Tuesday 6 October 2020

Vimto And Lemonade Cocktails. Another episode from my "Wot I miss from Blighty series".

This is what we had last night for drinky poohs:


Vimto Lemonade Cocktail. 


Vimto  bottle.  The bottle is plastic these days!

There use to be a Lancashire drink brewed on the banks of the river Irwell in Manchester.  It's called Vimto.  Babies were weaned on it and  now a days it's made in far off places like Yorkshire, Leicester and Pakistan.  

We grew up on it and it is believed to have been  the dye for the red rose flag of the house of Lancaster and also the stain or dye of the Red Devils shirts of Old Trafford: Manchester United.

Ok I used a bit of artistic licence in the last two paragraphs.  Are you still reading?  Good.  Every now and again we do venture to Cork or Tralee and enter the frozen food store that sells English delicacies like Pukka pies, Hollands pies, Heinz Beanz and Sausages and  VIMTO!

Last night we settled down and watched Alaska The Last Frontier and Fake and Fortune.  I Googled the Lancashire church and told her the paintings provenance at 8.30.  They don't  announce whether it's  "Fake or Fortune" until about 8.55!   Oh dear.  I am in the bad books again.😊

We then treated our selves to a pint pot a piece of Vimto and lemonade.  We even had another one whilst we discussed the new level 3 instructions/rules/dictations in Ireland.  You can go to the pub and stand outside with fourteen others if you want a pint but you can't  go inside! Well we do live on the Irish Riviera and it is OCTOBER!    

Don't  we know how to have a good time?  I am not enjoying my "Dry October".







30 comments:

  1. What is Dry October? ... she said, wine glass in hand....

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  2. What at this time of day JayCee? 😊 The wife and a friend and myself decided to give up the sauce this month. I feel great physically but I am finding it boring not having a drink. The weather doesn't help. At least I have my blog friends to talk to and read. Thanks,

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  3. A bird appears to be pecking at your bottle of "Vimto". in 1913, one of Vimto's advertising claims was "Eliminates that Out-of-Sorts Feeling". This is clearly not happening with you so may I suggest cannabis instead? A couple of joints with Mrs Northsider and you will be floating like a butterfly. Cannabis is non-alcoholic.

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    1. P.S. You could grow cannabis in Portugal to save money and sell any surplus to teenagers in Bantry to make a bit of cash on the side.

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  4. Very observant Mr Pudding. It is a Partridge. Perhaps County Cork could follow Colorado and become a legalised Cannabis county? Strictly medicinal. Of course.😊

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  5. Cannabis for one's own use is legal in Portugal I do believe. I would I could sell my Vimto lemonade cocktails in Albufeira?

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  6. ...wonder if I could sell vimto lemonade cocktails in Albufeira?

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    1. They would not be as effective as reefers.

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    2. I think we could all do with something to cheer us up at the moment YP. The governments on both sides of the Irish sea don't seem very concerned about our mental health. Pubs are hubs for socialising and drinking isn't just the most important thing. We will now sing hymn number fifty two.😊

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  7. I haven't seen Vimto for years and didn't know that you could still get it. Do you remember 'Sanatogen' fortifies the over fifties, I could do with a bottle or two of that stuff now to fortify the over 70's, lol
    My Grandson who drinks 'ahem' a LOT is now on the Dry October but I can't see him getting very far.
    As for cannabis, we have tried it in the past and remember a time when I was following Tom upstairs and he had a hole in his sock, what followed was a severe case of the giggles and we both collapsed on the stairs. Of course this wouldn't have happened without the help of the joint, lol
    We were both put off using it after Tom had an 'Out of body experience' I thought he was on his way out, lol, shouldn't laugh really but it was funny afterwards.
    Good luck with your dry month anyway.
    Briony
    x

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  8. I am surprised that you are not sipping the great tonic 'Buckfast'

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  9. Hi Briony. Yes Iceland sell it here in Ireland and I am sure you can buy it online. I see Tesco sell Sanatogen in bottle form and Amazon sell the tablets.

    Cannabis is a good discussion topic. Like most people I have smoked it recreationally when I was young but never bought it. I personally think that if they legalised it the governments would get revenue and it would get rid of wasting Police time and they could concentrate on the hard drugs.

    I think it's sad that even today most socializing involves meeting for drinks. Young people especially have nowhere to go but the pub.

    Good luck to your Grandson with his dry month.

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  10. Hi Heron. Buckfast is more of a serious drinkers drink like 'Special Brew".

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  11. Buckfast was a seen as a tonic when I lived in Devon.

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  12. You're right it is a tonic in Devon Heron. But I have read it's got a bad reputation in Scotland. Not the drink but the people who drink it.

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