What was Kayli?

[keithlambert]

Can anyone solve an agrument, does anyone remember what Kayli is, basically one of my collegaues says it is sherbet and the other says it is not

[mccfluff]

sherbert
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/sherbet-c-23.html? osCsid=4474b20f840704af894bcd1aeef5041d

[valerieb1254]

Definately Sherbet.

[freak_unique]

sherbet :D

[joannewatson]

I still disagree, I dont care what anyone says you're all wrong! When I used to buy this from the shop when I was little if I asked for a quarter of Kali I got what I can only describe as flavoured suger crystals and when I asked for sherbert I got a white powdered substance.

[nickmo]

http://www.sweet-shop-online.com/p-275.htm sells it and has a huge pic on the site.

Looks like 'coloured sherbert'. . . so sort that one out at your leisure.

[CheekyChops]

Agree with you Joanne!

Kali (or however you spell it) was like sort of fizzy sugar crystal type stuff whereas sherbert was (is) definitely white powder, like you get in a sherbert fountain with the stick of liquorice.

[Denise S.]

I am in my 60s and I can remember spending pennies on a bag of kayli (kay-lie) and liquorice to stick in and lick the kaylie off. If we didn't have the liquorice we would suck our finger and dip it in. We would have a laugh if we got lemon kayli - our fingers would look just like nicotine stain and we would pretend we had been smoking ciggies !!
It is, as previously mentioned, a coloured sugar, rather than sherbert, which is powdery.

[Xollob]

Talk about a blast from the past - I haven't heard the word for about 30 years, and I can't remember ever seeing it written down.
Arabic etymology notwithstanding, the sherbet of my youth was definitely a powder. I don't think the colour was important (I vaguely remember white or pale yellow); the main thing was the licquorice stick for dipping.
But kaylay (sp?) was (is?) definitely crystaline, and if my memory serves me correctly, the colour was fluorescent rainbow trout.

[valerieb1254]

I hold my hand up joannewatson,you are definately right. I didn't really think about the question. So please accept my apologies.
Val.

[joannewatson]

I'll let you off Valerie ;o)

[keithlambert]

don't get on the wrong side of her valerie, I work with her and she can be very evil!!!!!

[warrierwoman]

kayli was indeed coloured/flavoured sugar...I have the fillings to prove it! hee hee.
I too used to suck my finger and dip it in Kayli, I had loads of it sadly.
sherbert was in sherbert sticks with the licorice in the top and inside flying saucers too.