They sell it in those small juice cartons, as well, now. It’s funny, though: as a kid in the 70s, I only ever saw Vimto as a fizzy drink – I don’t remember seeing the cordial at all. Not, to be honest, that I’ve ever payed that much attention to it. It tastes nasty, and it’s an anagram of vomit. How it’s survived a hundred years, I can’t imagine.
I see where you’re coming from. By and large, though, if sweets need a finishing touch, we generally just deep-fry the fuckers. 
And the ratafia… 
I’m sorry, but cauliflower cheese just sounds horrid to me. (I’ve wanted to say that for years)
Cauliflower cheese does sound horrid, now that you mention it. But it’s delicious. Sprinkle a bit of nutmeg on it.
“Vimto” is one of those corny 1930’s brand names that somehow has staggered on into the 21st century. I suppose one of them had to.
“Hock” is short for Hochheim am Main, one of the major wine towns of the Rhein Valley. It’s a regional appellation for wine, much like Burgundy, Sonoma Valley, or Champagne.
OK, I thought it was a generic term for sweet German wine, like the notorious Liebfraumilch of the 70s. I stand corrected.
Cauliflower cheese sounds, looks and tastes horrible.
Mind you, I don’t like cauliflower 
How does it compare to Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Or Stinking Bishop? I’ve only had the latter, alas…
It’s not cheese, it’s pieces of cauliflower in a cheese sauce. Confusing name, I admit.
If you want heavily-sugared water, I recommend Lucozade.
Liebfrau is still around, isn’t it? It was in the early 90s, anyway.
Just checked - £2.49 from Tesco
Azzermarreroffact you could at one time buy draught Vimto in yer actual battle cruiser.
Nuffink like a few guzzles of Vimto followed by a ruby 
One of the stores around here used to have Vimto in a can, although it contained what looked like Arabic writing on the sides. I was close to perfecting a pretty decent mixed drink shot with it when they stopped carrying it altogether. Rum, Vimto and Alize.
As is its cousin Blue Nun
It’s still around, but it had a unique place in the growth of wine consumption in Britain. In the seventies, drinking Liebfraumilch was considered rather sophistictaed. Nowadays, we laugh at our fondness for Blue Nun et al. We realise now that the sickly sweet stuff the Germans sold us in the 70s wasn’t exactly their best, but we didn’t know any better at the time.
I’ve only really met it in cans.
It is possible, I suppose, that it eats through the cans, goes flat, and has to be stored in bottles or cartons afterwards. (Though that begs the question of why it has to be stored at all … )
I figured that much–don’t you all call macaroni and cheese, macaroni cheese? It (the cauliflower cheese) just sounds icky–I hate cauliflower (I know of no other food that disintegrates in your mouth quite the way cauliflower does)–covering it with cheese only ruins the cheese, IMO…
Other than that, I like British food (for the most part).
There’s counseling available for that, you know.
Bah! I like Yorkshire pudding and roast beef. I like scones with clotted cream and crumpets, lamb stew, and pud (I don’t like Spotted Dick, though). I like bangers and mash and all manner of cheese. I’ve never had curry, though.
British cooking has come a long way. Perhaps not far enough, but I’ve never gone hungry when in the UK. Now, if only we could convince them to put lots of ice in their cold drinks–I’ll bet even barley water tastes better over ice.*
*see the neat way I wrench this back on topic? No thanks necessary.
Or Irn-Bru :o