They were always a candy I'd pick up once in a blue moon, I really like the chalky, not really tasting like much of anything, candy. Plus they were a frequent candy when i was a kid in the 80's.
After 22 miles of a marathon, you'd eat *anything*, especially carbs. Not that cookies are a good idea, having the glucose spike and subsequent crash after 22 miles would probably end your marathon. Which makes a terrible choice for the runners.
/my marathon was what, 30 years ago? Fark, I'm old. //can't even maintain that pace (even after starting to run) for 3 miles now ///time to start running again...
yet_another_wumpus:After 22 miles of a marathon, you'd eat *anything*, especially carbs. Not that cookies are a good idea, having the glucose spike and subsequent crash after 22 miles would probably end your marathon. Which makes a terrible choice for the runners.
/my marathon was what, 30 years ago? Fark, I'm old. //can't even maintain that pace (even after starting to run) for 3 miles now ///time to start running again...
I ran marathons forever ago. A buddy would always run with a fanny pack of skittles.
certain houses would *invariably* give Necco wafers during trick-or-treating. as a poor kid who was never otherwise allowed sugar, I'd eat just about any candy, even up to and including, ugh, circus peanuts.
I honestly cannot remember too much about them. most did not seem to taste like much of anything, including the "chocolate." - I do remember the black ones did taste like aniseed, and the white ones did taste vaguely like "cinnamon" (which, to childhood-me, seemed quite odd: "cinnamon candy isn't white it's red!!!")
A friend had an organic chem professor who had a way of nitrating Necco wafers so that if you threw them at a wall they'd explode. Apparently the guy is dead now though, so I probably won't get a materials and methods on that
illegal detonation of poultry
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khitsicker: has anyone actually eaten Necco Wafers... like ever.
No, but they make nice little roof tiles for gingerbread houses. Really, that's all they are good for.
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khitsicker: has anyone actually eaten Necco Wafers... like ever.
Sure.
They also make excellent BB gun targets since they puff into a cloud of dust when you hit them.
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/my marathon was what, 30 years ago? Fark, I'm old.
//can't even maintain that pace (even after starting to run) for 3 miles now
///time to start running again...
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yet_another_wumpus: After 22 miles of a marathon, you'd eat *anything*, especially carbs. Not that cookies are a good idea, having the glucose spike and subsequent crash after 22 miles would probably end your marathon. Which makes a terrible choice for the runners.
/my marathon was what, 30 years ago? Fark, I'm old.
//can't even maintain that pace (even after starting to run) for 3 miles now
///time to start running again...
I ran marathons forever ago. A buddy would always run with a fanny pack of skittles.
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Ah Necco wafers, one of the worst candies.
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I honestly cannot remember too much about them. most did not seem to taste like much of anything, including the "chocolate." - I do remember the black ones did taste like aniseed, and the white ones did taste vaguely like "cinnamon" (which, to childhood-me, seemed quite odd: "cinnamon candy isn't white it's red!!!")
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Skittles - Taste the Rainbow
Necco - Taste the Disappointment
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khitsicker: has anyone actually eaten Necco Wafers... like ever.
Been eating them since the 1950s. A nickel roll lasted a week with a little restraint and hiding them from my four sisters.
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khitsicker: has anyone actually eaten Necco Wafers... like ever.
Yes, and you probably have too. Valentine's conversation hearts are made from the same shiat.
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