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Re: Happy December!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:04:04 GMT
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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:23:12 GMT, "James Brown"
<galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > It is illegal to sell candy in the US that has any sort of alcohol in
> > it.
Aw, man.. That _sucks_. Not even cherry bon-bons?
> > 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
Well, yeah, but booze _does_ taste yummy ;)
When handled properly. Cherry+Kirsch filled candies, rum with your
raisin cakes, and single malts pure (and _never_ on the rocks).
> Wow, crazy. In the last couple years (a budding tradition), Christmas doesn't
> even start until Costco has packs of rum candies. ;) I guess that's the kind
> of immoral, corrupting behavior you get when you marry into a Dutch family.
> <grin, duck>(1)
That must be it. I'm immoral and corrupt! Whee!
> Another odd/related question: Is it illegal to *make* candy with alcohol
> therein? If I was in the States, I could get arrested for my chocolate
> cherries!
I've been experimenting a bit with dipping marzipan into chocolate
today - I've come to the conclusion that "rolling your own" produces
much better-tasting candy than the store-bought stuff.
Jasper
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| (...) Wow, crazy. In the last couple years (a budding tradition), Christmas doesn't even start until Costco has packs of rum candies. ;) I guess that's the kind of immoral, corrupting behavior you get when you marry into a Dutch family. <grin, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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