From the evening news website!
> 70s Delight the whipping boy of desserts world
>
> GRANT STOTT
> SO, by the looks of things, the decision has been made. After months
> of public consultation and research, they have made their decision
> and we are going to have to live with it, regardless of whether it
> is part of our daily routine or not.
>
> It’s a major gamble and one which may never pay off, but it looks
> like the bigwigs are going with it anyway.
>
> Yes, Jack McConnell can keep his "no smoking" bill, the big talking
> point this week has to be the news that Bird’s Custard, Angel
> Delight and Dream Topping may soon be no more.
>
> These iconic sweet treats could be set, if you excuse the pun, to
> vanish from our supermarket shelves as part of a sell-off by their
> American owners. If they are not bought up, it could mean the end of
> the line for these "desserts in a sachet".
>
> Personally speaking, I’m devastated. How can we contemplate custard
> that isn’t Bird’s? And surely no dinner party is complete without a
> wee dose of Angel Delight or Dream Topping for afters?
>
> My early memories of Angel Delight revolve around the telly
> advertising and the packaging of this beautifully crafted chocolate
> or strawberry mousse which had been masterfully whipped into a very
> posh sweet dish.
>
> I remember my mum announcing one evening that we were having Angel
> Delight for pudding and the huge excitement that followed as the
> prospect of the king of sweets was about to be presented to me.
>
> I then remember the excitement turning to disappointment as no
> matter how hard Mum tried; she just couldn’t find the right bowl or
> get it to set in the same way that it was in the pictures.
>
> My mother, never one to shirk a challenge, quickly came up with a
> remedy to solve all pudding problems; a good dousing with Carnation
> Milk. That is what accompanied all sweets at my house; rice,
> custard, ice cream you name it, it came with Carnation Milk. So much
> so, I can’t even look at a tin of Ambrosia these days without
> getting t! he compulsory tin of Carnation to go with it.
>
> Now, if I am being really honest, I will confess that I haven’t been
> near Bird’s Custard or Angel Delight in years but I have been saving
> that prospect for a day when I am in charge of feeding the kids for
> a night. I was planning to watch their faces light up as I presented
> them with a bowl of brown, pink or yellow goo.
>
> I mean we’ve all done it, a family gathering in the kitchen round
> Mum’s electric whisk watching the milk blend with the powder and
> then waiting what seemed like an eternity for the whole damn thing
> to set. Sadly, unless I get busy with my Kenwood, that chance may
> soon be gone.
>
> But these are just another in a now very long line of very fine
> quality food products that have, for one reason or another, vanished
> from our shelves over the years. I’ll never forget the tragic day
> when the news was gently broken to me by a most helpful assistant at
> Safeway that the manufacturers were no longer making Creamola Foam.
>
> I almost lost the will to live. Never again would I have to decide
> between a tin of lemon, raspberry or cola!
>
> Yes, these things are all probably deemed as being "bad for you" in
> this modern age, so high is their 1970s sugar count. But jeez, if we
> can still have a cigarette behind closed doors, surely we can wire
> into an Angel Delight washed down with a nice glass of Raspberry
> Creamola Foam?
>
> The worrying thing is, the things that are vanishing are the things
> we like and get excited about.
>
> But what about the dullest and most disgusting looking things ever
> to come out the 50s? Yet half a century
