Circus Peanuts and an Announcement (was Re: SC - Peeps - OT)

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

'Lainie wrote:
>Congratulations, Gwynydd!

Gwynydd, i extend to you my congratulations as well. Have a wonderful 
ceremony - and may your love grow ever stronger.

>'Circus Peanuts' aren't peanuts, and I don't think you can make them at
>home...

Too true...

>...you get them in the bagged candy aisle, next to the lemon drops
>and little pillow mints. They are basically sugar. And sugar. And sugar.
>Rather like stale marshmallows. They're light orange, and shaped like
>peanuts. I don't know that they have a particular flavor, other than
>sugar.

I always thought they were stale marshmallows :-) And yes, they have 
a flavor. It isn't particular, it's peculiar, like some sort of 
nameless chemical compound...

I also don't like candy corn, but at least it's pretty - i have a jar 
full of various season candy corns in non-Halloween colors because 
they look decorative.

And jelly beans, another over rated candy, although the tour of the 
Jelly Belly factory was cool and the jelly tarantula was fun to eat...

I'm a dark chocolate kinda guy, and marzipan, and candied ginger...

>Real boiled peanuts, OTOH, might be what you are looking for...

Hmmm, i'll have to dig up my recipe for Indonesian peanuts, katjang 
bumbu (katjang which in modern Indonesian spelling is kacang, means 
peanuts; bumbu means spice). Not too circusy but real tasty. You put 
toasted peanuts in a wok with soy sauce, sugar, and all sorts of 
spices and cook on a medium-low heat until there's no liquid left and 
the peanuts are coated with the soy-spice mix.

Anahita