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The surprising origin of flying saucers.

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Chris Hobson

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I have just discovered a rather interesting fun fact. That lapsing Catholics were responsible for the invention of sherbert filled flying saucer sweets.

“The Belgian communion wafer company Belgica invented flying saucer sweets in the early 1950s. The company produced the sweets when demand for their communion wafers declined. Astra Sweets, which acquired the Belgica brand, continues to make flying saucer sweets today.”

Are there any lapsed Catholics here? Would you be tempted back to the fold if bits of Jesus had sherbert in the middle?
 
Not had flying saucers for years

How much carbs are they? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
Interesting Chris. I remember they were one of the things you could fill your jamboree bag with. Also fruit salads, black jacks, …
 
Weird. ....you been watching QI?

I have it on right now on Dave and they just did that fact!!! 😳😳
 
Someone mentioned it on a comment thread. I was a little sceptical so I dug a little deeper and it appears to be true.
 
i can remember flying saucers i used to eat then in a certain way nibling the edges then saving the sherbert till last Happy days along with fruit salad and blackjacks I have just recenly found a online shop that sells all the old sweets mmmmm
 
There is a vintage sweetshop at the Hornsea Freeport shopping centre, I don't know if it is part of a chain. If it is I would expect there to be others dotted around the country.
 
There's definitely a difference in holy wafer taste between the small circular white ones at my old local church and the massive (need to be broken into pieces before being distributed) brown ones at (my old) school. I suppose I'm lapsed, but only in attendance.

I would bet the flying saucer company made the former (white) ones which were quite palatable (much like normal rice paper for cakes), the brown ones were far less palatable, perhaps only partially transmogrified - some sherbet would help those nicely! 🙂
 
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