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Re: Happy December!
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Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:45:43 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@(nospam)superonline.com>
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
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...<snip>...
> Besides the LEGO Advents Calendar, I also have a Asbach-Uralt Brandy • Chocolate
> Advent Calendar (Asbach-Uralt is a very popular German Cognac). Yummy. • For those
> who have never experienced the wonderful (and very potent) Asbach Uralt • Brandy
> Chocolates (illegal to purchase (but not to own) in most of the USA), they • are the
> finest brandy chocolates in the world. (My German bias showing thru.)
Illegal Chocolate? What kind of a thing is it?..:-)
Selçuk
> Frohe Weihnachten und ein gesundes Neues Jahr
> Un joyeaux Noël et une bonne et heureuse Annèe
> Merry Chrismas and a Happy New Year
>
> Gary Istok
>
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| (...) It is illegal to sell candy in the US that has any sort of alcohol in it. I have never heard a good explanation why other than "kids might eat it and decide that booze is fun or tastes yummy". Which, if you've ever been to florida during (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) It has something to do with the alcohol content in the liqueur. I believe the only US state that those *could* be sold in (legally) is/was Nevada. I know that Ethel M used to make a liqueur chocolate for sale there. Ray (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yes, it is illegal to SELL brandy fill chocolates in most USA states, because the state Liquor Control Commissions in each state are narrow minded. But you can bring them into the USA from Germany. Some states allow them, a few exceptions (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Wow Larry, I did too. Especially the Nürnberger Lebkuchen (gingerbread), and Lübecker Marzipan (Almond Paste confections - tastes better than it sounds). My mother used to make Stollen (German Fruitcake), but quit making it a few years back. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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