Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Friday, October 25, 2013

My Vice Of Choice

I've developed a slightly concerning addiction to Throaties. It started a while back when I actually had a sore throat, and I bought a pack, kind of for nostalgic reasons (usually I'd go for a butter menthol), and they really hit the spot. But the sore throat went and the Throaties stayed.

I'm loving my Throaties. Firstly, just look at that packet. Nobody makes packets like that anymore. I miss old packaging. (Remember when Kit Kats came in that nice foil, wrapped in paper? You genuinely felt like Charlie Bucket whenever you bought one.) But for some reason, Throaties have stayed true to their roots. They are still just Throaties from the block. A nice cardboard box, with nice old school graphics. And look- 23 Soft Lozenges! Not 20. Not 25. No, 23. So specifically random. And just the presence of the humorous word 'lozenge' is worth the price of admission alone.  If I have a son, I'm going to push for Lozenge as his middle name.

Another nice thing is the fine print that says 'do not exceed a dosage of 3 packs for adults in 24 hours.' Three packs! 24 hours! That is a heck of a lot of guilt-free lozenge allowed to me. 69 in fact. I'll rarely exceed maybe 5 a day, but just knowing that I can consume a potential 69, is quite comforting.

And it's just the texture. It's like a medicinal hard jube (Jube: another serious contender for son's middle name) that keeps giving. It's not too soft, it's not too hard. It's just the right jubitiousness. Funnily enough I hate licorice and aniseed in any other scenario, but for some reason, the Throatie just knocks down those walls of predudice and lets the love in.

Go on. Suck a Throatie today.

8 comments:

Jessica said...

I've never heard of Throaties, but now I wish I had. So much joy. Thankyou, Ben.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Oh gosh Jess. Rush to your nearest grocery shop, head to the lozenge vicinity and try one this very day.

Deb said...

I'm so glad you had girls. Lozenge! Jube!

But I too think having 23 in a pack is awesome.

Laetitia :-) said...

As a child, I used to love Throaties. Sadly, they have ingredients I can no longer eat.

Isang Marquez said...

I love this lozenges until Woolworths discontinued in their Isle which they’re the only one selling this here in Western Sydney,
I love it because does’nt make my gums sore from hard lozenges and no acid reflux from mint.

Unknown said...

I'm 69 years old, had my tonsils out in 1961 and loved Throaties ever since. I still get sore a sore throat about twice a year and even take a packet overseas with me! As a grey-nomad around Australia I have recently purchased them in country towns (the last stash was IGA Wauchope, NSW) as I hadn't been able to buy them locally in Sydney.
What is happening Nestles? (alas it used to be Allens). Cute old-fashioned pack of 23, soft jubes taken over by Anticol (Nestles, "Ness-lay" which we used to call Nes-elles) and now apparently unavailable at Coles and Woolworths!
This is positively un-Australian and quite frankly a 'pain in arse' (read that as throat if you like)

Unknown said...

I am trying to buy soft throaties cant find them any where how do I buy some.

Unknown said...

Where can I buy the soft throaties from