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Started by evil_physics_witchcraft, October 12, 2021, 06:35:18 PM

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apl68

#45
October 15, 2021, 07:19:24 AM
Quote from: traductio on October 14, 2021, 12:26:36 PM
Quote from: ergative on October 14, 2021, 07:34:10 AM
Quote from: traductio on October 13, 2021, 07:28:34 PM
Quote from: onthefringe on October 13, 2021, 04:53:48 PM
Quote from: mamselle on October 13, 2021, 11:05:49 AMOh, actually, those dusted Turkish gelatin delights

Have to disagree with you on this one. After many childhood readings of Narnia I assumed Turkish delight must be aMAZing. Tried it finally, and all I could think was "what was wrong with Edmund?"

My dad read the Narnia Chronicles to me when I was a kid, and I read them to my kids. (For the record, three are amazing books, two are frighteningly racist, and two are meh.) My daughter -- like me, when I was a kid -- was so curious about Turkish delight. Unlike my dad, though, I went and bought some, maybe because I was still curious myself.

My conclusion? Not worth betraying your brother and sisters to the White Witch.

I saw a tweet which said that this whole plot element makes a lot more sense if it's interpreted in the context of war-time sugar rationing.

How do the books break down for you on amazing/racist/meh? I haven't read them in a while, but I do recall that there was some distinct ethnic coding in The Horse and His Boy and Prince Caspian. I don't remember reading it as racist, but then I was 12 at the time, and I have difficulty imagining someone of C. S. Lewis's background doing a good job with ethnic diversity.

That makes sense for the Turkish delight. I mean, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't worth the betrayal it prompts in the book!

(And at the risk of derailing the thread, I love The Magician's Nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Voyage of the Dawntreader. At the other end of the spectrum, The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle are very much a product of their time, and the depiction of the Calormenes is not something I'm comfortable reading to my kids now. Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair are okay as stories go, although Puddleglum in The Silver Chair is an endearing character.) /hijack

That's about how I'd assess them, based on my childhood memories of reading them.
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apl68

#46
October 15, 2021, 10:58:30 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 14, 2021, 11:42:56 AM
Check out this fun interactive map of popular Halloween candy by state:
https://www.candystore.com/blog/facts-trivia/halloween-candy-map-popular/
Features this year's winners and past ones.

So Jolly Ranchers are supposed to be our regional favorite?  Not too surprising.  A little surprised that Butterfingers are the first runner-up, but it's not THAT unbelievable. 
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little bongo

#47
October 15, 2021, 02:27:51 PM
Coconut M&M's.

Wahoo Redux

#48
October 15, 2021, 07:41:40 PM
Zagnut Bars.
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sinenomine

#49
October 16, 2021, 04:14:13 AM
I forgot to put Goldenberg's Peanut Chews on my first posting. Yum!
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ergative

#50
October 16, 2021, 04:54:41 AM
Quote from: apl68 on October 15, 2021, 10:58:30 AM
Quote from: hmaria1609 on October 14, 2021, 11:42:56 AM
Check out this fun interactive map of popular Halloween candy by state:
https://www.candystore.com/blog/facts-trivia/halloween-candy-map-popular/
Features this year's winners and past ones.

So Jolly Ranchers are supposed to be our regional favorite?  Not too surprising.  A little surprised that Butterfingers are the first runner-up, but it's not THAT unbelievable.

Kansas, North Carolina, and California know what's what. But I cannot believe that any state--even Montana--genuinely thinks that double bubble gum is the best candy. Something's wrong with those survey methods. Double bubble gum definitely belongs on the other candy thread.

cascade

#51
October 16, 2021, 05:06:06 AM
Quote from: ergative on October 16, 2021, 04:54:41 AM
Kansas, North Carolina, and California know what's what. But I cannot believe that any state--even Montana--genuinely thinks that double bubble gum is the best candy. Something's wrong with those survey methods. Double bubble gum definitely belongs on the other candy thread.

I agree about the double bubble.

It looks like no state may be contiguous with another state that shares its candy preferences. This is in the constitution, right?

Puget

#52
October 16, 2021, 06:53:14 AM
Quote from: cascade on October 16, 2021, 05:06:06 AM
Quote from: ergative on October 16, 2021, 04:54:41 AM
Kansas, North Carolina, and California know what's what. But I cannot believe that any state--even Montana--genuinely thinks that double bubble gum is the best candy. Something's wrong with those survey methods. Double bubble gum definitely belongs on the other candy thread.

I agree about the double bubble.

It looks like no state may be contiguous with another state that shares its candy preferences. This is in the constitution, right?



I think it is a map of candy sales around Halloween not preferences. So my take is some states are just stingy with the candy they hand out and hoard the peanut butter cups for themselves.
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permanent imposter

#54
October 22, 2021, 10:59:01 PM
Can't believe no one has posted Hi-Chews yet!

jimbogumbo

#55
October 23, 2021, 06:11:04 AM
Quote from: permanent imposter on October 22, 2021, 10:59:01 PM
Can't believe no one has posted Hi-Chews yet!

This comment may be in part because of my foul mood over the ear pain, but they are probably in the other thread.

evil_physics_witchcraft

#56
October 23, 2021, 06:27:19 AM
Quote from: permanent imposter on October 22, 2021, 10:59:01 PM
Can't believe no one has posted Hi-Chews yet!

I discovered these recently. They're pretty good!
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