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That's another holiday under X-E's belt.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 04/15/2003 02:24 PM EST
Triple Mr. - oddly, that's pretty much the same way I looked at it. :)
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/15/2003 02:26 PM EST
Great article, but when mentioning bar codes you should really have a link to an article about those toy scanners. I do not know why but a few years ago toy scanners were released. According to the commercial by scanning any random code a digital game came out of it somehow.
By the way my father actually worked on the original design of bar codes and they had it perfected with circular stickers that would have worked from any angle, but a certain entity was already convinced to go with stupid rectangles. Remember that the next time you are delayed in the supermarket.
Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/15/2003 02:38 PM EST
I love these things,and was horrified to find out there were selling them yearlong here in Ontario. But it turned out that the stores were just overstocked from last easter. Ah old candy, the only thing better than watching someone pay too much for it is tricking others into eating it.
Chestnuts roasted by Selvig @ 04/15/2003 02:38 PM EST
All those bunnies at the bottom of the article remind me of that kind of disturbing Toys R Us commercial with all the singing rabbits...
Chestnuts roasted by Jessica @ 04/15/2003 02:52 PM EST
I saw a "making of" special on the food channel (i think, could of been discovery) about cadbury eggs. I missed the beginning...but i did learn that they make them year-round and store them away till easter. Interesting stuff, huh?
Chestnuts roasted by kennef @ 04/15/2003 03:17 PM EST
I take issue!
Cad Eggs have shrunk. I remember them as being far larger when I was younger. Further the last one I had reflected poor quality control and only had a tiny dollup of white goo at the bottom.
ANYWAY what use is such a confectionary if when you try and binge on it, it makes you sick only after a few.
Chestnuts roasted by Laclos @ 04/15/2003 03:42 PM EST
Matt, you forgot to write up anything about the creme eggs' newer (by comparison) evil cousins, the chocolate creme and caramel variants. Personally, I find the caramel eggs to be the best of the lot.
Chestnuts roasted by Veruca @ 04/15/2003 04:27 PM EST
Maaaatttt...i read the article on kinder eggs. i noticed it was from 2000 and that you seemed tottally baffled by kinder surprise eggs. now im sure someone has already told you this, but the exact same eggs have been here in canada (and probably U.S.) sinces at least 1997. have you never noticed this? you, the man of infinite knowledge!
Chestnuts roasted by DudeDude @ 04/15/2003 05:25 PM EST
Ah, yes, life's one true ambrosia--Creme Eggs! I wish they really did sell those things year round. They've gotta be my faovirte candy. So yummy...
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/15/2003 08:40 PM EST
I'd like to take this opportunity to ruin Cadbury Creme Eggs for everybody...
Man finds Ants in Creme Eggs
And once again, I ruin another holiday...
Chestnuts roasted by jjgoreha @ 04/15/2003 09:28 PM EST
At least the kinder eggs aren't Wonder Balls--chocolate with vitamins inside, mmm mmm yuck.
Whenever I eat a Cadbury, I always end up biting off too much and then nearly collapsing from the sugar coma as I chew it up. I think putting a whole egg in your mouth at once would mean instant death. Your body would just go into shock but you'd die with a smile on your face.
Chestnuts roasted by rowdykatie @ 04/15/2003 09:29 PM EST
Them singing rabbits rock!!! So DAMN Cute!
Them Cadbury bunnies say "Bock Bock Bock!" Cool!
I hate eggs though, and those Cadbury eggs are evil!! Digusting egg hidden inside a delicious chocolate.
Chestnuts roasted by richter @ 04/15/2003 09:29 PM EST
I would like to see Matt covered with cad egg goooooooooooooo......so I can crawl like a kitten and lick it off...=^O
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/15/2003 10:40 PM EST
I like pants!
Chestnuts roasted by Koz @ 04/15/2003 11:51 PM EST
Hmm...
Hey, Matt. Your girlfriend ever do what Mandy just suggested?...
No. Mine neither.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 04/16/2003 12:01 AM EST
i'm sure kinder eggs have been around in the big C longer than '97. i remember my first encounter with them was at least '94, possibly earlier.
what i bet you cats havn't had, is these AWESOME candies that kinder makes, that are essentially kinder egg sticks with white chocolate goo inside instead of toys. kind of like a really really awesome kit-kat. i don't know if they've hit the north american market yet or if they were just in product development, but my mom got a shitload of them back when kinder came to the hotel she works at for some big function thing. it was rad. i had so much kinder stuff that it was insane.
if only i had gotten one of those bitchin' hats they were giving away a year or two ago.
oh, and did you know, that kinder is owned by ferrero? damn, ferrero rocher is fucking awesome... mmm... hazelnut...
you guys in the states better have those, or else you're TOTALLY missing out.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/16/2003 02:23 AM EST
Mmmm, ants. Best I ever got were jelly beans with spiders. Ants are waaay better than spiders, as far as candy ingredients go...
Chestnuts roasted by Adrian @ 04/16/2003 03:00 AM EST
A recipe for Cadbury Cream Eggs:
Instant Diabetes.
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups powdered sugar
4 drops yellow food coloring
2 drops red food coloring
1 12-ounce bags milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1. Combine the corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and salt in a
large bowl. Beat well with an electric mixer until
smooth.
2. Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing by
hand after each addition. Mix well until creamy.
3. Remove about 1/3 of the mixture and place it into a
small bowl. Add the yellow and red food coloring and
stir well to combine.
4. Cover both mixtures and refrigerate for at least 2
hours, or until firm.
5. When mixtures are firm, roll a small, marble-size ball
from the orange filling, and wrap around it a portion of
the white filling that is roughly twice the size. Form
this filling into the shape of an egg and place it onto a
cookie sheet that has been brushed with a light coating
of shortening. Repeat for the remaining filling
ingredients, then refrigerate these centers for 3-4
hours or until firm.
6. Combine the milk chocolate chips with the
shortening in a glass or ceramic bowl. Microwave
chocolate on high speed for 1 minute, then stir and
microwave again for 1 more minute, and stir.
7. Use a fork to dip each center into the chocolate, tap
the fork on the side of the bowl, then place each candy
onto wax paper. Chill.
8. After 1-2 hours of chilling, dip each candy once more
and chill for several hours, or until completely firm.
Chestnuts roasted by The Goblin @ 04/16/2003 10:35 AM EST
Give me a break. I can always dream of being Madonna. *express yourself*
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/16/2003 11:07 AM EST
matt, i hate to admit this but i used to work in a drug store and one day around easter a 4 pack of cadbury eggs was ripped open as i unpacked them. was it an accident or did i do it on purpose??? the world may never know. anyhow, store policy was to throw out the candy and save the box for credit on the damage. now who in there right mind would throw out four perfectly delicious cadbury eggs?? not me dude. i took them to the stockroom and ate all four of em in a row. it had the effect of drinking 3 redbulls and a double espresso and then eating way too much taco bell and mixing the whole thing down with a big chocolate shake. the moral of the story, eating more than one cad egg will not kill you, but eating four will make you wish you were dead.
by the way, mandy, if your still down to lick some cadbury creme off someone... hehheh
Chestnuts roasted by willy wanker @ 04/16/2003 01:49 PM EST
*vouge vouge vouge*
Ummm.....no, that's O.K. I cool with the lickin for now.
=^P
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/16/2003 02:26 PM EST
other bad food ideas:
never mix two types of kraft dinner.
also, when making said kraft dinner, never substitute sour cream for milk.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/16/2003 02:57 PM EST
I lament for the Cadbury Egg commercials. I have not seen one since this Easter began. I'm in the Long Island NY area. Anybody else?
Chestnuts roasted by Nemesis @ 04/16/2003 03:28 PM EST
I haven't seen the bunny commercials in at least two years, but I'm in cali.
Remember the extended commercial for cadbury eggs that had all kinds of other animals auditioning to replace the bunny? The only animal that I remember is the lion, but that commercial was what the easter season was about when I was a kid. (jesus who?)
by the way, Tim? Your dad was gyped (sp?). thanks to the powers that be, we'll never have water-fueled cars, shoes with socks sewn in already, or bar codes that scan correctly.
Chestnuts roasted by jthm @ 04/16/2003 03:48 PM EST
yah here in canada we get like at LEAST 500% more candy variety than you guys in the states.
i know this cause i have alot of relatives from the states who used to get us to send them different kinds of hostess chip flavors and candy and chocolate bars.
Chestnuts roasted by DudeDude @ 04/16/2003 04:16 PM EST
Of course in Canada you also get SARS. So, I will take my 500% less candy and be happy.
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/16/2003 04:34 PM EST
We have more candy variety??!!
Wow, that's great! The States still have a better cereal roster, though. I want mah Fruity Pebbles!
Back to Creme Eggs for a second... I always try to get the wrapper off in one peice. And those bomb diffusers are right, it IS impossible. The little chocolate footballs/eggs are much easier to get the wrappers off without ripping them.
Chestnuts roasted by RyanMan @ 04/16/2003 04:53 PM EST
Over in england, we dont get the bunny advert, but we get a "how do you eat yours" one, that has people eating them in strange fictional ways.
We also get them all year long (if oyu know where to look ^_^).
We also have the kinder surprise eggs (that you did an artical on many years ago) which are advertised on tv, with websites and many other mysterious things.
Chestnuts roasted by vyle @ 04/16/2003 04:54 PM EST
Oh, and you can get SARS in the States, too. I'm pretty sure there have been more SARS-induced fatalities down there than in Canada.
Chestnuts roasted by RyanMan @ 04/16/2003 04:55 PM EST
No, my Dad was not gyped. He was an employee of a company (3M perhaps, I will find out) and whomever the client was went with the weaker choice. From what I can figure about Matt, I have a similar set-up in that there is decade on average seperating from my older siblings (I relate to Matt since I knew too much about Star Wars for a kid born in 1979 growing up.), so my family did and went through a lot before I showed up.
Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/16/2003 04:56 PM EST
canada also has an over the top collection of different flavored potato chips compared to the united states. i was in calgary a few years back (some of this stuff can be found in the states now) but i remember seeing ketchup flavored chips, crab flavored chips, salt and pepper flavored chips (and im sure a few more that i cant really remember now) for the first time and being like WHAT!?! canadians really know how to snack and drink high octane beer.
Chestnuts roasted by jeremiah @ 04/16/2003 05:31 PM EST
There has been no deaths from SARS in the US.
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/16/2003 06:05 PM EST
wow. mandy is not only sexy, but also intelligent!
Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 04/16/2003 06:43 PM EST
Ohhh that's me. A sex freak with a brain oh my!
But for real, I am thinking I need to wear a mask all the time now. I AM GOING TO DIE FROM SARS!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH...I have not even bought any easter candy yet.
-M
Chestnuts roasted by Mandy @ 04/16/2003 07:44 PM EST
I live in Delaware, and I've seen Old Bay and ketchup flavored potato chips at the supermarket for years. It can't just be an unholy Delaware-Canada alliance, right?
What I really wish we had are the kinds of potato chip varieties you see in the UK, like oxtail and roasted chicken. Come on, American manufacturers, meat and potatoes go together like meat and potatoes!
On the Cadbury's note, they make so many great candy bars that you can't get in the US. How come Hershey's will churn out crummy sub-standard candy but not import good stuff, like Crunchie bars? So sugary...
Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 04/16/2003 08:04 PM EST
what the hell is so weird about ketchup chips? i totally don't understand how you guys don't have them. so awesome.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/16/2003 08:46 PM EST
Mandy, you're crackin' me up!
Chestnuts roasted by rowdykatie @ 04/16/2003 09:04 PM EST
jthm,
In 1973 or 1974 my father was hired to debug the first 100 system protoypes boards at RCA Technologies in Burlington Massachusetts for a market chain in the Mid-West. RCA sold the technology to Sperry (sp?) Univac in Pennsylvania. Something called the Supermarket Institute wanted the superior circular scan stickers, but IBM's dominance in the era forced the inferior rectangular bar code stickers on the institute.
Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/16/2003 10:07 PM EST
Do Not Eat Old Cadbury Eggs! Trust me they are no good, I have attempted to eat a year old and it was covered in chocolate mold(you know that white chalky stuff on the outside) and normal fuzzy mold on the inside. Stick with fresh ones.
Chestnuts roasted by Patrick N @ 04/17/2003 12:31 AM EST
....in refrence to the stickers attached to Cadbury Creme Eggs, sadly, the powers that be now have the UPC scan box as part of the foil packaging. Nine times out of ten, that means when they get wrapped at the factory they get compromised, which then makes all of us at the retail end of things look like friggin' cro-magnons trying to get them to scan. If you have a trigger gun thingie, it's not so bad -- but with one of those scanner beds? Forget it. Don't get me wrong, they're tasty as hell. But I'm glad when Easter is over and I don't have to look like I'm having an epileptic seizure trying to get one to show up on a receipt.
Chestnuts roasted by Mega Loopy, the Pudgy Luchador @ 04/17/2003 12:39 AM EST
Actually, that "Chocolate mold" you are refering to is not actually mold. It's called bloom. It's caused when the cocoa butter in chocolate crystalizes when it melts and then cools again. It looks gross, but it's actually perfectly safe to eat.
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/17/2003 02:07 AM EST
hey dude's what's grillin'?
in uk we get lots of lovely crisps and chocolates. when i talk to americans who come over here are often shocked at the uk sweet variety.
and crisps too.
and apparently your beer is weak too?
the limited snackage in the us is odd, cos when i watch wwe , the crowd often look all fat.
but you get to OWN GUNS, and have big cars and cheap petrol and actual proper porn is legal over there...so it aint all bad....but id rather have my "oven roast chicken and thyme" crisps.
so alla BALLA
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/17/2003 06:57 AM EST
man, when i was little, i always thought that cadbury eggs were chocolate eggs with Real eggs yolks inside em....ugh..*shiver*
Chestnuts roasted by matt @ 04/17/2003 08:56 AM EST
3 magic words to make you understand why we limey have bad teeth:
Cream. Egg. Mcflurries
God they're wonderful.
Chestnuts roasted by BeebOoop @ 04/17/2003 02:13 PM EST
Regarding kinder eggs- I am pretty sure they are illegal in the US as when you try to get them through customs, they are confiscated. Of course, that only means one needs to find creative ways of smuggling them through in your underwear.
Chestnuts roasted by Al @ 04/17/2003 02:17 PM EST
More about kinder eggs in the States-
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/06/24/financial0958EDT0035.DTL
The US is a sadder place than I thought!
Chestnuts roasted by Al @ 04/17/2003 02:22 PM EST
oh wow. illegal? crazy.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/17/2003 02:55 PM EST
I've had some friends bring wacky flavored chips from up north. Ketchup sounds like it would be good, but it tastes like the ketchup crust on the top of the bottle. Salt and pepper is very good, and I'm surprised we don't have it in the states. (I know we're picky eaters, but come on!) But "oven roasted chicken and thyme" potato crisps? I MUST have them. Someone, please tell me where I can find! I'll pay top dollar!
Chestnuts roasted by jthm @ 04/17/2003 03:23 PM EST
Odd chips I have had (at least some people consider them odd):
1. Ketchup Chips
2. Steak and Onion Chips
3. Barbecue Rib Chips
4. Salt and Pepper Chips
The Herrs company and Snyder have my undying support as well as those of my friends who know I'll try any chip flavor, no matter what.
Chestnuts roasted by Nemesis @ 04/17/2003 03:30 PM EST
I love it when the comments get to #50. :) Especially when the majority of posts deal with candy.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/17/2003 03:31 PM EST
nemesis: and everybody:
in england many of the flavours in the uk, that americans have told me you either dont have, or rarely get, like "Steak and Onion, or "Barbecue Rib", are actually marketed as being "American Style"
how odd
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/17/2003 04:14 PM EST
i just wanted to add that ive just eaten a kinder egg, and i had a really cool spinning top penguin.
so to all of you, who cant get kinder eggs, ALLA BALLA.
oh, i also wanted to say that this site slaps arse with both hands!
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/17/2003 04:17 PM EST
whenever i have visited america i have always been appaled by the state of the chocolate! the best thing i found was a twix, even then thats not a proper chocolate thing is it?! you guys just dont have the pure gloriousness of having cadburys chocolate all year round, and not just eggs. although it may always be advertised as cadbury off the record its always refered to as 'cadburys' - well thats just my take on it.
nb. if you think the chocolate on a cadburys egg is nice you need to get yourself some galaxy minstrels. mmm devine.
Chestnuts roasted by feg @ 04/17/2003 04:19 PM EST
nb. the cream egg:
how do you eat yours ?
recently i have found it best to nibble the top off and then using one of those cheap mcdonalds style coffee stirrer things (long plastic stick with a small flat bit on the bottom) to scope out the cream. sorry, but fingers get sticky and it always feels like you are throwing something expensive away when you inevitably have to wash your hands of the stickyness.
Chestnuts roasted by feg @ 04/17/2003 04:25 PM EST
For some reason, I never had a Cadbury's egg until I was 15 or 16.... curiosity got the better of me, then, and I bought one.
And gack. That stuff is vile.
Chestnuts roasted by Sun @ 04/17/2003 04:33 PM EST
I re-read the article, and I have a bone to pick with you, Matt. You say the creme eggs are the only candy in the world with an origin story. I know at least one other one: Tootsie Pops.
Everyone knows the urban legend about Tootsie Pops, where supposedly if you get a picture of an Indian boy shooting a star with a bow and arrow on your wrapper, you get a free case of lollipops, or $100, or whatever. Not true of course, but the company decided to come up with a hilariously bad backstory to explain the mystery of the Indian boy, involving a magical Indian who gave the lollipop inventor the recipe, and how he comes back secretly to inspect the lollipops to make sure they're high quality and leaves that symbol on the wrapper, etc.
Anyone know any other candies with an origin story?
Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 04/17/2003 04:53 PM EST
tin man, about the "american style" chips being chips that are either very rare or non existent in this country is similar to our so-called English muffins. from what i understand you guys dont really eat these things. unless its because thomas left england early on to come to the states and you guys used to have em but not anymore... hmmmmmmmm
Chestnuts roasted by jeremiah @ 04/17/2003 05:15 PM EST
Nemesis: Ketchup chips are the only chips worth eating. Well, Sour Creme and Onion are good, too. But ketchup are my favorite!
Ketchup chips would be really yummy, right now...
Chestnuts roasted by jjgoreha @ 04/17/2003 05:45 PM EST
I've had Japanese pizza-flavoured chips. They were pretty good.
Chestnuts roasted by GJ @ 04/17/2003 06:54 PM EST
Japanese pizza chips and fish flavored candy and all kinds of other assorted asain wacky snacks can be bought at www.jlist.com
So where can I find these roasted chicken and steak and onion chips? There has to be somebody selling them online. If not, I'm moving to the UK and going into business. I'm gonna be a millionaire!
Chestnuts roasted by jthm @ 04/17/2003 07:14 PM EST
Plus we got Kit-Kat chunkies in Ing-land a good few years before you.
Anyone remember chocolate crisps?
Chestnuts roasted by Bog @ 04/17/2003 11:36 PM EST
Plus we got Kit-Kat chunkies in Ing-land a good few years before you.
Anyone remember chocolate crisps?
Chestnuts roasted by Bog @ 04/17/2003 11:36 PM EST
Mandy, you may very well be responsible for my death. I will be trying that recipe tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I have to drop by the store for one or two of the ingredients, but I'm definitely going to try this one.
So if you guys read an news story a few months from now about a guy in the New England area who ballooned up to 700 pounds in less than six months and died of a massive corronary, you can say he once posted on the same message board as you.
As a side note: the other morning I happened upon a Butterfinger version of Cadbury Creme Eggs, and as DudeDude so eloquently put it, they are pure EVIL.
Chestnuts roasted by Lothian @ 04/18/2003 03:50 AM EST
Opps. My bad. I misread the way the thread is displayed, and gave credit to the wrong people.
Veruca was the poster who voiced my feelings about the hellspawn Creme Egg variants, and I have Mr. Goblin to thank for the recipe.
Chestnuts roasted by Lothian @ 04/18/2003 03:52 AM EST
JEREMIAH, JEREMIA!
that made me larf, the thing about muffins!
you see, the muffins in england are cup shaped spongy things with a swolen bit on top (?) crikey i make no sense ill find pic link:
http://images.neopets.com/nt/ntimages/29_battle-muffin.gif like this, but not purple of course.
but it seems that when you americans eat "english style muffins" we are eating the same thing, but its called an "american style " muffin. how odd is that?
i know some one who goes to america to see her son whos english and has a big bucks job, and she takes him chocolate cos he misses it now that he lives in america. so the myths of shit chocolate in america may be true
im glad ive got nice chocolate over here, cos nice chocolate slaps arse with both hands!
and kinder eggs slap arse with both hands too.
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/18/2003 04:31 AM EST
cool man. yeah its interesting how foods are advertised. being from brooklyn, i always notice how many pizza places throughout the country claim to have "real brooklyn style pizza". i mean come on, brooklyn doesnt even have brooklyn style pizza anymore. i cant even remember the last time i saw a real live italian working in a pizzeria. i guess its the same thing as labeling bagels "new york style".
Chestnuts roasted by jeremiah @ 04/18/2003 12:42 PM EST
Kinder eggs illegal? To think I've passed them up so many times, not knowing I could be purchasing contraband...this must be remedied. Especially now that I know they have such interesting toys inside. They are still available in St Louis, at least as of last week.
I would have to say that American chocolate is far too waxy and bland. Even when I was young I knew this, and clamored for Cadbury whenever we went to Walgreens. Now I am old enough to eat candy for every meal, and have found local stores that import all kinds of tasty food. This winter I purchased some Cadbury's drinking chocolate. It's like Quik but it tastes real. And the various chocolate with marzipan filling...and so much hazelnut! Oh god...must go to the store...
Chestnuts roasted by tharfoir @ 04/18/2003 05:16 PM EST
If it brightens your day at all, Cadbury Creme Eggs are freakin' health food compared to Mounds bars. Two little coconut bars: 20% DV of total fat, a whopping 50% DV of saturated fat, and buckets of everything else bad for you. They probably had to bury Peter Paul in a piano box.
Chestnuts roasted by The Captain @ 04/18/2003 05:17 PM EST
I just managed to pull the entire label off without ripping from a mini creme egg. If anyone wants proof I can take a photo. :D
Chestnuts roasted by GJ @ 04/18/2003 05:36 PM EST
Just to teach everyone something new today, drinking was the way in which the South American natives first perfected eating chocolate. Oh, and don't think that just because you British and Canadian people have odd potato chips(crisps?) that we Americans don't shove some strange things down our throats too. Check out these doozies picked up from the store the other day:
http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=2235092
Peanut butter. In a tube. I think it's a sign of the Apocolypse.
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/18/2003 06:07 PM EST
in england, many pizzas claim to be, "american sytle". whats up with that?
pizzas are italian. what a load of boiled arse.
a really really really big load of boiled arse on a stick
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/18/2003 06:41 PM EST
pizza flavoured chips arent so weird. what about pizza pringes?
they're actually not that bag.
oh, and has anyone else ever noticed that roast chicken chips oddly enough, taste exactly the same as the shrimp ones?
silly old dutch.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/18/2003 07:39 PM EST
in other news, i suck at spelling today.
i meant pizza pringLes, and 'aren't that baD'
mmhmm.
please continue.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/18/2003 07:40 PM EST
Once upon a time, I read a story where a rather demanding character asked for Yorkies and Smarties, both of which are brands of candies that are only available in the UK. I just shrugged it off as it being part of the story.
Then I went into a local store, and lo and behold, I found the aforementioned candies along with other imported candies (the one that stands out in my mind is the Aero). First bite into a Yorkie, and my taste buds were doing the Fandango. It was that good. It cost a dollar to buy as opposed to 65¢ for a regular candy bar, but it was worth eating.
Hey Mandy, if you're still interested in a potential mate, especially if you live in the New York area, I've posted my email instead of my website. ;)
Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 04/18/2003 09:29 PM EST
Uh, pizza is american not italian. It was developed in here in the U.S. by an Italian American.
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 04/18/2003 09:31 PM EST
are pizzas really american?
id look it up, but im going up the pub.
it it turned out that i was right and you was rong, that would slap arse with both hands!!!!!!!!!
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/19/2003 03:37 PM EST
Americans have Smarties too, only they're SMARTIES and not Smarties. Yours are little candy coated chocolates, while ours are big candy wafers. Most people think the American SMARTIES suck, I know, but I love 'em! I even known someone who has a SMARTIES despenser! In the shape of an elf! Yay!
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/19/2003 10:27 PM EST
i think what you guys in the states call 'smarties' are what we call 'rockets' up here.
god i hate those things. i always got shitloads of them on halloween, too.
Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 04/19/2003 10:51 PM EST
hahaha
I'm from Australia and cadbury is practically owns all the candy produced here... and soft drinks too. We have had the same creme egg add for about 15 years. It is set in mid 20th cent. in a school and has some boy in detention offer a girl a creme egg from his desk and he gets caught and the teacher confiscates them all and pigs out on them... or something like that.
We also have creme eggs all year round in normal, white choclate and caramello (caramel) falvours. But we have something better in Oz... Freddo frogs. These rule they are basically a choclate 1/3 the size of a choclate bar and shaped like a frog. They cost about 30centsAUD so about 20 cents US and come in so many falvours... u dont know how good these are. But despite us having year long access to the largest variety of cadbury products in the WORLD we have to friggin' import our cookies and creme choclate and we don't have half the breakfast cerals or ice creme falvours the US have... but I s'pose we have kinder eggs and wacky chip falvours
(one of the potato chip companies has just released meat pie and sause flavour... but the all time best flavour is 'honey and smoked bacon')
P.S. I once went to the cadbury factory in Tasmania in Australia... and no they don't come from a cadbury rabbit (sorry to ruin the illusion) and at the end of the tour as in most factory tours we could eat a shitload of damaged stock, including creme eggs, although most of them had the goo all seeping through the egg and i couldn't stand getting my fingers all gooey
Chestnuts roasted by dredt @ 04/20/2003 07:42 AM EST
Freezair: I've had US Smarties. They're OK. Nothing like compressed sugar to get through your day.
I want a US Smarties dispenser in the shape of an elf. Where do I get one, and how much does it cost?
Hey Mandy, you still out there, girl?
Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 04/20/2003 10:52 AM EST
My pal picked hers up from a Toys 'R' Us back in '99, I beleive. I think US SMARTIES might be made by Necco, so maybe you ought to check out the Necco site and see if they've any for sale. Actually, the dispense was always an enigma for me too, though I've looked at the picture in her online photo gallery and wanted that thing for so long!
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/20/2003 12:36 PM EST
in england, our cereals are made of , uh, cereal.
im so jealouse that the american cereals seem to be just a bowl of sweet shop sweets. big bowls of sweets for breakfast slap arse with both hands. and slapping arse with both hands slap arse wuith both hands!!!
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/20/2003 05:59 PM EST
Healthy cereals aren't so bad. I like big boxes of frosted wheat, though I eat those as a snack food. With crutons.
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/20/2003 08:09 PM EST
on the subject of chips, I know I've gotten salt and pepper and crab flavored chips in middle virginia.
Chestnuts roasted by Ned @ 04/20/2003 09:05 PM EST
you said this was the only candy with back story, what about Wonka's entire line?
i wish i still lived in canada and got cadbury all year round.
Chestnuts roasted by crunchbot @ 04/21/2003 02:37 AM EST
in englan, the wonka runts and nerds (i dont think nerds fall under the wonka banner over there do they?) and gobstoppers and cweebs are nice.
but theres also crappy wonka chocolate. whick sucks arse through a straw. what evil cash in barstard ness.
Chestnuts roasted by 'tin man @ 04/21/2003 03:08 AM EST
i just had jalepeno and sour cream chips today. thats a new one on me. its put out by miss vickies who just started making other flavours a couple years ago. those are some goooood chips (they are home style)
and whoever said this, im pretty sure pizzas are ITALIAN. the origional pizza was just cheese and a meatless sauce on a thin thin crust. when it came to america, all the other stuff started to get added to it (mainly meat i believe).
Chestnuts roasted by dudedude @ 04/21/2003 01:07 PM EST
If I were to have any complaint on American chocolate, it wouldn't be the taste. I rather like Hershey's, truth be told. A lot of other chocolates seem too sweet for me. Oh, but there's a store here in town called Choc-alot, and it's run by a couple from Russie, and THAT is Chocolate of the Gods. I got a HUGE peanut-butter cup from there yesterday, only it was peanut butter fudge, and oh oh oh! Chocolate such as you have never TASTED! I'm privlidged.
No, MY complaint would be the inability to find plain white chocolate any time except Easter. I prefer white to milk but it's so HARD to find, dangit!
Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 04/21/2003 01:13 PM EST
I've had trouble finding gobstoppers and runts recently, and dweebs I havent seen in 4 years now.
The candy I miss is the Ferrara Pan candies that my ice cream man used to sell. 25 cents for a reasonable sized box. Johnny Apple Treats most of all, but I liked a good Cherry Clan and Alexander the Grape now and then. Now they're all fruit-heads a la lemonheads. The last time I found appleheads was at south of the border in South Carolina. I bought the whole box. Best 3 dollars I've ever spent. Its been a year since I had one, oh I miss them.
Chestnuts roasted by Ned @ 04/21/2003 08:01 PM EST
I am sure that Creme Eggs had a much more liquidy center when they first came out here in the 80's. You could practically drink it. That was why so many people were grossed out by them...because the inside was really runny like egg yolk. (YUM!) For years now, it's been much more solid, and it's not nearly as good. My theory is that they made bizillions of them back in 1985, and they're still selling the same ones. They're just firmed up inside now. I long for a truly slimy Creme Egg.
Chestnuts roasted by Stubby @ 04/21/2003 08:40 PM EST
and i ment "jalepeno and sourcream" as ONE flavour, not 2 different ones.
Chestnuts roasted by DudeDude @ 04/21/2003 10:30 PM EST
i can't remember if i posted this or just thought about it and i don't have the patience to read through again, but one year i got a cadbury cream egg in my Halloween pumpkin! EW! i was traumatized. i did not attempt to eat it. i also must agree with mandy's first suggestion. yummy.
Chestnuts roasted by t-rah @ 04/22/2003 12:05 PM EST
HAH. Got the wrapper off in one piece. First try. I rock.
I'm actually proud of myself. That's kinda sad.
Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 04/22/2003 06:21 PM EST
Wha? The blog comments read from top to bottom now? What a mix-up.
Oh, yes. A bit of advice in storing your Cadbury Creme Eggs: if you like the creamy center to stay creamy, do not store your eggs in the refrigerator. The filling will get solid and no fun to eat. This happened to me twice, and it was not fun to eat.
*still pissed that CCE's are only available during Lent when most people can't snack or have given up chocolate*
Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 04/22/2003 07:28 PM EST
I have been trying to find CCE's after easter for cheap and no one seems to have ANY at all. I am very sad.
Chestnuts roasted by mindsuckr @ 04/23/2003 02:41 AM EST
Has there ever been 100 replies to a blog post on this site?
Chestnuts roasted by dredt @ 04/23/2003 02:55 AM EST
There will be soon, dredt, very soon.
Chestnuts roasted by Wiggle @ 04/23/2003 03:05 AM EST
only one more to go . . .
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 04/23/2003 02:30 PM EST
And there it is. :D
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/23/2003 02:54 PM EST
Sorry, NOW there's one more post to go . . . to the 100TH POST ! ! ! Ginat Ape Juice for everyone. Please drink responsably.
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 04/23/2003 04:31 PM EST
Never even seen one of these before.... Look fun to play with...
Chestnuts roasted by Lint @ 04/25/2003 10:23 AM EST
Congratulations on the 100 blog posts. To think it all had to do with CCE's... and Giant Ape Juice.
As for flavored potato chips, Lays came out with one called "San Antonio Salsa" Not bad if you want to add some pounds.
Speaking of salsa, I'm eating salsa mixed with lowfat sour cream on regular saltines because I can't afford tortilla chips. I'm gonna blow up like a balloon.
Isn't it glorious when Lent is over and you can eat again?
Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 04/25/2003 08:12 PM EST
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Chestnuts roasted by don @ 06/22/2003 12:15 PM EST
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Chestnuts roasted by you @ 06/22/2003 12:15 PM EST
Some of you folks should have been at the Wildwood grocery store I work at a few days after Easter. We were literally giving away basketloads of Cadbury Cream Eggs. I stuffed every single customer's bag with Cadburys for two days and there were still eggs left. I snagged a few for my brother, but didn't keep any for myself, as I swore to my mother I'd go on a diet as soon as Easter was over. (Yes, I've mostly kept my word.)
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 08/16/2003 10:12 PM EST
About the origins of pizza: This is based on what I was told in my Italian class in high school, so I can't vouch for its veracity.
Pizza was created in Italy, but it was not what most people consider pizza today. Basically, people would take their leftovers from the previous day and put them on some bread dough and put it in the oven. It was shaped like a contemporary pizza, it didn't follow the pattern of cheese, sauce and the optional toppings.
This meal was typically associated with poorer people, because it involved eating leftovers. When Queen Margherita came to visit some random poor part of Italy for some unspecified reason, the people of the random poor part of Italy decided to prepare a pizza, but they had to do something to make it more acceptable to nobility.
As something special, they decided to make a patriotic pizza, using the colors of the Italian flag. The red was the tomato sauce, the white was the cheese and the green was the basil that they mixed in with the sauce. It was a success and marked the beginning of pizza as a popular food. Because the queen was named Margherita, this type of pizza is refered to in Europe as Pizza Margherita, but in America they call it a plain old ordinary Cheese Pizza.
In America, the pizza that we know and love today was formed by taking the Pizza Margherita and adding other toppings to it. The most popular of these was the Pepperoni Pizza. In England, they call this the American Pizza and in Italy they call it the Pizza Americana.
On Kinder Eggs: I was introduced to these things in kindergarten, when I was living in France. Because they are illegal in the US my family and I have always made sure to smuggle some back every time we go to Europe. In tenth grade, I spent a week in Paris, and found a really large Kinder Egg. There weren't any problems with customs, but there was a problem at the De Gaulle airport, when the x-ray machine detected a "mysterious round metallic object" so they searched my luggage and ended up finding a chocholate egg wrapped in tin foil rather than a bomb, so I was allowed to take it back.
More sinister was the extra large toy, which appeared to be a model of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland hanging out in his bachelor pad. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the pedals of the flowers were made out of paint and that this was a water-color set shaped like a caterpillar on a mushroom surrounded by flowers.
I have seen them in stores in America, but the stores all appear to be owned by east European immigrants.
Chestnuts roasted by gmfbrown @ 12/07/2003 03:51 PM EST
