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Skriven 2011-11-21 03:13:23 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 17858 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: tootsie 217
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 17 Nov 11  09:36:00 <=-

 ML> Back in school days, I visited the Gordons' home in Wellesley.
   (snip)   
 ML> Funny thing. You went into the living room (sunken a couple steps,
 ML> if I recall correctly), and on the right there was this liquor
 ML> cabinet inside of which there were dozens of airline minibottles.
 ML> Being a bit more of a puritan than I am now, I questioned the
 ML> propriety of taking them off the plane (then as now the airlines
 ML> are not licensed for takeout booze). Mel snapped, "why not? I paid
 ML> for them," which indeed he had done, flying first class every week
 ML> between Boston and Chicago.

 ML> Even funnier thing. The above really looks like a load of
 ML> self-aggrandizing bullshit, but as I wrote it I'll leave it.

Just looked to me to be an amusing recollection... There are all kinds
of curious characters out there, and being monied doesn't seem to reduce
the "character component"... (G)
 
 ML> Much better. Reese's, dairyful though they are, are among my
 ML> favorite general-market candies; and they haven't changed much
 ML> since I was a child, many points in my favor. Reese's Pieces,
 ML> however, are a different story. As far as I know, I have only
 ML> had them baked into cookies, and they were not impressive. It
 ML> is possible, though, that my experience has been with cheap
 ML> knockoffs, though.

Possible.  There are cheap knockoffs out there... that said, Reese's
Pieces aren't my favorite thing either.  In fact, the larger the
chocolate ratio to filling, the better I like the cups, too.  So I
prefer the Miniature cups to the Snack size or the full-size... ;)
And I quite like the Dark Chocolate variety...  :)
 
 NB>>> was quite a bit left over... The DOTS looked intriguing... dunno when
 NB>>> if ever I'd had them, so was curious...  Verdict... the green is NASTY!
 ML>> There are several kinds of green Dots. I don't think any of
 ML>> them tastes any good, though.
 NB>> This was in a little box, and the name of the candy was DOTS... It was
 NB>> another of the Tootsie Roll products, a box of gum drops.

 ML> I'm familiar with them: they used to be called Mason Dots.
 ML> There are several kinds of green ones, differing depending on
 ML> the assortment type. I forget the flavors, but they're icky.

Ah...  This was a small box, only had 6-8 all told, only one green one,
so I haven't a clue what other greens might have been... ;)

 NB>> A well-meaning person gave us some fruit-flavored jelly beans last
 NB>> Easter... unfortunately they were pretty cheap...  And the green ones
 NB>> were the worst, there, too...  they and the yellow ones tasted quite,
 NB>> well, industrial...  ;0   Grape was a little strong, but the orange
 NB>> were nice enough...  I prefer spice jelly beans, all the same.  :)

 ML> But in spice assortments, green is usually a sickly weak
 ML> spearmint, isn't it?

Spearmint, anyway.  As spearmint isn't my favorite mint, my usual
practice is to combine all the green ones with white ones (peppermint),
the doublemint flavor makes it a little nicer.  I also combine white
with red (cinnamon) to get a cinna-mint, although I like cinnamon just
fine on its own, too.  :)

ttyl        neb

... "I was breeding that mold.  Its name was Albert." - Lister
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