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[Edington]

Similar to M&Ms here too, hard sugar coating over chocolate. What's a tablet candy?

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

What's the British definition of "Smarties"? In Germany they're similar to M&M's, while in America they're a sort of tablet candy.

They're like m&m's - chocolate beans coated in sugar. Only since they've removed all the interesting stuff (ie the artificial colours and flavourings that allegedly made the kids hyper) they've become kind of dull. I'm therefore forced to conclude that if I want an approximation of the Smarties of my childhood I'd be better to go for m&m's ...

 

[Diesel 11]

This is the sort of stuff we have in the States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(tablet_candy)

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

This is the sort of stuff we have in the States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(tablet_candy)

Are they a bit fizzy? They look very similar to something we have here called Refreshers.

 

[Black Wizard]

Only Smarties have the answer.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

Only Smarties have the answer.

Not any more - they seem to have lost the plot completely ...

 

[Edington]

Are they a bit fizzy? They look very similar to something we have here called Refreshers.

I thought of Parma Violets or Love Hearts. Both are gross.

 

[Diesel 11]

Are they a bit fizzy?

I don't think I'd call them "fizzy", but they're very tangy. It's a very sour / sweet texture, with all the sugar and additives running the line so thinly that I wouldn't actually call them solely sour or solely sweet. Weird to describe them.

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

I thought of Parma Violets or Love Hearts. Both are gross.

Correct - they were basically the same as any other Swizzles candy and it was all awful. I remember they had a kind of a "cold" taste (I can't think of another way to put it) and they had a really indistinct flavour (?or flavours) which, without giving the slightest impression that they were attempting to imitate any known flavour, somehow still managed to taste totally artificial. A few years ago they were in the news because they'd decided to add a few "updated" messages to the Love Hearts like "Text Me" and I thought "surely the real news here is: people are still buying those hideous things??"

 

[Travis The Dragon]

For my mom's birthday, we got some really amazing cheesecake. The Cheesecake Factory is definitely worth it.

 

[Black Wizard]

Sounds super sweet for sure!

 

[phantomoftheicarus]

For my mom's birthday, we got some really amazing cheesecake. The Cheesecake Factory is definitely worth it.

I got severe food poisoning from The Cheesecake Factory when I visited San Francisco in 2012. Completely ruined the holiday

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I love cheesecake.

 

[Travis The Dragon]

I got severe food poisoning from The Cheesecake Factory when I visited San Francisco in 2012. Completely ruined the holiday

Considering their prices, that's horrible!

 

[Travis The Dragon]

I miss way sour Blow Pops.

 

[Edington]

I miss way sour Blow Pops.

I want to know what they are, but I'm too afraid to Google Blow Pops...

 

[Black Abyss Babe]

This guy is the Janick Gers of the cello

 

[Diesel 11]

While scrolling through old MF posts I came upon this one:

NP: Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are

Now, before we get into a 'I have the longest NP ever' war, I do have Demilich's 'The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (...Suffocated To The Flesh That It Desired)' somewhere, so don't even try it.

I swear I thought at first that they were talking about a "longest @Night Prowler ever" war. Whatever that is....

 

[Perun]

I'm at the airport.

 

[bearfan]

Counting down to Friday afternoon and the start of vacation. Going to Karlovy Vary and Prague ... Blackhawks are playing in Prague on Oct 4th to kick off their NHL season, looking forward to that as well.