Alas, I am unable to explain the appeal of jellied eels, on account of how I'm not convinced there is any. Cockles, though, they're quite nice. It's sort of like if pomegranate seeds had the texture of the balls in boba tea and tasted of shellfish, but with a sprinkling of malt vinegar. Additionally, the 99 Flake was still the ice cream of choice for everyone -- a hearty squelch of vanilla soft-serve with a Flake stuck in it and strawberry or chocolate sauce on top. Or both, if you're feeling racy. I'm not completely certain whether or not soft-serve was a thing in 1946; while it had certainly been invented, sources vary as to whether or not it had made it to British shores. There's a prevailing myth that it was invented by the politician and alleged-human Margaret Thatcher, but like anything that implies the harpy contributed anything positive to the world, this is complete humbug.

A Flake bar is difficult to explain to those who never grew up with it, but it is a sort of crumbly oblong made of many folds of very thin chocolate (GLORIOUS BRITISH CHOCOLATE! FOLDED OVER 1000 TIMES! CUTS CLEAN THROUGH SLIGHTLY SQUIDGY VANILLA ICE CREAM!) that is put in ice cream Because Reasons. If you have a 99 and it does not have a Flake in it, your day at the seaside is ruined. If you have a 99 and your sibling steals the flake from it, you are permitted -- nay, encouraged -- by British law to enact unspeakable violence upon their person, or at the very least kick over their sandcastle.

Exhibit A: the 99 Flake. Note the many key characteristics: the jaunty angle of the chocolate flake; the gentle dribble of the lurid pink strawberry sauce; the absence of chopped hazelnuts meaning that your parents didn't love you quite as much as you thought they did. I leave it to the reader to imagine Flandre's thermonuclear sugar high after being let out of sight and eating four of them in one sitting.

But yeah. If there's anything you need, feel free to ask. I'm only too happy to act as a consultant. =]

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