On Sat, 24 May 2008 13:21:23 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>
>I bought a bag of candy corn, yesterday. I haven't had any of that in
>years.
>
>It's a fun treat. But can anyone identify the flavor, other than "sweet"?
>*Is* there any other flavor? I can't pick up on one.
>
>Nostalgia: When I was growing up in the Midwest, every summer we were
>visited by The Old Corn Lady. She was very old, very thin, and somewhat
>bent by age. She and her husband had a farm somewhere near our small
>town. When the sweet corn was ready, she would load up her Ford Model T
>pickup and haul some into town, and go door to door selling it out of a
>big bag. Back door to back door, at least in our neighborhood of
>1910-or-so houses next to one of the breakfast cereal factories that
>put Battle Creek, Michigan, on the map. She always wore an apron, and
>always had candy corn in a pocket or two to give us kids. [Blinky hat-tip
>to Mrs. Alwart and the never-seen Mr. Alwart, up in heaven]

christ, what next? circus peanut nostalgia?

your pal,
blake