Terry wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>
> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
>
> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
> sticks.

Right there your parents should have been reported! Letting
you sharpen sticks with a knife? Very dangerous. Then handing
out pointy stick to other children? (laugh)

> After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.

That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
I'm not sure about that.

nancy