No longer the Fountain of Youth (Bassett's Sherbert Fountain)

Member Name: Trishajs

Product:	Bassett's Sherbert Fountain
Date:	17/10/09 (76 review reads)
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Advantages: Memories

Disadvantages: Opening it and getting it

I saw a sherbert fountain in the shop and it looked a bit odd- so I decided to pop into my shopping basket for later investigation.

Well if you know the expression-"if it aint broke don't fix it"- then hear it now. Bassett's Sherbert Fountain used to be a cardbard container full of sherbert with a liquorice tube stuck in the middle of it for sucking thru or dipping into the sherbert. The whole thing was wrapped in bright yellow paper with large red writing. Simple sweet and very delightfully old fashioned.

However I can only guess that someone in some food safety lobby or similar has made them change the container to a kind of plastic cardboard tube with a plastic lid- (black and shaped to look like the end of the liquorice). The top is sealed with further plastic making it as hard to get into as a cd case- I tried for a while but had to resort to scissors.

Once inside I lost a lot of the sherbert, because it had compacted so much that I had to try and get at it, and in so doing, it all lifted in a clump and once exposed to the air fell apart.

The small amount I got was as always sherbert and liquorice and a childish treat for just 37p.

It is suitable for vegetarians, but next time I want to try and reclaim my childhood- I will try something else- this was no longer worth the money, albeit a paltry sum.

Got to go now- there seems to be a great deal of white substance that needs cleaning off my carpet.

Summary: Oh golly I am getting old harping back to the good old days