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Perfect. In my opinion the candy makers on the east coast are superior. There is also a chance i can get some.. ahh! they have a website!!

http://www.rcandy.com/

so they make these HUGE lollies on sticks shaped like camels and dogs nd santa in a chimney.. that we'd chi away at on furnature to get little sugar slivers in our mouths.. and of course it was a race to the first kid who could get it in their mouth. My dad will put the stickless :"toys" in a zip lock bag and scientifically and evenly crack iit with a glass. Some of thse things , without a stick- are as big as "yer face". Candy wise it's the same stuff they use (pretty much) for candy art in China and Rock Candy.

I am determined to send something from that company in a care package. OH! This traditional fortress in my hometown did a Victorian xmas every year and we'd be handed these barley toys to shut us up for a 35 minute Magic Lantern show of a european fairy tale.

And now I just learned what a Polkagris wsa, so i'm going to head off on an internet/ book fueled tangent looking up more magic lanterns and candy....


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oh and - Have you ever had Chicken Bones candy?