Diabetes Support Advent Calendar

[Robster65]

That looks more like a very large bird has annointed him with its droppings.

The choc cake is now a pile of crumbs. ...someone must have eaten it already. 🙄

Rob

 

[Dizzydi]

omg god feed me now - I want it now!! (and the cake)

 

[Northerner]

Day 3, Charaka - Indian physician who discovered that ants were attracted to the sweet urine of a person with diabetes. Named the disease 'madhumeha' (honey urine) or 'iksumeha' (sugar cane urine). Better to use ants than tasteing it yourself, methinks!

Plus, today's treat - Spangles! Whatever happened to them?

 

[Northerner]

Day 4. Appolonius of Memphis in the late 3rd Century BCE describes a condition with the terms 'without retention' (of urine) and 'without delay' (of urination. Yup, I remember that! 😱

...and today's treat, beloved of hikers, particularly in the Lake District - Kendal Mint Cake: pure sugar! I prefer the brown version

 

[rossoneri]

You've chosen a bit of a miserable bunch so far Northerner, and the people you've chosen don't look too happy either! 😛

Anyway can we have someone with a smile on their face for tomorrow? At the moment they all appear to be looking as happy at the prospect of all the festive nonsense as I am feeling.

The Kendall Mint Cake made me smile though, I brought in a couple of bars, one white and one brown, into the office for the rest of the team at the beginning of this week to help them survive the "hard freeze" that had just been applied to our IT system in preparation for a big cutover in the New Year - apologies for the geek speak and humour but most of the team got the joke! I impressed myself by resisting the temptation to have a piece. The irony was that with the snow finally arriving in these parts during Monday and Wednesday night quite a lot of the team were stuck at home by the end of the week. I subsequently enjoyed annoying them by saying they were all typical Southerners and that if they have saved their mint cake that I had so generously provided they could have ventured out on foot to make it into the office. 😎

 

[Northerner]

Haha! They are a bit grim, aren't they? I'll see what I can do for tomorrow. 🙂

 

[katie]

Good point rossoneri, I would be scared if I saw these people in my advent calendar

Not that ive got one

Not sure what spangles are northe!

 

[Northerner]

Good point rossoneri, I would be scared if I saw these people in my advent calendar

Not that ive got one

Not sure what spangles are northe!

Spangles were boiled sweets that came in a huge variety of flavours and were ubiquitous in the '60s and '70s Then, for some reason they stopped making them - felt a bit like it might if they stopped making Mars bars or jelly babies! 😱

 

[AJLang]

Are we allowed to put in requests or suggestions for what the chocolates or sweets might be?????? eg chocolate buttons or walnut whip or caramels or Turkish Delight or chocolate liquers........oh no now Ive got an absolutle major chocolate craving😱

 

[Northerner]

Are we allowed to put in requests or suggestions for what the chocolates or sweets might be?????? eg chocolate bit tons or walnut whip or caramels or Turkish Delight or chocolate liquers........oh no now Ive got an absolutle major chocolate craving😱

Quick! Think about fruit and carrots!

You'll have to wait and see what surprises lie in store! Were you one of those children who opened the doors early? 😉

 

[ThunderBolt]

Spangles were ace. Real teeth breakers. They made a comeback a couple of years back but seem to have sunk back into oblivion.

I wish they'd bring Pacers back though. Spearmint Opal Fruits (NOT Starburst) with Celtic jerseys on.

 

[AJLang]

Moi??? Look at pictures early when I was a child?????I still have an advent calendar now and so that I get my full advent calendar fix Susie doggy also has an advent calendar.......now she does try to get her calendar opened early for her treats🙄

 

[Flutterby]

I remember spangles!! Loved the golden mint ones. I indulged in 2 choccies during a hypo a few minutes ago. I blame you Northy, all these pics aren't good for us!!

 

[Northerner]

I remember spangles!! Loved the golden mint ones. I indulged in 2 choccies during a hypo a few minutes ago. I blame you Northy, all these pics aren't good for us!!

Sorry! 😉 I loved Golden Mint, and also Olde English, slurp!

 

[Northerner]

Day 5, the wonderful Fred Banting who started the ball rolling with insulin:

...and today's treat, some treacle toffee, slurp!

 

[lucy123]

So Alan...I ask for help to get over my chocolate craving and you post this..ha ha!
Does anyone remember the chocoalte bars 'Pink Panthers'? They tasted like Nesquick and were so thin, sometimes you got given two by mistake!

 

[Northerner]

So Alan...I ask for help to get over my chocolate craving and you post this..ha ha!
Does anyone remember the chocoalte bars 'Pink Panthers'? They tasted like Nesquick and were so thin, sometimes you got given two by mistake!

Yes! I remember them! 🙂

 

[katie]

Spangles were boiled sweets that came in a huge variety of flavours and were ubiquitous in the '60s and '70s Then, for some reason they stopped making them - felt a bit like it might if they stopped making Mars bars or jelly babies! 😱

Not a fan of boiled sweets!

one day can we have Riesen chocolate chews? YUM!

 

[am64]

ha brilliant thread miss this one ....today i did sucumm to dipping in the already opened 'celebrations' tin given to us by one of the volunteers ...i had a 'funsize ' milky way and bounty and mars bar well actually they were smaller than 'funsize' more like absolutely ridiculous size .....tasted good tho ??😡note to am... got to get an emergency dark choco bar around for when people leave the boxes of fat and sugar as a free for all !!

 

[Northerner]

Day 6, Drs Best and Banting - my heroes! 🙂

...and today's treat, the late, lamented Aztec bar!