On 11/1/2010 2:33 AM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
>> >:
>>
>>> How much candy I bought:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>>
>>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>>
>>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>>
>>
>> Same here. I hate buying halloween candy because I know most of it
>> will not be eaten by trick or treaters. I just buy a little bit
>> "just in case" but kids just don't seem to trick or treat like we did
>> when I was a kid, and even when my son was a kid. I used to buy what
>> I didn't like, but now I buy what I like and just freeze whatever's
>> left, most of it, and have a candy bar every now and then.
>
> It's gotten to be too dangerous for the most part, but I went trick or
> treating last night with my sister, brother and law and the nephews. ;-)
> We did not carry bags, just the two boys did. They are 5 and 8.

That's how it should be. I saw ridiculous amounts of adults WITHOUT
costumes trick or treating. kids without costumes too...People here
don't even bother trying anymore.

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