I have a few interesting candy stories for today...
1. I wanted to make a popcorn cake, as I was told that popcorn and marshmallows were available in town. Ben texted me the characters for marshmallow on my phone and I showed them to a lady in the big supermarket. The lady took me the bulk candy section and pointed to a big tub of marshmallows where each marshmallow was individually wrapped! Plus each marshmallow was flavored differently. These ladies don't mess around, so I had about 10 seconds to make up my mind as to which flavors and how many marshmallows I wanted. I got a 1/2 pound of pineapple flavored marshmallows. Turns out that inside the marshmallow was soft and gooey pineapple candy. It was so good and worked well for my pineapple flavored popcorn cake.
2. I walked into my American friend's house. She had a big smile on her face as she asked me if I wanted to try some candy. The box said 'Colon' in big English letters. I gave her a look, trying to figure out if she was serious. She handed me a piece of 'colon'. It was a small cylinder, about the size of my thumb. I hesitantly put it in my mouth and chewed; all I could think of was the word 'colon'. It had a dark brown shell and soft chocolate inside, with a nice smooth chocolaty taste. To my surprise it was good, it just needs a new English name!
3. The same friend handed me a small packet. It felt like powder inside. The wrapper was brightly colored and appeared to be some sort of candy. The only English word on the wrapper said "Poison". No idea what this was and I didn't want to try it to find out.
