1 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Savor. I'm Anny Rees and I'm 2 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Lauren voc Obam, and today we're talking about candy corn. 3 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: We are we really missed an opportunity to do a 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: scary like pun name. Oh well, yes, we're talking about 5 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 1: andy which I guess if you're listening to this today, 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: it comes out perhaps you're in your post Halloween hayes. Uh. 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Maybe you still have some little packets of candy corn 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: sitting around, Yes, and maybe you're really excited about that, 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: or maybe you are very not excited about that. Because 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: people tend to fall into one of those two camps. 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: It's a polarizing candy. It is extremely polarizing. I would 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: say one of the most divisive of the candies. I 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: firstly think the Circus peanut is the worst. Oh heck, okay, 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: m all right, that's a whole other episode. Tastes like 15 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: style from um banana flavored styrofoam doesn't have banana flavor. Yeah, 16 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: usually m Well. Time called candy corn the most polarizing 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: candy of them all. Net Bass Brand Passion Index found 18 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: them to be the most traditional candy of Halloween, least 19 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: loved by consumers. One that generated quote the most negative feelings. 20 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: In the words of Louis Black, candy corn is the 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. 22 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: And there's a reason all of the candy corn that 23 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: was ever made was made in nineteen eleven. Mm hmmm. 24 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: Or you have this from Chowhound quote, I think only 25 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: serial killers eat candy corn, and why a person would 26 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: choose candy corn over literally any other candy that's on 27 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: sale at Wallgreen's is beyond me, okay. Or how about 28 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: this headline from Atlas Obscura quote a coy and kernel 29 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: of evil the history of candy corn, or the nickname 30 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: Satan's ear wax, or this claim the leftover crumbs and 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: Guy Fieri's goatee would taste better than candy corn. Oh snap, Yeah, 32 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: that's an image that took me to a place. It does. 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: It really paints a picture. Apparently. There was a cartoon 34 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: character named Moose, a moose on a past nick Junior 35 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: show Moose and Z that was known for, among other things, 36 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: his Halloween song called I don't like candy corn, but 37 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: me personally, I'm actually kind of ambivalent about it. Yeah, okay, 38 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: that's very measured of you. It's fine. Yeah, when I 39 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: was a kid, it was definitely low tier candy. But 40 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: you know candy, right, it's still made of sugar, how 41 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: about you. I like candy corn. I sort of like 42 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: the texture and just the sort of like nice mellow 43 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: flavor to it. And I mean, but I only ever 44 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: want to eat like six pieces of it a year, 45 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: and it definitely does not come in bags of six pieces, 46 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: and so I don't know, like once every couple of years, 47 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: I like to let myself buy some and then I 48 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 1: have about six pieces that I'm like, okay, done here, 49 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: and then just slowly goes stale in my cupboard. That 50 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: sounds like a sad short story. That's a metaphor for 51 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: something else, you know, I'm not sure what I'm going 52 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: to ponder on that later. What's your least favorite candy? Oh? Goodness, 53 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: I guess smarties, Like I don't really understand why they exist. Yeah, 54 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: I did read that a lot of people who like 55 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: candy corn like smarties. Really. Yeah, I think it's the 56 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: texture is similar. It's not similar at all. Some people 57 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: think it is. It's definitely not. Lauren is very sure 58 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: about this. If candy corn I'm talking about like the powdery. 59 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: The chalky smartie is not the like chewy candies. The 60 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: chewy smarty candies are just fine, but the chalky ones 61 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: are like, why did you press sugar into this format? Like, 62 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: why would you do this? Explain to me? Yeah, I 63 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: demand answers. Well, you know where to reach us, folks 64 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: if you need to. I bet this gets the most 65 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: angry male of any episode we've ever done. Lauren lacks 66 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: candy corn. Side note, the day before Halloween, October is 67 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: Candy Corn Day, National Candy Corn Day here in the 68 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: United States. That's right, m h. But this brings us 69 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: to our question candy corn. What is it? Well, candy 70 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: corn is what's called a mallow cream or mellow cream 71 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: or mall cream candy. It's made from a few different 72 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: kinds of sugar and is flavored with a little bit 73 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: of vanilla to taste sort of like marshmallows. But the 74 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: texture is smooth and creamy, like a less chewy caramel, 75 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: or like room temperature chewy ice cream, like solid frosting, 76 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: like smoother marzipan. I feel like you're trying to pitch 77 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: me an idea, and my face is like the ideas 78 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: are increasingly frantic. Annie is not buying this plan. They 79 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: usually have a shiny glaze and they are super sweet. 80 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: Like I would say that the main flavor profile is 81 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: sweet and candy corn in particular is shaped like kernels 82 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: of corn and is typically tricolored white, orange, and yellow. 83 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: One of the sugars used to make it is corn syrups. 84 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: So yes, there is some corn and candy corn. Technically 85 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: we should call this in defensive candy corn. Man, I 86 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: can't stop. What video game is it that has the 87 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: character named mallow? Oh goodness, I'm not sure. Well, listeners 88 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: right in because now I'm consumed with this. One thought 89 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: what game was that? And he looked like a big 90 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: marshmallow now that I look back on it. Anyway, you 91 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 1: have a whole Google, a whole google just for me. Well, 92 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: another thing for me to do later, but for now, 93 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: let's talk about how candy corn is made. Yeah, it's 94 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: pretty cool actually, okay, Um. The process can go a 95 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: couple of ways, but basically start by heating up a 96 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: blend of table sugar and corn syrup and then whisking 97 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: in some more sugar and some gelatine and whipping that 98 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: to create like a sort of stiff fluff like a meringue. 99 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: Almost fondant is then added to increase the density of 100 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: the fluff and then you separate it out into different 101 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: batches for coloring. It is a molded candy, and the 102 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: molds can be made either by packing corn starch into 103 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: frames and then stamping the kernel shape into the corn starch, 104 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: or you can get a plastic mold and coat it 105 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: with a fine layer of corn starch. But either way 106 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: you've got these molds and the kernels in the molds 107 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,559 Speaker 1: are tipped down and so then pumps inject the batter 108 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: into the molds layer by layers, starting with the white 109 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: tip and then the orange center and then the yellow 110 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: top or bottom. Is I mean, however you want to 111 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 1: look at it? Yeah, that's your world view, are you 112 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,839 Speaker 1: bottom up? This's got real deep? It did. But yeah, 113 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: So when they're in the molds, the candies are left 114 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: to cure in those molds for a day or two, 115 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: and when they are hardened, they are kind of shaken 116 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: out of the molds and then coated with a shiny 117 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,559 Speaker 1: wax and packaged. The whole process takes three or four days, 118 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: and fondent I mentioned is one of the ingredients it's 119 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: just a pliable, sculptural sort of sugar dough. If you've 120 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: never heard of it, it's made from powdered sugar, corn 121 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: syrup and water and maybe other stuff like gelatin or 122 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: melted marshmallows. And if you've ever seen one of those 123 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: fancy smooth sided cakes on TV or like at a 124 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: catered event, it's probably decorated with fondent. So yeah, one 125 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: of the ingredients in candy corn is more other candy, 126 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: different other candy. Sure, I thought fond it for a 127 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: while was pronounced fond you, and then it was just 128 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: a you know, like a weird spelling yeah, And I 129 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: thought it was melted chocolate like fond Oh. Yeah, that's 130 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: not what it is. You can make a chocolate fondent, 131 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: but it's one of those things. I'm not sure why 132 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: I ever thought that, but my brain was trying to 133 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: make here you go, that's what that is. Simplify. No, 134 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: And all those different types of sugar are used because 135 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: sucros a k A table sugar really likes to be 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: in crystal form, like big chunky crystal form. It's molecules 137 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: just like stacking up together like that to convince it 138 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 1: to have a fine smooth texture like you want for 139 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,559 Speaker 1: confections like candy corn, you have to kind of trick 140 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: sucros into not chunking up. And corn syrup is a 141 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: good stabilizer for this because it contains available glucose, and 142 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: glucose molecules are a little bit smaller and they sort 143 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: of like bust up in between the sucrose molecules and 144 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: like interfere with the crystallization process. So yeah, and it 145 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: disapproves of all of this. And I would argue that 146 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: this texture is the primary part of candy corn that 147 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: people who like it are dislike it are thinking about 148 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: because the flavor is really mild. It's just like a 149 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: little bit of vanilla, maybe a tiny bit of like 150 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: honey kind of flavor in there, a little bit of 151 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: like burnt sugar kind of flavor. But I represented from 152 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: Jellybelly told Thrillist that the flavor is quote a blend 153 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 1: of creamy, fondant, rich marshmallow and warm vanilla notes. Those 154 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: warm vanilla notes, Oh yeah, like a wonderful jazz symphony show. 155 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: That is an interesting point, though, because a lot of 156 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: the complaints I read about candy corn were texture based 157 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: and for most of my friends a lot of times 158 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: when they don't like a food, it is texture related. 159 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: It's kind of an interesting thing. I don't think I 160 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: have a food where the textures the main thing that 161 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: turns me offered onto it. I don't know. I love 162 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: the texture of some foods. That's why I like I 163 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: guess like bread and pasta, and like gummies so much. 164 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: But yeah, the same batter for candy corn is used 165 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: to make other shapes sometimes, like we little pumpkins and 166 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: some people love them. In bonapet Ran a article with 167 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: the headline the best candy is mellow cream pumpkins. Because 168 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: this isn't even a contest, didn't Bone of the t 169 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: once say it was the worst candy? So you know? 170 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: Oh so how does one eat candy corn? There there 171 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 1: are actually instructions about how to do this. There is 172 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: a bowl of us go top down, nibbling up the 173 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: narrow end first, like how most people, not me eat 174 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: a piece of pizza about eat them whole and the 175 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: rest go from the bottom of the triangle up, which 176 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: is how I eat my pizza. Mm hmm. For the record, 177 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: there's no different flavor wise between the three sections. I mean, 178 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: I guess you're getting like the highest concentration of glaze 179 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,479 Speaker 1: when you eat the white tip and the highest concentration 180 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: of mallow cream when you eat the wide yellow end. 181 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: But yeah, they're not different flavors. Yeah. And another searing 182 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: essay I wrote on candy corn, wrote or Red wrote red. Yes, 183 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: I have not written a searing ssay on candy corn yet. 184 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: One of the writer's complaints was, as a kid, he 185 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: expected the layers have different flavors, all the three colors. Yeah, 186 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: and he felt lied to. Oh, I see trade. If 187 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: you want to be upset about something, I recommend googling 188 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: candy corn on the cob because there are photographs of 189 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: this out there and it's I was upset personally. Um, 190 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: you can create like a decorative corn cob using candy 191 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 1: corn kernels stuck into the base of like stiff modeling 192 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: fondent or like cookie does something like that. I was 193 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: mad at it. I don't know why I got so angry, 194 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: but I was like, this is unnatural and I disapprove. 195 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: I'm putting my foot down. That's it, humanity done it. 196 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: But what about that that pumpkin keg I showed you 197 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: where the it was a punkin cooler and the people 198 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: have just Oh, that's great, like the next beer into 199 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: a pump. I mean it's also upsetting at a certain point, 200 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: but like it's one of my favorite images I've just 201 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: randomly stumbled upon and for some reason I was picturing 202 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: when you mentioned you said, candy corn on the cob. 203 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: The Colonel's pointing out like pinhead. Almost. Oh, it's also 204 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: a little bit upsetting, but in a different setting. But 205 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense. I mean, the whole thing doesn't 206 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: make sense. But you know it also doesn't make sense. 207 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: Is that apparently people deep fry candy corn. Yeah, no, humanity, 208 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: you can go right to your room. We're done here. 209 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: If we're talking about nutrition, I mean they're mostly sugar 210 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: per piece, they're only about seven calories. I mean they're candy. Yeah, 211 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: they're fat free, but sugar isn't a health food. Nope, Nope, 212 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: that's probably not news to you. If we look at numbers, 213 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: as of nine billion pieces of candy corn are produced 214 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 1: a year, that's thirty five million pounds. Jelly Belly, which 215 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: is one of the premier national makers of candy corn, 216 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: says that they make most of it during July in 217 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: preparation for the Halloween season, and according to Brocks, they 218 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: make which is one of the other leading manufacturers. They 219 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: make for two million pieces per day when their line 220 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: is like really up and running. Wow. You can get 221 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: other varieties rather than the classic the Halloween fall colors. 222 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 1: You can get red, white, and green for Christmas that's 223 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: reindeer corn, pink, red and white for Palentine's Day, cupid corn, 224 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: and for a while, candy corn was a popular addition 225 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: to the Garden of Easter baskets. Funny corn. Uh yeah, 226 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: there's also freedom corn for the Fourth of July. Freedom 227 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: corn corn. Oh my goodness. But most everyone, if they're 228 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: eating candy corn, they're eating the Halloween slash fall variety. 229 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: One study from the National Confectioners Association survey found that 230 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: candy corn was the preferred Halloween candy of only twelve 231 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: percent of respondence, which seemed high to me, honestly. But 232 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: it was number two after chocolate yeah, which was like, 233 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: it's not really a contest, but I mean, yeah, I 234 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 1: don't know. By sales data from two thousand seven to 235 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: candy corn was the favorite Halloween candy in seven states Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, 236 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: New Mexico, and Rhode Island. I don't want to keep 237 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: hammering your point home, but I read so many essays 238 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: about why people hate candy corn, like passionate essays, and 239 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: I think it was somebody from Michigan wrote essentially, I'm 240 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: not mad, I'm just disappointed when they heard that candy 241 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 1: corners there the state's favorite candy. Just correct me up 242 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: favorite Halloween candy specific Yes, yes, still, but yes worth 243 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: noting not only this, you can get candy corn flavored bagels. 244 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: Has that follow in your realm of acceptable bagels? No? No, 245 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: I cussed really loud in my head when I read that. 246 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: Actually I suspected you might. Yeah, you can get candy 247 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: corn flavored Oreos candy corn, and the Nim's coffee pana cotta, 248 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: and all of the drinks candy corn, cocktail, candy corn, beer, 249 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: candy corn, jello shots, a Starburst flavored candy corn, pumpkin 250 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: spice flavored candy corn. Apparently, opened candy corn can last 251 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: six to eight months if you store it properly in 252 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: an airtight container or in the fridge. There you go 253 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: make your candy corn last almost all the air well, 254 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: that's our overview of this most divisive of candies. But 255 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 1: how did candy corn get here? We'll look into that 256 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: after a quick break for a word from our sponsor, 257 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: and we're back, Thank you, sponsors. Unlike most candies, candy 258 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: corn is pretty specifically American. According to the Trade Association, 259 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: candy corn was invented in the way back, the way back, 260 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: in this case being the eighties, courtesy of an employee 261 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: of the Wonderly Candy Company named George Renager out of Philadelphia. 262 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: This was sort of the trend at the time so 263 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: called butter cream candies molded into different shapes. But what 264 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: really made candy corn stand out from the pack was 265 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: those three colors, a real pain in the butt to 266 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: make at the time. The end product, though, was eye 267 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: catching and new. They sold the recipe to another candy maker, 268 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: one by the name of Googletz Candy Company. You may 269 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: know it by another name, the Jelly Belly Candy Company. 270 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: They came out with their own tricolored candy corn in 271 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: The Goltz family had been in the candy business for 272 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: a few decades, but candy corn and other mellow cream 273 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: candies then called butter creams were their runaway success at 274 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: the time. This candy was made manually in a decent 275 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: sized kettle. Candy makers would mix the semi liquid of sugar, corn, syrup, fondant, 276 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: marshmall in water. The resulting slurry was poured into buckets 277 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: called stringers, and then these dudes called runners would walk 278 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: in reverse pouring the mixture into kernel shaped molds. Each 279 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 1: layer was hord in by hand from these stringer buckets 280 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: on an individual run down the line of molds, so 281 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: you know, one for each color. And the buckets were 282 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: called stringers because they didn't have like a single spout, 283 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: they had this whole row of spouts or sort of 284 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: like funnel heads kind of. And so by reaching the 285 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: stringer out over a row of molds and tipping it 286 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: just so you could fill the whole row in a 287 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: single pore cool and the molds were made of corn 288 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: starch as they are today sometimes This was an innovation 289 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: in candy making from around that time. And yeah, instead 290 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: of using a metal or wooden mold, which you might 291 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: need to grease somehow to prevent the candy from sticking, 292 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: you could press shapes into fir impact corn starch and 293 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, your candy batter sticks to that a little 294 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: bit too. But that's actually a good thing because it 295 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 1: imparts like a fine layer of corn starch on the 296 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: candy that helps it set. Another thing about the time 297 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: that's important to this is that about half the American 298 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: workforce we're farmers. That meant that a lot of companies 299 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: targeted them and their families directly with these farm adjacent shapes. Yeah. 300 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: Other shapes for Mala Creams included, yes, pumpkins, but also turnips, chestnuts, 301 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: and clovers. Although it was only made for a few 302 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: months out of the year due to the labor intensive 303 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: creation process, it was marketed as a year round treat. 304 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: The gooltz Is would eventually develop a machine that made 305 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: hand pouring the candies obsolete, supposedly after one of the 306 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: owners woke up in the middle of the night was 307 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: shooting back pain from having poured candy out of these 308 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: stringer buckets all day. I've got to put an into this, yes, 309 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: no more. In the nineteen twenties, folks gave candy corn 310 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: the possibly affectionate name chicken feed. The manufacturers sold it 311 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: in a box with a chicken on the front. The 312 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: motto of the Googletz Candy Company's version was quote king 313 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: of the candy corn field something worth growing for. And 314 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: I will say it was sort of a gimmicky candy 315 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: for children at like county fairs. Yeah, it's pay kids. 316 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: It's like chicken chicken feed. Yeah. Yeah. Prior to World 317 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: War One, corn was a food Americans generally askewed. It 318 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,880 Speaker 1: was seen as a poor person's food and the taste 319 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: it wasn't really that great animal feed, not human food. 320 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: But thanks to wartime shortages of wheat, Americans came around 321 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: to corn candy corn though that got on pretty quick. 322 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: Also that the sweeter hybrids of corn that we eat 323 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: fresh today hadn't been developed yet. But yeah, at the time, 324 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: even like grits and corn flour and stuff like that 325 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,719 Speaker 1: were looked down upon by some segments of the population. 326 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: We wouldn't get more dependable hybrids of sweet corn, you know, 327 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: like the fresh stuff that we eat like a vegetable, 328 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: until like the nineteen thirties and onward from there. And 329 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 1: this just about brings us to Halloween. But first it 330 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: brings us to one last quick break for a word 331 00:19:50,640 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: from our sponsor, and we're back. Thank you. Sponsor, Yes, 332 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: thank you. So when did candy corn become associated with Halloween? 333 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: You ask, We hope you asked, because we're going to answer, 334 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: and the answer is sometime in the nineteen fifties. Interestingly, though, 335 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: an ad that came out in the very same decade 336 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: declared candy corn eight year long candy. A nineteen fifty 337 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: one grocery store ad read quote the candy all children 338 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: loved nibble on all year long. And there's a nineteen 339 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: seven Brocks ad that includes candy corn and a spread 340 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: of summertime candies summertime candies. Up until this point, candy 341 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: corn was sold as a penny candy, a candy targeted 342 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: towards children that was sold in bulk. Also, up until 343 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: this point, lots of candy makers were in on the game. 344 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 1: A lot of people were making types of candy corn. 345 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: But nowadays we have jellybelly and Brocks and that's about it. 346 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: On a nationwide scale. That's just about it adds for 347 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,080 Speaker 1: candy corn in the fifties. Other than that, though, largely 348 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: went all in on them being a Halloween candy, way 349 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: more so than other candies, to the point that people 350 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: started to think it was weird to eat it outside 351 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: of Halloween times. They succeeded in associating it with Halloween, 352 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: but then it became all just Halloween exactly. Basically. Yeah, 353 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: and this was also the era when Halloween became associated 354 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: with candy in general. Prior to this, tricker treating might 355 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: have met you some homemade baked goods or homemade candies. 356 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: But post World War Two and post the sugar rations 357 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: that came with World War two, candy companies started marketing 358 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: their packaged candies as this like cool and convenient handout 359 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: for tricker treaters, And simultaneously, trick or treating was really 360 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: cementing itself as like a family tradition in America. Yet 361 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: another candy corn related thing that happened in the fifties 362 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: candy related illness. After one particular Halloween, a lot of 363 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: tricker treaters experienced gastro and testinal distress or even rashes 364 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 1: and wealths. The cause was orange dye and a number 365 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: one and only in large amounts was it causing these issues. 366 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: It makes me wonder just how much these large amounts 367 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: we're talking. Yeah, it wasn't just candy corn that used 368 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: orange dye Number one all kinds of things did, from 369 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: hot dogs to candy pumpkins. Though it had been approved 370 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: all the way back in nineteen six, it was actually poisonous. Oops. Yeah, 371 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: it was made of cold tar. Well, it was derived 372 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: from coal tar, which isn't aspart team Again, like, we 373 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: are all made of chemicals. Things can be derived from 374 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: a number of petroleum products, and if you have a 375 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: problem with the use of petroleum products in general, then 376 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: that's a bad thing, maybe environmentally or or something like that. 377 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: But the chemical itself, you know, isn't maintaining some kind 378 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: of property of coal or petroleum. It's a chemical. We're 379 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: all made of chemicals. Every time you say that, it 380 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: makes me think of the Moby song We're all made 381 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: of stars. I like my version better. So yeah, it 382 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: was a really big thing through the fifties and the sixties, 383 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: and then we started to get the more modern eras 384 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: of candy making with all the you know, sour flavors 385 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: and different weird chocolate treats and all that kind of stuff. 386 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: And um, the dominance of it through that specific era 387 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: has led some candy experts to speculate that it's a 388 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,719 Speaker 1: nostalgia thing for the baby boomer generation who grew up 389 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: with it being this specific Halloween treat, and that it 390 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: just confuses the heck out of Gen xers and millennials, 391 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: who you know, had more options when we were kids. 392 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: That makes sense. Yeah, nostalgia is a powerful thing. It 393 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: reminds me of this experience I had when I was 394 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: taking a lift a couple of months ago. It was 395 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: really late and my lift driver was an older African 396 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: American woman. I was clearly like out of it, and 397 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: she says, do you like some candy? And I said no, 398 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: and she was like, take some candy. And I was like, okay. 399 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: It's like no, no, no, no, no, take some candy. 400 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: I take it and it's a candy I've never seen before. Lauren, I, 401 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is. I can't tell you 402 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: what it was, but it looks like a life saver. 403 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: I believe it was called apple. Oh oh yeah. Yeah. 404 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: I put it in my mouth and it becomes clear 405 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 1: that this is a candy that's never gonna go away, 406 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: and she's sort of snickers and she says, back in 407 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,719 Speaker 1: my day, candy was gonna last you for months. Candy 408 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: these days, that's not the real thing. That's not how 409 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: candy is supposed to be. And then she went into 410 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: all these stories about how she would take this candy 411 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: and put it in like a Kleenex, come back for later. 412 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: And she teach her grandkids a lesson because they would 413 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: come and try to steal her candy, and she'd be like, well, 414 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: jokes on you, kid, because that was in my mouth. 415 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: It was quite the memorable lift. Oh that's great. Though 416 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: it was, it was, I thought I appreciated the whole thing. 417 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: As we record this Halloween has not happened yet. And 418 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: as I mentioned in another episode, I have five candies 419 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: I have to get for free, and I have all 420 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: but one. Oh yeah yeah. And our office manager saw 421 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: me like dive for an almond joy the other day. 422 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: They're very rare. So I gotta find a butter finger, 423 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: all right, cross your fingers, formulasteners. I think good butter 424 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: finger thoughts. It's a curse. It has to be free. 425 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: I can't buy it. This is the rule. I don't 426 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: know what will happen. I think the universe it will 427 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: be like the end of Cabin in the Woods. Oh yeah, man, 428 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: in everybody's best interest at that this happens. Yeah, well, 429 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: I'll keep an eye out. I will, but I think 430 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: if you buy it it won't count either. It has 431 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: to just appear somehow. You have to like forage it 432 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 1: in the wild. Exactly exactly. It's just growing next to 433 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: some chantera rills. Wow, that's my next couple of days, 434 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,439 Speaker 1: just searching for a better finger. If you see me 435 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: wandering around, well, good luck, thank you, yeah, thank you. 436 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: And meanwhile, that concludes our candy corn episode and brings 437 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: us to our first letter is from Kevin. Kevin wrote, 438 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: when I was in college, I worked at a fast 439 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: food restaurant. Having been raised by frugal parents, we were 440 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: brought up not to waste food or anything really, so 441 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: working at Heartsease making sandwiches for the potential customer and 442 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: throwing them out if they weren't purchased within fifteen to 443 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: twenty minutes was quite a pickle to be in. I 444 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: remember asking the manager about all this waste and being 445 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: told that company policy and furthermore, the health department didn't 446 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: allow it to be given to the hungry. I recall 447 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: a particular breakfast shift working with a co worker who 448 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: put the biscuit making a high gear and su did 449 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: the oven stuffed with pants of soon to be biscuits. However, 450 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 1: when the breakfast menu was closed at ten thirty, we 451 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,959 Speaker 1: still add biscuits baking. Being the clever college student, I 452 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: seized upon this opportunity. I did mostly as company polies 453 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: a policy required. But first I needed a fresh trash 454 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: bag from the stock room. I counted the trays of 455 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: biscuits as I dumped them, very unceremoniously into the bag. 456 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: I reported the count to the manager, who surely rolled 457 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: her eyes at the excessive loss, and then proceeded to 458 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: take out the trash, which was one of my normal duties. However, 459 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: I did not head to the dumpster. I walked straight 460 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 1: to my car the bulging bag of biscuits and put 461 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: in my trunk somewhere. A bit smashed and misshaped from 462 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: rough treatment, but they were so much better than Pillsbury 463 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: biscuits from a can. Mom put the bulk of them 464 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: and reused Schwan's ice cream buckets and stored them in 465 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: the deep freeze. Sadly, the ice cream was not consumed 466 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 1: by us, as a Schwan's brand was a bit pricey 467 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: for our family. I've never heard of Schwan's brand, however, 468 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: we did have delicious biscuits from months which were even 469 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 1: better eaten in our kitchen with mom's homemade probably strawberry preserves. Yeah, 470 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: save those biscuits. Save them. That's not it's so funny 471 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: to me. I just always assumed that food at fast 472 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: food restaurants just sat there forever. So this is it's 473 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: really only a couple of hours. Hm, Well, I'm happy. 474 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: But these biscuits found a home in your stomach, absolutely, man, 475 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,239 Speaker 1: especially yeah, especially something that freezes that well and like 476 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: you know, doesn't involve meater vege that would go off. Yeah, sure, 477 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: that would torment me too, absolutely, Laura wrote, one of 478 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: my friends posted a pick of something she found at 479 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: the Walmart. Made me think of one of our previous 480 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: episodes and of some funny childhood memories of weird foods. 481 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: And she attached a photograph. And the photograph is of 482 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: a squeeze bottle of green stuff and it's labeled Great 483 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: Value Nickelodeon Slime Sauce. Yeah, it's that vibrant neon green 484 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: color of slime. Yeah. And furthermore, the label says that 485 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: you can add some fun to your plate. All caps 486 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: on the fun, all caps on the fun, and it 487 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: specifies that it is made with great value. Catchup and yeah, 488 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: so you know, you know, yeah that exists. Yeah, Nickelodeon, 489 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: good job. You know, when I was a kid, I 490 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: think that that would have been branded as ectoplasm, like 491 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: Ristbusters slime or ectoplasm or something. But I appreciate that 492 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: other brands are carrying on the proud tradition of unnecessarily 493 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: coloring things green and marketing them as goop to children, 494 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: and I think that's beautiful. I think I saw Burger 495 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: King as that Halloween burger right now, and the bond 496 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: is purple and the catchup screen. Yeah all right, I'm 497 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: in the market for Halloween recipes right now, so maybe 498 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: I bet I'll never find this anywhere, but an idea, 499 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: an idea, absolutely, Yeah, though I suppose catch Up is 500 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: it's already blood. Yeah, it's already Halloween, but it's not 501 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: his novel anyway. Thanks to both of them for writing in. 502 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: If you would like to write to us, if you 503 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: want to tell us your opinions on candy corn, we 504 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: would love to hear them. Our email is Hello at 505 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: sabor pod dot com. We're also on social media. You 506 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: can find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. At Saber Pod, 507 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: we do hope to hear from you. Thanks as always 508 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: to our superproducer Dylan Fagin, who says that candy corn 509 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,959 Speaker 1: is his fourth most hated food. Thanks to you for listening, 510 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: and we hope that lots more good things are coming 511 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: your way.