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As far I can recall, I have never had boiled fruit sweets, nor even know what they are, but I think in general I would be a sucker, or even more accurately a dissolver. Once in a while, on a Thursday at the drug store where we get 20% senior’s discount, my wife will buy a large bar of chocolate and we have a square a day (oh the discipline of it all). We both put it our mouths and let it slowly melt until it has all gone! Whoever thought I’d even be writing about it!
ReplyDeleteI know, David, of all the topics and innermost revelations!
DeleteWell, it all depends on how much of it there is to savour. Taking my favourite chocolate biscuits as an example, if I know that I only have one small packet and the shop is out of stock I'll make that pack last as long as I can, taking half a biscuit sometimes and eating it very slowly. If there are half a dozen packets in my kitchen cupboard I may eat two with my coffee - being a little greedy!
ReplyDeleteI'll go with that, JayCee.
DeleteI am both a sucker and a muncher. Give me a bag of salted peanuts and they are down the hatch in a jiffy but I have got bottles of whisky and indeed whiskey in my cupboard that have been there for twenty years or more. I always remember the term "delayed gratification" from Sociology modules at The University of Stirling. That is one of the identifying hallmarks of middle class culture.
ReplyDeleteYP, salted peanuts don't count EVERYONE eats them one after the other! I didn't know about the academics of delayed gratification. I've just spent 10 minutes on Google and the adventures it has highlighted leave me with far more questions than answers. It is obviously worthy of a sociology course all of its own.
DeleteI'm more of a sucker (in many senses of the word) than a chewer, especially with chocolate.
ReplyDeleteJabblog, I can understand that!
DeleteIt depends upon the item, I think. Occasionally I buy myself a box of Lindor chocolate truffles and it can last a month - I will only eat one at a time and not every day.
ReplyDeleteToday I am working outside (and telling myself I am buring off carbs!) Have just had 2 pieces of shortbread with a mug of tea and really want a third. Which, for someone who never eats biscuits, is rather unusual.
grrr - "burning" carbs,
DeleteThe mind is a strange thing, Jayne, because I read your comment three times before I worked out that you had missed the 'n' out of burning. We see what we expect to see.
DeleteCadburys Flake crunched up in the mouth with swigs of Newcastle Brown.
ReplyDeleteEwwww.....
DeleteTasker now you have me reminiscing. Many years ago (well over half a century) I drank Guinness. Then I got a half which was 'off' and went on to Newcastle Brown. Then I came to Scotland to live and have never drunk either since.
DeleteIs a hard boiled fruit sweet like a hard candy - not chewy at all? I googled it but it is still not clear to me. If it is hard, I would suck on it like a cough drop.
ReplyDeleteEllen, a hard boiled fruit sweet is usually a clear, solid piece of boiled flavoured sugar. It is hard and crunching it with one's teeth is a hazardous operation.
DeleteInteresting and humorous post. Thank you for the smiles
ReplyDeleteCinnamon Altoids I will crunch because it releases a burst of flavor melting away doesn't. With come candies, the burst is better than the melt.
Thank you Maywyn. I've Googled cinnamon Altoids and was astonished at the price until I discovered that in the UK you buy in 'bulk' from the US. However I'm still not sure what they are. I accept your statement about flavours though.
DeleteIf it's of any consolation, I too occasionally feel unsure if I've already blogged about something, or just thought about doing it... As for the instant gratification thing, I'd say it varies with me. Some favourites (for example ice cream, or certain salty snacks) I know that I'd better not buy in the first place (or at least not very much of them), because if I do have them in the house, I eat them. Other things, no problem. As for hard boiled sweets I'd never "crunch" those nowadays, because I know it's more likely that my teeth would break before the sweet did. (And that really rules out chewy sweets too...)
ReplyDeleteMonica, I'm with you on teeth breaking as a reason for not crunching anything hard.
DeleteI am not able to generalise about this.
ReplyDeleteFair enough, Rachel. Thanks for responding.
DeleteI'm not really into hard boiled sweets, for some reason they remind me of old days on the Air NZ Planes where the staff would hand them out. But your wild days sound like mine, outside of work I really don't go anywhere exciting.
ReplyDeleteAmy I had forgotten about boiled sweets being handed out. It used to be when we were landing and was supposed to help with ear popping and pressure changes. I had a 'wild' day today. Coffee in the morning, lunch and coffee in the afternoon. All with different friends.
DeleteI remember that, too. As a little kid, going to NZ was one of the few times I ever ate lollies :)
DeleteNew questions to me. I'll have to think about these.
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Red.
DeleteI'm definitely a sucker and I suppose it fits my character, whatever that is. This becomes a bit more complicated if you are talking about chocolate loaded with fruit and nuts.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I'm not sure I'd enjoy sucking nuts.
DeleteI remember when the Harry Potter books came out,, one every two years. I always bought them first thing when we arrived at Manchester Airport for our annual Yorkshire holiday, and then could not wait to get started - on the other hand, I wanted to cherish the book for as long as possible and often forced myself to stop reading after one chapter.
ReplyDeleteWith walking/hiking, it feels good knowing we carry sandwiches etc. in our backpacks, and once we reach a certain point - often after an exhausting climb uphill - we reward ourselves by finding a beautiful spot to sit down, eat and drink.
Meike, rewarding oneself (or is it one's self?) for achievement is very satisfying.
DeleteA nearby friend was given a large tin of Grey Beluga Caviar by her UK guests. She opened the tin and they all enjoyed a small amount. She replaced the opened tin in her fridge and immediately forgot all about it; when she next found it, it had gone 'off'. Goodness knows how much it had cost! Keeping things for a special occasion is not always a good idea.
ReplyDeleteCro, that would make anyone really p****d off. I have to admit that the nearest I've ever got to caviar is cod roe.
DeleteA little sugar free sweet used to last up to the roundabout when on the first dog walk of the day at 6 am. That was close to a mile away. Lesley
ReplyDeleteLesley, that's pretty impressive.
DeleteDon't think it matters how you munch your sweets - if it gives you pleasure, go for it!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, well it's very hard to argue with that!
DeleteI'm a cruncher. I also can eat an entire box of chocolates in a few days or a bag of potato chips in moments. I'm very good at delayed gratification in other areas, I can stick to a study program, save money or work toward a goal
ReplyDeleteKylie, sounds like you've found the perfect balance that suits you.
DeleteGosh, the only time I ever have a boiled lolly is on a plane, they were still handing them out before landing on domestic flights quite recently. I mostly suck but always leave enough for a crunch at the end. I think for me it depends what's involved. Some things disappear in a hurry, others I like to make last for as long as possible.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you managed to read the post. It's disappeared. They always used to hand out boiled lollies before landing on Air New Zealand. I think they did on British Airways years ago too but that stopped long ago.
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