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I was just curious if anybody know why people eat mummy candy in Guanajuato, Mexico?
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"Anna" > wrote in message om... > I was just curious if anybody know why people eat mummy candy in Guanajuato, Mexico? Probably, and this is a wild guess, they like it. -- William Barfieldsr |
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My guess would be.....maybe they can't get Daddy candy?? :)
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Same reason people here eat Gummy bears, snakes and bears.... They use _M_
and we use _G_ and they like it like that. :-) doc "Anna" > wrote in message om... > I was just curious if anybody know why people eat mummy candy in Guanajuato, Mexico? |
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"Anna" > wrote in message om... > I was just curious if anybody know why people eat mummy candy in Guanajuato, Mexico? You have touched on a wonderful cultural point of interest. In the city of Guanajuato, when somebody dies, they get buried in the local cemetery and stay buried for as long as the family or relatives can pay for the yearly dues. When the family does not pay for more than two years, the body is exhumed and disposed of. If the body looks interesting, if the facial expression, the pregnancy, the deformity, the uniform of a five star general... whatever... these bodies have been mummified due to the dryness of climate and water-sucking quality of minerals in the burial ground itself. Then people pay good money to parade through the museum to see these dead people. So a whole tourism trade has grown from this thing; among which is many forms of sugar candy. So, yes, mummy candy is readily available. But it's not made from the mummies! It's candy. Wayne www.rcsacilars.com for some real fun in the sun! |
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"Wayne Lundberg" > wrote in message ... > > "Anna" > wrote in message > om... > > I was just curious if anybody know why people eat mummy candy in > Guanajuato, Mexico? > > You have touched on a wonderful cultural point of interest. In the city of > Guanajuato, when somebody dies, they get buried in the local cemetery and > stay buried for as long as the family or relatives can pay for the yearly > dues. When the family does not pay for more than two years, the body is > exhumed and disposed of. If the body looks interesting, if the facial > expression, the pregnancy, the deformity, the uniform of a five star > general... whatever... these bodies have been mummified due to the dryness > of climate and water-sucking quality of minerals in the burial ground > itself. Then people pay good money to parade through the museum to see these > dead people. So a whole tourism trade has grown from this thing; among which > is many forms of sugar candy. So, yes, mummy candy is readily available. But > it's not made from the mummies! It's candy. > > Wayne > www.rcsacilars.com for some real fun in the sun! Wayne, that Guanajuato mummy candy question has been floating around the internet for years. It always shows up around this time of year..... doc |
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William Jennings on 27 Oct 2003 suggested:
> > > Wayne, that Guanajuato mummy candy question has been floating around > the internet for years. It always shows up around this time of > year..... > Well of course it does, don't be ridiculous! After all we're just 5 days away from "Dia de los Muertos", day of the dead, when all kinds of "creepy" candies are made in Mexico. It's just a shame I won't be there to participate. Here's a nice little site describing the tradition: http://www.yumfood.net/articles/diadelosmuertos.html, and here's a site with lots of other links, if you really want to get into it: http://members.tripod.com/~clinch1/index-28.html, and finally you might want to check out: http://www.dayofthedead.com/ --Douglas |
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"Douglas S. Ladden" > wrote in message 7.77... > Well of course it does, don't be ridiculous! After all we're just 5 > days away from "Dia de los Muertos", day of the dead, when all kinds of > "creepy" candies are made in Mexico. It's just a shame I won't be there > to participate. Here's a nice little site describing the tradition: Know all about Dia de los Muertos having lived in Catemaco some time. Just thought you might be interested to know that question was rasied by an eight-year-old some years back and is something of a joke now. Btw, I live about a two hour drive from Mexico, a 45 minute flight to Monterrey. Largo Catemaco is known for it's witches but I didn't see any. ;-) doc |
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