Re: Penny Candy

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@LdyBugz I remember making one of those , all green wrappers from Wrigley's Spearmint gum.

Did you ever make one of those belts, from the pop top soda rings? I made one and wore on on my jeans.

They stopped making detachable rings, after some people were putting the rings in the cans and either choking or getting cut,while drinking their sodas.

From then on, all pop top rings have been non detachable.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@CatsyCline That is sad, that they laughed at you.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@Alsace Gal Yes! Those red paper rolls were actually rolls of caps for cap guns.

When I was 5 years old, we played cowboys. I was Dale Evans

and my red tricycle was my horse. I had a red and white cowgirl

outfit, a skirt and vest and a cowboy (girl?) hat.

I wore handtooled brown and green leather boots from Mexico

and I had double holsters with two cap guns.

We would put those red paper rolls of caps in the guns. I don't know if it was real gun powder inside those little dots, but they made a bang.

seehorse · ‎03-09-2010

@Enufstuff

Yes, the cap rolls. We didn't have cap pistols. We just hit them with rocks.

That reminds me of the black disks that when you set them on fire, grew into "snakes". Oh, were we not supposed to play with matches? LOL

chlema · ‎05-22-2010

The little tins with tiny spoons filled with some kind of chocolate fudge and candy cigarettes that were about 5 for one cent. If you had a nickel you would get 25 cigarettes!

LdyBugz · ‎03-10-2010

@Enufstuff wrote:
@LdyBugz I remember making one of those , all green wrappers from Wrigley's Spearmint gum.

Did you ever make one of those belts, from the pop top soda rings? I made one and wore on on my jeans.

They stopped making detachable rings, after some people were putting the rings in the cans and either choking or getting cut,while drinking their sodas.
From then on, all pop top rings have been non detachable.

@Enufstuff Geez I do remember the pop top rings, but we never made belts from them. I can't imagine wearing a belt like that! Those rings were so sharp!

seehorse · ‎03-09-2010

@Enufstuff

LOL We used to pretend the flying saucers were Communion.

You were right on about the flying saucer era.

Now we know!

From Blair Candy website:

Nostalgic candy fans rank these wafer treats high up on the “Must Try Classic Candy” scale. Born in the same decade as our favorite sci-fi flicks, Satellite Wafers were originally manufactured by a Belgium company famous for making, of all things, communion wafers.
When orders started to decline for communion wafers, they set their sights on using their expertise to make a candy wafer - behold the Flying Saucer!

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@seehorse I remember those little things that turned into snakes. They were neat. We also would get sparklers and punks at 4th of July. Some kids pretended that they were "smoking" the punk. I think that they were made to keep mosquitoes away.

I didn't light any matches back then, but I did at high school age, when we would get those small red firecrackers for 4th of July.

Enufstuff · ‎03-12-2010

@chlema My mother forbade me to get those little tin "pies" with the little metal spoons. She said that if we put those spoons in our mouths that we would get canker sores.

A few times, I did buy them, but dug the candy out with my fingernail. The ones I remember were pink. I think that they may have been strawberry flavor. I never dared to use the spoons, after my mother's warning.

I remember the candy cigarettes. I remember my younger brother and two cousins buying novelty paper cigarettes, in the early 60's. At one end was red foil, with some gray coloring on it, to look like the ash with a red glow. When you puffed on it,

some white powder came out of that ash end. It did look like smoke.

One time, an aunt saw my brother and one of the cousins, downtown, with their fake cigarettes and reported it back to the family that the boys were smoking. They were probably about 9-10 years old. I can't remember if they got in any trouble.

Does anyone remember those play paper cigarettes?