Kotkoti swap
Kotkoti is a hard, crunchy sweet made with molasses or sugar, which hawkers handed out in exchange for old bottles, tins and broken things.
Era: 90s
What it was like
The moment you heard the hawker's call, you hunted for empty bottles, old notebooks or broken plastic. The more you brought, the bigger the piece.
Getting a sweet without any money, just by swapping, was the real fun.
Questions
- What did you trade for kotkoti?
- Old glass bottles, tins, newspapers and notebooks, broken plastic or bits of metal.