Candy vs. Sex - The Nuns were right
Written: Jul 22 '01
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Pros: Just plain taste good
Cons: high dentist bills
The Bottom Line: candy is dandy, but sex won't rot your teeth
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| SurgRN911's Full Review: candies |
Golly gee how did I miss this candy category for so long? Yes, it might be assumed that I have more than one sweet tooth. My downfall was Ernie's' the corner drug store, and the Catholic Church.
I am sure you are wondering just what the Church has to do with my becoming a candyholic, and darn if I don't plan on telling you.
Growing up in a strict Catholic family we followed all the practices of the Church. You know the ones, no meat on Fridays, attending Mass every Sunday, praying the Rosary as a family nightly, and the dreaded giving up something you loved during Lent.
Attending Parochial school I guess the nuns assumed every kid loved candy and that was what we were supposed to avoid. Now, in truth I did enjoy a candy bar once in a while, but candy was a rarity in our home, so it was nothing I was used to. However the gauntlet had been tossed. "You must give up candy" Of course now I wanted it more than ever, maybe I'll just give up spinach instead?
Here's where Ernie's comes into play. My pals and I would hang out here. It was a typical 50's soda shop. Booths you could sit in, drink a vanilla coke, and read comic books all day. Yet lurking on the far wall was glass cases filled with penny candy (that was actually a penny) Ernie was a trusting guy and you just opened the cases filled your little brown bag and gave him whatever money the candy came up to. He never questioned us, nor did we ever cheat him. I wonder if that method would fly today?
This review is just too fun, what sweet memories it is recalling.
OK well considering it is Lent, the nuns have told me I'm giving up candy, I am somewhat of a rebel, and I am spending a great deal of my time in a candy store................I just have to fill my little brown bag.
Here's some of the contents, how many do you remember?
Flying Saucers - Oval wafer like candy. Each side was a different color and inside was filled with multicolored little hard candies. Plus you could shake them and make noise, a dual function. Good eating and annoy your friends with the noise.
Squirrel Nuts - A caramel hard candy. Had specks of finely diced nuts. These things would pull the fillings out of the bionic man. But they were so good.
Turkish Taffy - Originally it came only in vanilla, but in later years they added chocolate and strawberry, vanilla was still best. You could let this stuff get warm and bite into it and have a string longer than biting into a hot cheese stick. Or you could refrigerate it slap it on the counter and share it with your friends. Which I didn't have to worry about they all had given up candy (smile)
Mexican Hats - Little gummy hats, of all different colors. Orange and red were my favorite. So of course I picked only these from the case.
Hard Tacks - These were awesome. Hard caramel covered with dark chocolate. There was no way you could bite these things you had to just let them melt and soften in your mouth. Being well known as the gal with tons of patience, I seldom waited, which made my dentist happy and my folks insane.
Red Hot Dollars - Another gummy type candy, much like the Mexican hats, with a little cinnamon flavor. These were also a useful item to use in betting when playing cards. Not that I would ever stoop to such deviant behavior, I watched others do it...but never during Lent.
Mary Janes - Another dentist dream candy. A light toffee covering with peanut butter center. Did I ever mention I love peanut butter?
Sky Bar - My favorite candy bar. It had four sections, all covered in chocolate. One section had a chocolate center, one had caramel. one was toffee, and one vanilla. The caramel was my favorite so I liked to eat it last. It was an end section, but never knew which end.
Molasses Chips - Some called then honeycomb chips. These could not be found in the corner drug store, they could only be gotten at Fanny Farmers candy shop, but well worth the trip. They come in light and dark chocolate coverings, inside when you let the chocolate melt looked like a honeycomb. It was molasses and some other stuff I'm sure. I only know they were great and still today when I go to visit one of my younger brothers in Cincinnati, he has a bag full waiting on me.
Nonpareils - Once again Chocolate with little white things on top. Think it's the same things found in the center of the flying saucers, only not colored. You can still find these and the little version is called Snowcaps, still same taste just need to put more in your mouth.
Spearmint Leaves - Not my favorite, but always brought some home for Mom, because they were her favorite, and remembering all this just made me think of her.
Root Beer Barrels - Somehow I never felt guilty eating these in Lent. I let them melt in my mouth and pretended it was a soda.
Brick Oven Baked Beans - Came in a red and white box......Damn these were awful. Don't even know why I added these, other than the image of those nasty things popped into my head and filtered through my fingers, sorry.
Today Ernie's is a flower shop, some of the candy mentioned is nonexistent. I'll never look at a spearmint leave and not think of Mom. I'll remember all the fun times in a corner drug store, I'll know I helped pay a dentist mortgage, and I've learned to give up candy for Lent, because NO way am I giving up sex. Guess the nuns were right after all, candy is not so hard to do without.
Recommended:
Yes
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