Talk:Liquorice allsorts

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These seem to be similar both in background story and in general appearance to the French Bêtise de Cambrai. Are they the same? --Iustinus 03:51, 14 July 2005 (UTC) |

They do seem remarkably similar, but I have no idea if one or the other inspired the other. What do Bêtises de Cambrai look like? Peregrine981 04:33, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

See the picture on this page. I guess now that I look at them they certanly aren't liquorice allsorts, but the similarity of their appearence is striking, isn't it? --Iustinus 05:46, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Recent additions

The recent big batch of additions to this article have a number of problems:

• POV statements - "Here's where liquorice gets hardcore" ;"These eight or nine ingredients add up to make the perfect bag of allsorts."
• Out of focus images
• The names of the individual pieces - I'd like to see a verifiable reference. These seem made up to me - especially since this product is made by many different companies.

I'll leave it as it is for now to allow the contributor a chance to tweak. ike9898 19:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Left it for a week and no improvements. In my opinion this stuff was mostly made up information and thus unsalvagable, so I've dropped it. ike9898 21:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The reference to "spogs" was 100% verifiable (I even included a link to a manufacturer's page which named them) and the word "spog" meaning this type of sweet is well-known to many Britons. Surely at least this could be retained! Simon Beck