Ariane Jenkins wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:38:09 GMT, ggg > wrote:
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>>I can't put an entire salty sour plum in my mouth. I'd take the
>>smallest nibble. I know some old ladies take it for motion sickness.
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> We used to eat those as kids. A whole one in your mouth makes your
> tongue pucker like nobody's business, but it's the same way with those
> Warheads and Tearjerkers candies that were wildly popular here years ago.
>
> Our local Asian market also sells small plastic vials of similar
> candy, only it's chopped up to the size of a small pebble. IIRC, it came in
> preserved plum, orange rind, and I don't know what else--again, it's the
> salty/sour/sweet combination. I feel like having it once in a very great
> while. DH doesn't care for it, though!
>
> Ariane
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I was told the nickname for those is boogers. I used to like them when
I was little.