Sugary Goodness

I read an article about nostalgic Halloween candy yesterday and wondered if the writer and her Facebook sample were all way younger than I or if we just had WAY different taste in candy as children.

Here's the list with my take:

1. Candy cigarettes. Yeah, I remember those. I also remember not caring too much for them. I actually put those right in the category with those nasty bunnies at Easter. The marshmallow ones? Oh, Peeps. Yuck.

2. The wax soda pop bottles and the wax lips. I'll give you the wax soda pop bottles, though I remember only eating those because they were in the bag. I sucked up the sugar water and chewed on the wax and then spit it out. Not exciting at all.

3. Homemade popcorn balls. I've never had one. Never. In my life. Never. Honestly. But we never got those in our trick-or-treat bags either, so...  We did, however, get candied apples and caramel covered apples. Now THOSE I LOVED! I would eat them today if I didn't think they'd yank my teeth right out roots and all.

 

4. Candy buttons. I remember those from the lovelies' youth but not my own. Did we have those way back then? Now Sweet Tarts? Oh Yeah baby! We loved us some Sweet Tarts! Those BIG ones that took a layer of your tongue off? Those were great!

5. Circus peanuts. DIS-GUST-ING. And they were never in my bag on Halloween night. Those things are right up there with Peeps. But Sugar Daddies??? YES! Anything with caramel was always a favorite with this trick-or-treater!

6. Mint Juleps. Never heard of those until I read the article so, nope. But sign me up for some candy corn!

 

There are others on my list of worth-going-back candies. But they only listed six so I'll stop there as well.

But I will tell y'all that my all time favorite as a kid were these:

I'd love to hear your lists!


Pictures are from OldTimeCandy.com except for the popcorn balls and caramel apple which you can click to visit those sites.

Top Ten Summer Tastes

Quite a few of you have commented on my summer senses posts asking if I was linking them ( HERE, HERE, HERE). No, I'm not linking them. I'm just working through some summer nostalgia. And, no, I don't mind at all if y 'all want to do posts like them of your own! As a matter of fact, I'd LOVE to read them if you do! 

SO- we're getting close to the end of my summer-sensations-nostalgic posts. LOL Just a couple more posts to go- this one and the favorite feels one and I'll be done. Until I discover that I have more nostalgia related issues to work through. :)

Here are my top ten favorite summer tastes:

1. Watermelon!!! Always will be on this list!

2. The salt on my lips from the ocean breeze.

3. Tomatoes fresh from the garden. They always take me back to summer days eating slices of tomatoes on my Grandmother's biscuits made from scratch, daily!

4. Lemonade and tea (I didn't put the 'sweet' part because, down here in the south, there is no such thing as tea that isn't sweet) mixed together. Half and half!

5. Ice cream! Especially if it's home churned. And peach!

6. Cherries! I can eat them until I'm sick!

7. Corn on the cob! So sweet! I am particularly fond of the kind that is so sweet you don't have to use butter or anything else on it!

8. Saltwater taffy. My Grandmother LOVED that stuff. I ate it because she did. And now, I'll get it sometimes just to take me back...

9. Coca-Cola in a glass bottle with Tom's peanuts in it. I don't drink sodas anymore but this was my favorite treat at the pool snack bar when I was a kid.

10. Anything grilled. While grilling can be done anytime, food just tastes better off the grill during the summer months.

Ok, SHARE! I want to know all about your favorite summer tastes!

Do Y'all Have This Problem?

I was helping DoodleBug fold her laundry the other day and I came across a pair of what used to be white 'biker' shorts- you know, spandex leggings in the form of shorts. I commented, "Been wearing these much?" And laughed. Oh, she still wears them alright. And she's had them since she played softball. When she was 10. Are you kidding me?

I asked her whether or not she had others. She does. Several pair. She wears these under her shorts while playing Ultimate Frisbee. But she still has and wears the ones she wore over a decade ago. Why?

I think it has something to do with nostalgia.

I have a few things that I keep for no other reason than they belonged to someone close to me or they remind me of some wonderful memory of my childhood.

I tend towards old movies because the actors or the movies themselves remind me of my grandparents or the good things about growing up. I even get sad when an actor of that time passes on.

There are songs on my various playlists that take me right back to those same wonderful memories.

Even a sound or smell can take me back. And I am so grateful for that. I relish those memories. They keep me close to my grandparents, even though they've been gone for a long time now.

Sometimes, my nostalgia overwhelms me and makes me long for days long gone by. But even when it does that, it's not a bad thing. I quite appreciate my nostalgic moments.

Right now, they are taking me back to the long, lazy days of summer...

• the sound of the window fan in my bedroom at night lulling me to sleep with it's soft humming
• the sound of the cicadas singing as we ran around the yard chasing lightning bugs
• the sound from the neighborhood pool- kids having fun- laughing, squealing, splashing-- 'Marco!' 'Polo!'
• the sound of the screen door slamming
• the lawn mower, barking dogs, rain beating against the house, the ice cream truck...

When school starts back, and the weather finally starts to cool just a bit, I'll be transported back to my own school days and the glorious fall season that I loved so much. And still do. Some things never change.

Every season brings a revisit to my childhood. A revisit to the childhood of the lovelies. And a brand new opportunity to make new memories.

Where do your summer memories take you?






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