchester, a ten hour drive from Caithness. As displaced Lancastrians, the treat was Vimto, which was effectively contraband where we lived, back in the 70s. There was a network of other ex-pats and we’d bring bottles of Vimto back for them on the understanding that they would reciprocate when they went ‘home’.

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Martinonfire@reddit

Pop

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Unusual_Resident_784@reddit

A fish from the chippy. We got a Sausage every time we went.

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CMDoet@reddit

I was about to open the thread and comment the Kellogg's multi pack when we went camping!! (We also had a trailer tent for a time. I thought it was exciting.)

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SpringtimeLilies7@reddit

povo?

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

Poor. Its an Aussie-ism. Spent a few years there.

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GotYourBigPlateAlan@reddit

Chocolate cereal

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SpringtimeLilies7@reddit

Kool-aid..my mom was into health food, and strict about sugar, but we got to have kool-aid on vacations.

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YourLocalMosquito@reddit

Full fat milk. The silver top. So so good.

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MiddleElevator96@reddit

Greece in the 70s, Coke was much cheaper than milk so we got that, beer was even cheaper but my mum put the kybosh on that.

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Purple_Quantity_7392@reddit

Fizzy drinks & ice creams.

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_nox0@reddit

usually fizzy drinks, burgers, stuff like that

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sock_cooker@reddit

Orangina! And Vittel mineral water, which somehow tastes completely different to every other water I've tasted.

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1DameMaggieSmith@reddit

Ritter Sport in Germany and the mini packs of cereal anywhere else

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chocciefudgecake@reddit

Variety packs, and a Capri sun

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katalyna78@reddit (OP)

That's unlocked a memory! I was allowed capri sun in the car on the drive down. Pure luxury!!

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