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TulaneLSU's Top 10 Halloween treats
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:05 pm
Dear Friends,
Is there anything more disappointing than seeing one of your favorite chefs from your favorite restaurants shopping for groceries at Sam’s? I do not know why it disappoints me every time, but I suspect it has to do with a bit of the unknown becoming known. When you go to a restaurant there is a veil between you and the food. It would be sacrilegious to compare a restaurant’s kitchen door to the veil covering the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies within the Jerusalem Temple, but nonetheless, the two maintain some basic level of similitude.
I was shopping in Sam’s Club this morning, like a smart shopper does on Mondays early in the morning, and saw one of my favorite chefs there also with two carts full of meats and basic ingredients. My prying eyes found several racks of lamb ribs, which was my favorite dish at this restaurant. I immediately stopped peering into his cart. A piece of my cherished memories had been blemished from the unveiling. I had never given it much thought before today, but I think I held onto the false belief that the chef had a flock of lamb in the restaurant’s imaginary farm. He would go out back just after placing my order, and he freshly butcher a lamb before bringing me my dish. This revelation made me ravenous for sweets to comfort me.
I made a beeline for the candy aisle, which was next to the Christmas cookies aisle. What I found at Sam’s was a shocking surprise. There were a few bags of typical upscale Halloween chocolates like Reeses, but the majority of the Halloween candy aisle was polluted with trash tricks from UTZ. Pretzels? It makes as much sense as handing out Halloween pretzels as it does for the morons at the National Hurricane Center to skip five English letters -- Q, U, X, Y, and Z -- and instead, use Greek alphabet letters for hurricane names. At the very least, why not call it Hurricane Q, if you do not like Quinn or Qinyang?
I was in need of some Halloween cheer, and if there is one place that can provide it better than any other four weeks before the big day, it is Walmart. I arrived before it was crowded, and had a chance to explore the Halloween candies. Getting carried away is something I have always been good at doing. Soon, my entire cart was filled with some of the best Halloween candies available anywhere. filled up an entire cart with more candy than any one person should have in a lifetime. Sure, these will be good for all the trick-or-treaters, but I will need to sample them all more than a little to ensure quality.
Before I knew it, I had enough candy to make a Top 10. One thing I saw missing from Walmart, which was in no small supply when I went door to door as a costumed youngster -- my 1993 Moses costume is still hailed as one of the all-time greats at the annual Octavia Street Halloween Party -- was the Tootsie Roll. These gross and chewy fake chocolates were usually given by older people, that or those peanut butter chews wrapped anonymously in the black and orange wax wrappers. Those two candies were the worst thing you could ever receive as a child on Halloween. I think I would have preferred a Kit-Kat with an imbedded razor blade to a Peanut Butter Kiss.
If you are a Halloween candy traditionalist, as in stuck in the 60s or 70s, Walmart does sell a trash variety pack with DoubleBubble, Smarties, Bazooka, Tiger Pops, Fruit Chews, Jawbreakers, Bubble King, and Airheads. Airheads, of course, deserve a better place in the world, and I will be writing a letter to the manufacturer not to include Airheads in the cast of outcasts. Only Shriners in those goofy cars that start a parade should hand out this junk, so that we can summarily throw it on the ground and let the cleaning crews wipe away this refuse.
Is there anything more disappointing than seeing one of your favorite chefs from your favorite restaurants shopping for groceries at Sam’s? I do not know why it disappoints me every time, but I suspect it has to do with a bit of the unknown becoming known. When you go to a restaurant there is a veil between you and the food. It would be sacrilegious to compare a restaurant’s kitchen door to the veil covering the ark of the covenant in the holy of holies within the Jerusalem Temple, but nonetheless, the two maintain some basic level of similitude.
I was shopping in Sam’s Club this morning, like a smart shopper does on Mondays early in the morning, and saw one of my favorite chefs there also with two carts full of meats and basic ingredients. My prying eyes found several racks of lamb ribs, which was my favorite dish at this restaurant. I immediately stopped peering into his cart. A piece of my cherished memories had been blemished from the unveiling. I had never given it much thought before today, but I think I held onto the false belief that the chef had a flock of lamb in the restaurant’s imaginary farm. He would go out back just after placing my order, and he freshly butcher a lamb before bringing me my dish. This revelation made me ravenous for sweets to comfort me.
I made a beeline for the candy aisle, which was next to the Christmas cookies aisle. What I found at Sam’s was a shocking surprise. There were a few bags of typical upscale Halloween chocolates like Reeses, but the majority of the Halloween candy aisle was polluted with trash tricks from UTZ. Pretzels? It makes as much sense as handing out Halloween pretzels as it does for the morons at the National Hurricane Center to skip five English letters -- Q, U, X, Y, and Z -- and instead, use Greek alphabet letters for hurricane names. At the very least, why not call it Hurricane Q, if you do not like Quinn or Qinyang?
I was in need of some Halloween cheer, and if there is one place that can provide it better than any other four weeks before the big day, it is Walmart. I arrived before it was crowded, and had a chance to explore the Halloween candies. Getting carried away is something I have always been good at doing. Soon, my entire cart was filled with some of the best Halloween candies available anywhere. filled up an entire cart with more candy than any one person should have in a lifetime. Sure, these will be good for all the trick-or-treaters, but I will need to sample them all more than a little to ensure quality.
Before I knew it, I had enough candy to make a Top 10. One thing I saw missing from Walmart, which was in no small supply when I went door to door as a costumed youngster -- my 1993 Moses costume is still hailed as one of the all-time greats at the annual Octavia Street Halloween Party -- was the Tootsie Roll. These gross and chewy fake chocolates were usually given by older people, that or those peanut butter chews wrapped anonymously in the black and orange wax wrappers. Those two candies were the worst thing you could ever receive as a child on Halloween. I think I would have preferred a Kit-Kat with an imbedded razor blade to a Peanut Butter Kiss.
If you are a Halloween candy traditionalist, as in stuck in the 60s or 70s, Walmart does sell a trash variety pack with DoubleBubble, Smarties, Bazooka, Tiger Pops, Fruit Chews, Jawbreakers, Bubble King, and Airheads. Airheads, of course, deserve a better place in the world, and I will be writing a letter to the manufacturer not to include Airheads in the cast of outcasts. Only Shriners in those goofy cars that start a parade should hand out this junk, so that we can summarily throw it on the ground and let the cleaning crews wipe away this refuse.
This post was edited on 10/5/20 at 2:09 pm
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Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:05 pm to TulaneLSU
Friends, some of you will purchase Halloween candy in the coming weeks. I must tell you now is the time to do so, as the best of the candies may be snatched. The last thing you want is to be known as the house that gives out bad Halloween gifts. If you are ready to go shopping, perhaps, you will be aided by TulaneLSU’s Top 10 Halloween treats:
10. Apples
I know this choice will probably not win many converts, but I love getting an apple for Halloween. If the giver has several varieties, I request Pink Lady, Fuji, or Ambrosia. Sweet, crisp, and with a hint of tart, these were the first real treats for trick-or-treaters. These relatively healthy snacks are more filling than the useless junk that makes you feel good for a few minutes.
Let us not forget that it was, according to Roman tradition, an apple that Eve and Adam ate from the Tree of Life. Of course, any Hebrew scholar of the OT knows that the Hebrew does not translate into apple but only fruit. I believe it was Jerome who erred when he translated fruit into malum, or apple. Ever since, Western artists have shown the first people eating an apple.
9. Junior Mints
There are two occasions to eat Junior Mints: movie night at the theater and Halloween. While I prefer the traditional white cream innards, the black and orange innards still taste good.
8. Whoppers
I will never understand what malt is, but Whoppers hold a dear place in my heart because that has always been Uncle’s favorite candy. For Christmas every year, in addition to a more standard gift, I give Uncle a collector’s tin filled with Whoppers. Occasionally, I will try a piece. Truthfully, I do not like the flavor that much. And so many Whoppers are duds that, rather than snapping in the mouth, just collapse softly in the mouth like a wet piece of bread.
7. Candy Pumpkins or Corn
Candy corn, to me, is the most traditional of all Halloween candies. Although it is not that good, the texture and flavor catapult me into the Halloween of my childhood. Waxy and chewy, if I had never tried a piece of candy corn before today, I would likely spit it up and yell at the person telling me to try it. But nostalgia has a way of overcoming even the most unpleasant of foods. I prefer the pumpkins to the corn, as the pumpkins have a little more meat to them.
6. Haribo gummy bears
Now sold in small packages, perfect for handing to your neighbors, gummy bears are soft enough for those with dentures and sweet enough for the most serious sugar seekers. I am told not to hand out the sugar-free varieties.
5. York peppermint patties
Chocolate and mint are a perfect pairing, and there is not a better snack than the York peppermint. Cover one in homemade ice cream and you have a gourmet dessert. I can still remember asking the ice cream scooper at the Lakeside Swensen’s if he could include two York patties in my date’s dessert. It was my first ever date, and I wanted to impress her with my cultured dining secrets. When he said, “Yeah, we don’t do weird things like that here,” I was humiliated and lost it. I asked to speak to the manager, who was not there, and ended up leaving without getting any ice cream. I still blame that whole episode for my first date becoming my only date that year.
4. Twix
I spent a month in the United Kingdom in the mid-2000s for personal growth. During that time, I survived largely on fish and chips and Twix. I probably ate over 100 full-sized Twix bars during that period and developed quite a fondness to it. The crunchy cookie on the bottom and that textured chocolate topping were a perfect pairing. The caramel, to me, was never needed, and in older bars, I think it served to cause the cookie to become sodden.
3.Kit Kat
I think of the Kit Kat as a Twix bar without the caramel. As such, it is superior and delicious. I can think of no interesting stories about the Kit Kat right now. It is just a solid, solid dessert bar.
2. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
As a child, there was nothing better than getting an individually wrapped Reeses. I would almost always devour it before I left the giver’s property, just so they could see how joyous and complete it made me feel. Thinking more intently, there were two things better: first, the #1, listed below, and second, getting a full package with two peanut butter cups. On those ever so rare occasions, when the giver threw thriftiness to the wind, and you were blessed with a full or even king-sized serving, life simply did not get better. All those hours of dressing up in your favorite biblical character were worth it.
Following the success of Reeses peanut butter eggs, given on occasion of our Lord’s Resurrection from the dead, Reeses has started making holiday-themed cups. I have not had the Reeses pumpkins, but will try them later and let you know how they taste.
1. Time Saver ICEE coupon
In 1990, sensing a community fearful of poison and razor-laced candies, Time Saver started its Safe Halloween Campaign. Parents at that time, and even today, feared that some neighborhood sociopath would try to harm their children, so looked to give out treats that were clearly non-injurious to its recipients, at least acutely so. Time Saver began selling sheets of coupons for ICEEs that you would hand out to trick-or-treaters.
I can remember jumping for joy and yelling, “Bingo! It’s ICEE time!” every time I received a coupon. Mother liked this idea, as I believe some of the money went to a local charity, so she too used them at Halloween, giving them, along with a Gideon New Testament and Psalms, to all disguised children who came to our door. There is no other way to find oneself so that the masks we all wear can be thrown aside, allowing our true Love to see us and for us to see our one true Love.
I searched high and low, long and far, to find one of these ICEE coupons, but I could find neither a real one to photograph nor a photograph of one. I decided to draw one to the best of my memory. It would be a great gift to me if any of you could find such an ICEE coupon and post a picture of it. Those papers brought so much happiness to me as a child.
In all I spent $293.12 on Halloween candy today. I hope I will have enough visitors to accept all this candy. Otherwise, I will need to walk a lot more than 20 miles daily in November. Be sure to buy early and buy with generosity in mind. When you could give out one piece of candy, why not give out two? That extra generosity might make some child’s day. Who knows -- 25 years from now might he even post about it on TigerDroppings in a memory or Halloween thread!
Faith, Hope, and Love,
TulaneLSU
10. Apples
I know this choice will probably not win many converts, but I love getting an apple for Halloween. If the giver has several varieties, I request Pink Lady, Fuji, or Ambrosia. Sweet, crisp, and with a hint of tart, these were the first real treats for trick-or-treaters. These relatively healthy snacks are more filling than the useless junk that makes you feel good for a few minutes.
Let us not forget that it was, according to Roman tradition, an apple that Eve and Adam ate from the Tree of Life. Of course, any Hebrew scholar of the OT knows that the Hebrew does not translate into apple but only fruit. I believe it was Jerome who erred when he translated fruit into malum, or apple. Ever since, Western artists have shown the first people eating an apple.
9. Junior Mints
There are two occasions to eat Junior Mints: movie night at the theater and Halloween. While I prefer the traditional white cream innards, the black and orange innards still taste good.
8. Whoppers
I will never understand what malt is, but Whoppers hold a dear place in my heart because that has always been Uncle’s favorite candy. For Christmas every year, in addition to a more standard gift, I give Uncle a collector’s tin filled with Whoppers. Occasionally, I will try a piece. Truthfully, I do not like the flavor that much. And so many Whoppers are duds that, rather than snapping in the mouth, just collapse softly in the mouth like a wet piece of bread.
7. Candy Pumpkins or Corn
Candy corn, to me, is the most traditional of all Halloween candies. Although it is not that good, the texture and flavor catapult me into the Halloween of my childhood. Waxy and chewy, if I had never tried a piece of candy corn before today, I would likely spit it up and yell at the person telling me to try it. But nostalgia has a way of overcoming even the most unpleasant of foods. I prefer the pumpkins to the corn, as the pumpkins have a little more meat to them.
6. Haribo gummy bears
Now sold in small packages, perfect for handing to your neighbors, gummy bears are soft enough for those with dentures and sweet enough for the most serious sugar seekers. I am told not to hand out the sugar-free varieties.
5. York peppermint patties
Chocolate and mint are a perfect pairing, and there is not a better snack than the York peppermint. Cover one in homemade ice cream and you have a gourmet dessert. I can still remember asking the ice cream scooper at the Lakeside Swensen’s if he could include two York patties in my date’s dessert. It was my first ever date, and I wanted to impress her with my cultured dining secrets. When he said, “Yeah, we don’t do weird things like that here,” I was humiliated and lost it. I asked to speak to the manager, who was not there, and ended up leaving without getting any ice cream. I still blame that whole episode for my first date becoming my only date that year.
4. Twix
I spent a month in the United Kingdom in the mid-2000s for personal growth. During that time, I survived largely on fish and chips and Twix. I probably ate over 100 full-sized Twix bars during that period and developed quite a fondness to it. The crunchy cookie on the bottom and that textured chocolate topping were a perfect pairing. The caramel, to me, was never needed, and in older bars, I think it served to cause the cookie to become sodden.
3.Kit Kat
I think of the Kit Kat as a Twix bar without the caramel. As such, it is superior and delicious. I can think of no interesting stories about the Kit Kat right now. It is just a solid, solid dessert bar.
2. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
As a child, there was nothing better than getting an individually wrapped Reeses. I would almost always devour it before I left the giver’s property, just so they could see how joyous and complete it made me feel. Thinking more intently, there were two things better: first, the #1, listed below, and second, getting a full package with two peanut butter cups. On those ever so rare occasions, when the giver threw thriftiness to the wind, and you were blessed with a full or even king-sized serving, life simply did not get better. All those hours of dressing up in your favorite biblical character were worth it.
Following the success of Reeses peanut butter eggs, given on occasion of our Lord’s Resurrection from the dead, Reeses has started making holiday-themed cups. I have not had the Reeses pumpkins, but will try them later and let you know how they taste.
1. Time Saver ICEE coupon
In 1990, sensing a community fearful of poison and razor-laced candies, Time Saver started its Safe Halloween Campaign. Parents at that time, and even today, feared that some neighborhood sociopath would try to harm their children, so looked to give out treats that were clearly non-injurious to its recipients, at least acutely so. Time Saver began selling sheets of coupons for ICEEs that you would hand out to trick-or-treaters.
I can remember jumping for joy and yelling, “Bingo! It’s ICEE time!” every time I received a coupon. Mother liked this idea, as I believe some of the money went to a local charity, so she too used them at Halloween, giving them, along with a Gideon New Testament and Psalms, to all disguised children who came to our door. There is no other way to find oneself so that the masks we all wear can be thrown aside, allowing our true Love to see us and for us to see our one true Love.
I searched high and low, long and far, to find one of these ICEE coupons, but I could find neither a real one to photograph nor a photograph of one. I decided to draw one to the best of my memory. It would be a great gift to me if any of you could find such an ICEE coupon and post a picture of it. Those papers brought so much happiness to me as a child.
In all I spent $293.12 on Halloween candy today. I hope I will have enough visitors to accept all this candy. Otherwise, I will need to walk a lot more than 20 miles daily in November. Be sure to buy early and buy with generosity in mind. When you could give out one piece of candy, why not give out two? That extra generosity might make some child’s day. Who knows -- 25 years from now might he even post about it on TigerDroppings in a memory or Halloween thread!
Faith, Hope, and Love,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 10/5/20 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:06 pm to TulaneLSU
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Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:06 pm to TulaneLSU
Somehow I expect Wether’s Original to be a top 3 on your list
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:08 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
Top 10 Halloween candies
quote:
Apples
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:08 pm to TulaneLSU
Now this is why I love October. Now I just need a run down of Top 10 Halloween Costumes.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:09 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
TulaneLSU's Top 10 Halloween candies
Im going to hunt you down and choke you with Candy Corn
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:09 pm to TulaneLSU
I'm glad you had candy corn on there. Although it is disgusting it wouldn't be Halloween without it. Also a breath of fresh air to see the New Testament on there as well. Although as a kid I would have been highly pee-o'd.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:10 pm to TulaneLSU
Reese's Peanut Butter cups are always confiscated from my kids at the end of halloween
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:10 pm to TulaneLSU
whoppers, Reece’s, and twix were always my favorites.
Take 5 is the best candy but wasn’t around when I was trick or treating.
Take 5 is the best candy but wasn’t around when I was trick or treating.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:10 pm to TulaneLSU
Everybody hates you
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:11 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:
6. Haribo gummy bears
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:11 pm to TulaneLSU
Hello Good Friend,
Those York patties are delicious.
Probably going to grab a bag for my hurricane snacks this weekend.
Excellent list as usual.
Those York patties are delicious.
Probably going to grab a bag for my hurricane snacks this weekend.
Excellent list as usual.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:11 pm to TulaneLSU
excellent read. i found your timesaver icee coupon exceptionally heartwarming and endearing.
it took me back to a simpler time as a young lad in a ninja turtle costume hand stitched by mother for the special occasion. the mystery, and intrigue of each ring of the bell. for what treats may await me on the other side. the return to home and dumping out the bucket to sort thru the bountiful and generous blessings bestowed on me from neighbors loving as thyself.
it took me back to a simpler time as a young lad in a ninja turtle costume hand stitched by mother for the special occasion. the mystery, and intrigue of each ring of the bell. for what treats may await me on the other side. the return to home and dumping out the bucket to sort thru the bountiful and generous blessings bestowed on me from neighbors loving as thyself.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:12 pm to ellishughtiger
quote:
Somehow I expect Wether’s Original to be a top 3 on your list
Would have been right at home with the apples and candy corn.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:12 pm to TulaneLSU
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:14 pm to TulaneLSU
Those icee tickets deaux
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:15 pm to DiamondDog
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:16 pm to TulaneLSU
Friend,
I fear you may have let your Time Saver ICEE coupon expire. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
Yours,
sweetwaterbilly
I fear you may have let your Time Saver ICEE coupon expire. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
Yours,
sweetwaterbilly
Posted on 10/5/20 at 2:16 pm to TulaneLSU
Candy corn
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