November 1st...

[Flying Trucker]

Good afternoon all...

Last night...Dirty...Dastardly...Doug...played tricks on the neighbourhood children, their parents and the Old Girl...

Why you ask...

http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/hallowe ... origin.htm

Taken from the above Link...the Link is an interesting read...

Origins of Halloween (Samhain)

We can trace Halloween back to Celtic festivals which celebrated the new year on the 1st of November (not 1st of January).

[ozzy72]

In Hungary today is the Day of The Dead, a national holiday and people go and place flowers or wreathes on the graves of dead friends or relatives.
It is also strangely my wife's best friends nameday... and yes I do take the mickey our of Marianne, I always get her a condolence card for her nameday

[C]

Isn't it Movember 1st?

[ozzy72]

I'm banned from growing facial hair after the infamous ginger 'tash episode

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for the replies folks...

Just finished eating those black licorice cigars and pipes I got last night...

Now the Old Girl has hid my sweets again...           :P

[H]

Just finished eating those black licorice [cigars]...

It rather irks me how many call 'strawberry' or 'cherry' (artificially flavored or elsewise) twists/vines licorice; I've found a source, however, of a non-sugar licorice-flavored variety colored in the original black.

8-)

[Flying Trucker]

Goodly morning "H"...

Now are you talking about the salted black licorice we see in specialty candy shops here and not available at the local variety or food marts?

We have made our own licorice which is real tasty but the old girl was too busy to do that for Halloween this year.
Perhaps I will get treated for Christmas....

Now that I think of it one of the specialty shops here which carries German Foods also carries a type of black licorice.

Again, I think that is salted also.

Could you post a Link for me on what you have on licorice?

Thanks...

[Fozzer]

A Licorice Enthusiast can instantly be identified by their black tongue.

...there is no escape!

Paul.... ...!

[Flying Trucker]

...Thanks Paul.

It is hard to get candy or food without artificial flavouring anymore.

There are several small specialty shops/stores that still make chocolate treats in our local area.  They do not ship them to the large stores.

However, you pay two to three times more for their product than what you would pay at the local supermarket or corner variety store for a chocolate bar.

[H]

Could you post a Link for me on what you have on licorice?

The parent company is the American Licorice Company and, if I read correctly, the company still has a plant in Illinois as well as California with its corporate headquarters moved from Illinois to Colorado; regardless, they should be slightly closer to you than to me and you should be able to ask a store manager to order them. The local RiteAid drug store stocks them (per my request but I noticed they were disappearing off the peg by other hands); the regular price here is $2.25 but they've occasionally put them on sale at two for $3.00. They have various flavors (flavours) but their twists brand name for all is : Red Vines

I also read that over nine decades ago they took over a former WWI munitions manufacturing plant; I guess they had to do something with the left-over powder -- eating licorice back then must have been a real blast...

8-)

[Fozzer]

We also have Licorice Toffees...>>>

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/liquorice-toffee-p-215.html

Wonderful, suckable, things!.... ...!

(I'm dribbling now, as I think of them!)... ....!

Paul....with some Chocolate Eclair Toffees... 8-)...!

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks "H"...to be honest, never heard them called that but will check with several stores.

That is a good price also, here I expect to see them a lot more money.

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks Paul, have only seen those on the store shelves just before Christmas and they are sold out rather quickly...