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Do you remember guys the bubble gum "Donald"? with a short story in it?

Donald

story

and then it was the "Turbo" gum



I still remember this taste of my childhood!

:D
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We used to have the "penny bubbly" over here:

.

This was back in the days when shops used to have coin-operated sweet machines outside their premises... can you imagine how long those would stay on the wall these days?? lol
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Wasnt the "Turbo" gum the one with car stickers? I still remember the He-Man action figures and Matchbox soldiers as well as russian made metal tank models.

Also the polish made hand painted soldiers, i still have an army of 1200~ Uhlans.
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Sokrates:
Wasnt the "Turbo" gum the one with car stickers?

it was! and it was specifically fruity...
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standing 3 hours in line in freezing cold to buy a kilo of sugar, ahh memories, nothing better to do after 7 hours in school.
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pgtx:
Do you remember guys the bubble gum "Donald"? with a short story in it?


We had that too when I was a kid :) Don't know if they still sell them, though. We also had Bazooka gum...With Joe Bazooka, I believe it was:

Bazooka Gum

M-G (or was it Bazooka Joe? Can't remember)
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I remember both "Donald" and "Turbo" and me and my brother collected those short stories ;)
When we were kids there were also those weird orange drinks in transparent bags which you drank with a straw - it was quite a feat to put this straw in the bag ;D
I remember oranżada in glass bottles and "¦nieżka" ice creams:
http://mlodelata.pl/img/exhibits/big/976.jpg

And I loved to eat (or rather lick) "Vibovit" instead of drinking it ;D
http://mlodelata.pl/img/exhibits/big/728.jpg

Some time later, I think in the 90's there were also those candies and we ate a lot of them:
http://mlodelata.pl/img/exhibits/big/830.jpg
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PennBoy:
standing 3 hours in line in freezing cold to buy a kilo of sugar, ahh memories, nothing better to do after 7 hours in school.


I remember standing in a queue with my grandad, who was trying to buy some bread. By the time we got to the front - two hours later - it was sold out! So much for "the good old days"!


pgtx:
"Donald"


MareGaea:
We had that too when I was a kid :) Don't know if they still sell them, though.


I wouldn't buy them if we could - they would remind me of Tusk - ugh! lol

Does anyone remember when Polish towns used to be full of street sellers who sold some kind of red-coloured drink? When did all that stop, then?
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Paulina:
in transparent bags which you drank with a straw -

yes, sold very cold and so delicious... and this taste! i remember!
and first potatoes chips, which tasted like heaven!
:D
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Did you know that all those chewing gums for kids like Donald and quite a few other brands are actually Dutch? Maple Leaf is an Amsterdam chewing gum company which produces these brands. I didn't know that either up until just now...I just read it as I initially thought ML was a Canadian brand, with the maple leaf and all. But no, NO! It is the black magic man from Amsterdam :)

>^..^<

M-G (free after Laurel Aitken, that is)
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When I came first time to Poland in 1989, I remembering people buying milk (actually white water) in plastic bags.
And me on the border having to change per day of my visa 36 DM in (then) worthless zlotys.
And having to buy coupons to get diesel :)
And the Pewex & Balaton shops (Was there actually a difference between them?). I remember buying in Sanok Belgian meat pie in a Pewex shop. If you look back at it - pure Monty Python.
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Paulina:
and "¦nieżka" ice creams:


i had one of them a couple of days ago.

some of those things from yesteryear are still about.
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and lody bambino! bambino ice cream!
made in mleczarnia in Krakow, i was there to see around with my class in middle school (one of the girls dad worked there) and we got many bambinos which we ate all in the tram on the way back home...lol
and then they closed it ... :( very sad there is not even one picture of them online... :(
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Yeah, those snieżka things are still on the go. In 3 flavours now :)
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pgtx:
yes, sold very cold and so delicious... and this taste! i remember!

I don't think I remember the taste that well anymore :( But I remember I liked it :)

pgtx:
and first potatoes chips, which tasted like heaven!
:D

You mean prażynki? :) Because I think those were the only chips available in the commie times ;D You know they still sell them? :)
http://www.lewiatan.pl/assets/storage/products/prazynki_solone.jpg

And before you could buy prażynki, I think, my mum fried those things when we were little:
http://static0.blip.pl/user_generated/update_pictures/603390.jpg
:)

Wroclaw:
i had one of them a couple of days ago.

Oh yes, I still eat them :)

pgtx:
and lody bambino! bambino ice cream!

Yes, I remember them too :)

I remember also those frozen mashed strawberry ice creams ;)

And I loved "serek homogenizowany" ;D
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I remember some beers which I think are not around anymore.... Heweliusz (from Gdańsk I think) and Leżajsk (hope I spell it correctly).
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Paulina:
And before you could buy prażynki, I think, my mum fried those things when we were little:
http://static0.blip.pl/user_generated/update_pictures/603390.jpg
:)

i think you can still buy it...

Paulina:
You mean prażynki? :) Because I think those were the only chips available in the commie times ;D You know they still sell them? :)

prazynki also, but i remember 1st potatoes chips... but not in the commies times anymore :)

Paulina:
And I loved "serek homogenizowany" ;D

it's still in stores :)
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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ECRcBstB6C8/S-vggH9s1hI/AAAAAAAAAK4/SxKGoG_H KVs/s1600/napoleon1.jpg

Forwaaaaard march!
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pgtx:
Paulina:
And I loved "serek homogenizowany" ;D

it's still in stores :)

I know. My cat adores it :) Won't eat any other type of cheese :)
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sobieski:
Heweliusz

the best beer :(
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I agree. It was a great beer.
I also remember a beer which used the image of rabbi on their cans? Could have been Leżajsk, I am not sure.
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I remember drinking the short-lived EB beer.
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pgtx:
i think you can still buy it...

You're right! It's called "Przysmak ¶więtokrzyski" o_O Didn't know that! ;D
http://fotoforum.gazeta.pl/zdjecie/517894,2,11,przysmak-swietokrzyski. html
http://www.przysmakswietokrzyski.pl/przysmak-swietokrzyski/

But I didn't see it anywhere in stores, I think :/

pgtx:
prazynki also, but i remember 1st potatoes chips... but not in the commies times anymore :)

Hmm, something rings a bell... Tylko nie wiem, w którym ko¶ciele ;)

pgtx:
it's still in stores :)

Yeah, but is it the same thing? I have one in my refrigerator, so I'll find out soon ;)))
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- Polonia1 cartoons
- stiching with saliva chrupki Flips into weird shapes
- kartki z kolorowych notesów (kolekcjonowali¶my je i się wymieniali¶my, ja chyba miałam ze 100 różnych z Króla Lwa ;)
- obgryzanie ptasiego mleczka (i still do it... shame on me)
- first anime manga hysteria - Sailor Moon ;)
- Spice Girls
- klocki Lego
- vanillia Bambino icecreams
- Jajko Niespodzianka!!!

... well it seems I have nothing really polish in my childhood (maybe besides Flips and Bambino)

sobieski:
When I came first time to Poland in 1989, I remembering people buying milk (actually white water) in plastic bags.


and still you can buy it ;)

NorthMancPolak:
Does anyone remember when Polish towns used to be full of street sellers who sold some kind of red-coloured drink? When did all that stop, then?


In ŁódĽ recently you can buy it again. The "company" is called Saturator ;)
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zetigrek:
- Polonia1 cartoons

Watched them too ;)

zetigrek:
- stiching with saliva chrupki Flips into weird shapes

;D

zetigrek:
- kartki z kolorowych notesów (kolekcjonowali¶my je i się wymieniali¶my, ja chyba miałam ze 100 różnych z Króla Lwa ;)

Collected them too ;)

zetigrek:
- obgryzanie ptasiego mleczka (i still do it... shame on me)

I still do it too ;D

zetigrek:
- first anime manga hysteria - Sailor Moon ;)

Watched it ;)

zetigrek:
- klocki Lego

Loved them :) But that was some time later...

zetigrek:
... well it seems I have nothing really polish in my childhood (maybe besides Flips)

You didn't watch "Reksio", "Mi¶ Uszatek", "Bolek i Lolek", etc. when you were a kid?

Pgtx, that's all I found on lody Bambino:
http://www.polskaprl.rejtravel.pl/spozywka/84.jpg
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zetigrek:
When I came first time to Poland in 1989, I remembering people buying milk (actually white water) in plastic bags.


and still you can buy it ;)

Now that you mention it - I did see it in the supermarket lately. Cannot really see people buying it.
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I remember being given something absolutely vile that supposed to imitate the chocolate but had less cocoa replaced with a fatty blob instead. It stuck to my gums and teeth and got me shut up for a couple of hours which obviously pleased my family. I'm not sure if they produce it any more but...and I couldn't believe it myself,Sainsburys does a non-added sugar 'chocolate' which is as chewy as the Polish one! so if you miss it here in Poland I'm keen to supply lol
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sobieski:
Now that you mention it - I did see it in the supermarket lately. Cannot really see people buying it.


It is a milk niepasteryzowane so you have to boil it first.

Pani Grazynka:
I remember being given something absolutely vile that supposed to imitate the chocolate but had less cocoa replaced with a fatty blob instead.


wyrób czekoladopodobny... but you know I'm some kind of pervert - I always liked it more than original chocolate!!! Really!
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Who remembers orenżada w proszku for 50 groszy? I remember spending half of my weekly allowance on that.
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zetigrek:
Now that you mention it - I did see it in the supermarket lately. Cannot really see people buying it.


It is a milk niepasteryzowane so you have to boil it first.


OK but in which way is it different to the "swieże mleko" I buy in bottles (and which stays good for like max. 2 weeks) ?

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