Best Candy

[apl68]

Oh, 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.

[apl68]

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. 

[little bongo]

Coconut M&M's.

[Wahoo Redux]

Zagnut Bars.

[sinenomine]

I forgot to put Goldenberg's Peanut Chews on my first posting. Yum!

[ergative]

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]

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]

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.

[paultuttle]

Coconut M&M's.

+1

[permanent imposter]

Can't believe no one has posted Hi-Chews yet!

[jimbogumbo]

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]

Can't believe no one has posted Hi-Chews yet!

I discovered these recently. They're pretty good!