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I can tell you it still had chloroform or ether in until just a few years ago. I bought a packet today - for the first time in a |
I can tell you it still had chloroform or ether in until just a few years ago. I bought a packet today - for the first time in a while, since they are getting very hard to find - and they no longer have chloroform or ether in. The flavour is now very different because of that. The ether or chloroform used to give it a cool solventy aroma, and now it is the liquirice that is the dominant flavour. I don't think I will be buying them again, as they have now lost that unique property. |
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[[Special:Contributions/82.39.210.203|82.39.210.203]] ([[User talk:82.39.210.203|talk]]) 00:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC) |
[[Special:Contributions/82.39.210.203|82.39.210.203]] ([[User talk:82.39.210.203|talk]]) 00:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC) |
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The "other" lozenge
Victory V, Altoids, and Fisherman's Friend are all 200-year-old British lozenges with a robust flavour. However, Victory V has slipped into near-obscurity, which is a shame, because we need more info here about:
- History of the product. It's long.
- Why the name Victory-V? Which war was it? It was supplied to troops for a long time.
- Varieties: regular, gums (no longer made), medicated (which is the only variety now made, unfortunately, but is no longer marketed as such), etc.
- Chloroform. Why and when wsa it removed?
- Pictures of the product, including historic containers. These are collectibles, there should be plenty out there.
- ProhibitOnions (T) 13:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I can tell you it still had chloroform or ether in until just a few years ago. I bought a packet today - for the first time in a while, since they are getting very hard to find - and they no longer have chloroform or ether in. The flavour is now very different because of that. The ether or chloroform used to give it a cool solventy aroma, and now it is the liquirice that is the dominant flavour. I don't think I will be buying them again, as they have now lost that unique property. 82.39.210.203 (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)