SC - Re: Circus Peanuts and an Announcement

[Elaine Koogler]

Candy corn is a candy that is available mostly around Hallowe'en.  It's some
sort of corn syrup concoction that is shaped like corn kernals and has a white
tip, orange middle and yellow top.  You can also get little pumpkins and other
seasonal items made out of the same stuff.

Kiri

Gwynydd of Culloden wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From:  'Lainie
>
> > Congratulations, Gwynydd!
>
> *smile* Thanks - but in truth the congratulations belong to the lovely Lady
> Catherine of Colchester (my Lady) who finally talked me into it *grin*.  Of
> course now it is my favourite topic of conversation - she said that she knew
> that if she could just get me to agree I would become obsessed with it
> *smile* - she knows me too well.
>
> > 'Circus Peanuts' aren't peanuts, and I don't think you can make
> >them at home
>
> Oh, how disappointing - I rather thought that they might be a sort of toffee
> (or related candy) covered peanut.  Not that we need such things when we
> will have fairy floss!  (Cotton candy to those in the US, I understand - but
> that doesn't sound nearly as appropriate *smile*.)
>
> > Real boiled peanuts, OTOH, might be what you are looking for...
>
> I have to say that the idea of boiled peanuts seems to me less than
> compelling.  I like my peanuts with a bit of crunch - don't even much like
> them cooked into a curry, although I won't spit them out and I will add
> peanuts in the cooking - my Lady likes them.  I do prefer them roasted or
> whatever and sprinkled on top.
>
> Oh, someone suggested that candy corn is something they would associate with
> the theme.  I have rather assumed that this is like what I know as Lolly
> Gobble Bliss Bombs - roasted peanuts and popped corn with a toffee or
> caramel coating separated and allowed to set?  If it isn't, what on earth is
> it?  *smile* - one of these days I am going to start work on my Foodstuffs
> Translated webpage idea.  So many things are known by at least 2, and
> sometimes more, names.
>
> Lady Gwynydd of Culloden
>
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