Easter Candy is Evil

[BarTopDancer]

Discuss.

[Capt Jack]

Peeps!! wonderfully evil! :evil:
they last forever!!!!

[Nephythys]

Cadbury Mini-eggs = crack in a bag.

I have to avoid them- or I will munch a bag in one afternoon.

Best.candy.ever!

Also love the big ones with the squishy stuff inside too (hate the new orange cream though ugh!)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh god. The craving. Now I have the craving. Sweet, chocolaty, yolky goodness. I need a cream egg. Now.

[katiesue]

Cadbury eggs in any form, caramel preferred.

Sugar eggs with the scenes inside. Jelly beans.

[Snowflake]

Robin's Eggs (aka malted milk balls), y-u-m

Used to love peeps, now not so much :(

[Jughead P. Jones]

There is a part of my job in the food department at a retail store that states that when we have food displays in the seasonal section of our store (i.e. Easter Candy), we might be required to stock that section in addition to our original section.

Well, in between ticketing signs and blowing up lilac-coloured balloons to pretty up our Easter display, I was asked to stock the Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.

Why didn't they just hand me a loaded gun?

I tell you, it was a task in itself to stock the eggs without wanting to eat every single one! They are ADDICTIVE!!

Peeps I can take or leave. Or, with me being the sadistic type, I stick toothpicks in them and watch them have a swordfight in the microwave. :evil:

[Nephythys]

Oh god. The craving. Now I have the craving. Sweet, chocolaty, yolky goodness. I need a cream egg. Now.

hehee- I always love that day I discover that Cadbury Creme eggs have shown up in the stores.

Nice to know I am not alone :)

[Nephythys]

Well, in between ticketing signs and blowing up lilac-coloured balloons to pretty up our Easter display, I was asked to stock the Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.

Why didn't they just hand me a loaded gun?

I tell you, it was a task in itself to stock the eggs without wanting to eat every single one! They are ADDICTIVE!!




gak- I am so over those. My mom bought me and my brother -EACH-a box of them- a BOX- once for a kick. I about died of Reeses overdose LOL

[Capt Jack]

Robin's Eggs (aka malted milk balls), y-u-m


melting one in my mouth as I type this.
y-u-m indeed! :D

[Prudence]

I love the new orange cream eggs! Please feel free to send your unwanted ones to me.

[katiesue]

Totally forgot about Robin's Eggs - I love those.

[BarTopDancer]

I went to Target to buy some stuff for my office and came back with the following for myself:

1 container of the mini-cream eggs. I think I like the big ones better.
2 small bags of mini-eggs
2 marshmellow eggs

I left the area before it could get out of control. I need to buy the russel stover creme filled eggs (raspberry and strawberry). What are these orange creme eggs you speak of?

[wendybeth]

Robin's Eggs (aka malted milk balls), y-u-m

Used to love peeps, now not so much :(

Et tu, Snow?

These are my downfall. I don't even really like candy, but Robin's Eggs are so completely addictive. One year I bought a huge bag from Costco, and I ate the whole thing. (Not at one sitting, though- took a good week or so).

[Alex]

Peeps: Gross to eat but have redeeming misuse features.
Cadbury Eggs: Loved them as a kid and had one three years ago; candidate for most vile thing ever in my mouth.
Jelly Beans: Gross in all forms and flavors (texture thing)
Robin's Eggs: Yum
Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs: Certainly acceptable but the chocolate to "peanut butter" ratio is off from the more ideal regular cups.

[katiesue]

I agree with Alex on the Reeces eggs - too much peanut butter, not enough chocolate.

[blueerica]

I see a large portion of us like the chocolate covered malted milk. YUM.

I cannot stand any Cadbury egg that is not caramel, and even then - I generally abstain. There's something about getting to the inside that has made me spit it up since I was a lil' kid. I do like Peeps, but also don't really eat them.

In fact, I'm not really a candy person outside of the occasional piece of chocolate. And Robin Eggs. I could eat a basket full of those, get sick, and still probably like them. I know I've eaten a carton before over the course of 2-3 days.

[JWBear]

Robin's Eggs (aka malted milk balls), y-u-m


My favorites too! Yum!

[mousepod]

For many years, I would get a craving for a Cadbury Cream Egg, eat one, almost puke, wait 11 1/2 months, and then get a craving for one all over again. It's as if the concept of what I imagine they must taste like overrides the actual memory of the disgustingly sweet slime that I abhor. A couple of days ago, while picking up some club soda at Safeway, I almost picked one up...

I think I'll wait for the solid milk chocolate bunny.

[Prudence]

What are these orange creme eggs you speak of?

Like the regular Cadbury creme eggs, but with a slight orange flavor. I'm addicted!

[Ghoulish Delight]

wb, I WOULD eat the whole bag of robbins eggs in one sitting. It's best that I stay away from them.

I'm mad at myself. I was at the market. I found the Easter candy section. But all I could find were the mini cream eggs. Screw that, gimme the full size. But I managed to forget to find the candy aisle to see if they have them, so I've come home eggless. :mad:

[Prudence]

I'm mad at myself. I was at the market. I found the Easter candy section. But all I could find were the mini cream eggs. Screw that, gimme the full size. But I managed to forget to find the candy aisle to see if they have them, so I've come home eggless. :mad:

So I shouldn't mention that I'm eating one riiiiiight now? And that it's extremely tasty and sugary and delicious?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I have the power to ban you!

[katiesue]

Oh great now I suddenly feel the need to go shopping.

[katiesue]

Just found a Cadbury egg from last year in the candy jar. Hmm how desperate am I???

[BarTopDancer]

wb, I WOULD eat the whole bag of robbins eggs in one sitting. It's best that I stay away from them.

I'm mad at myself. I was at the market. I found the Easter candy section. But all I could find were the mini cream eggs. Screw that, gimme the full size. But I managed to forget to find the candy aisle to see if they have them, so I've come home eggless. :mad:

I have the mini ones in my desk. I bought them for easter goodie bags but I had to break them out. Better than nothing.

[Mousey Girl]

The mini's are good for work. YUM!

I have been enjoying the variety of Kisses that seem to be seasonal.

I did buy some mini Reeses eggs...jury is still out.

[Jughead P. Jones]

Just found a Cadbury egg from last year in the candy jar. Hmm how desperate am I???


As long as the expiration date isn't before March 13, 2007, I'd say you're golden. :D

[katiesue]

Expiration date? What's that:D

[RStar]

Peeps: Gross to eat but have redeeming misuse features.Like the peeps in the microwave experiment? What a better way to spend an Easter afternoon!


Funny how something used in celebrating God has become Evil :rolleyes:

[Snowflake]

Et tu, Snow?

These are my downfall. I don't even really like candy, but Robin's Eggs are so completely addictive. One year I bought a huge bag from Costco, and I ate the whole thing. (Not at one sitting, though- took a good week or so).

Le Sigh, y-e-s. Stopped at Safeway this morning on the way to work, picked up my salad for lunch and then at the check out damned cute impulse purchase (mini carton of the robin eggs). Now the question is, can I hold out until after lunch before I crack it open and will I be good and share? I should cause these are certainly not on my diet! :(

This will help me abstain, a little while, at least. :evil: 24 pieces is, actually, a fairly good size serving. That is, unless you do eat an entire bag in one sitting.

http://www.geocities.com/~rudyfan/nutrition-info.jpg

[Jughead P. Jones]

You know...I just might be setting myself up for being banned from this forum altogether, but I'm just gonna come right out and say it...

I have NEVER so much as tried a Robin's Egg...EVER!

(pleasedon'tkillmepleasedon'tkillmepleasedon'tkill mepleasedon'tkillme...)

[Capt Jack]

no harm...but of course...now you MUST

[Snowflake]

http://www.geocities.com/~rudyfan/nutrition-info.jpg

BTW, can anyone identify the kosher standing code for me? What does that mean, are they or aren't they kosher? Not that it matters, I'm not kosher (obviously) merely curious.

[Ghoulish Delight]

A product receives a kosher status if a specially trained rabbi has inspected the facilities that the product is made and packaged in and certified that it meets the necessary requirements. These rabbis usually belong to specific groups, there are several of them. The initials or symbols you see indicate which groups have inspected that particular product. In this case, "OU" is one of the major ones and you'll see it as either "OU" or an O with a U inside of it. The added "D" means that it's considered a dairy product and therefore cannot be eaten with meat (or put on the same plate as meat if you're being strict).

Other kosher trademarks are Circle-K, CRC, Star K, etc. They all have their own followings and many people will ONLY buy products with the particular mark that they trust.

Here (http://kosherfood.about.com/od/guidetokosherfoodlabels/ss/symbols.htm) are a bunch of the different agencies' logos and links to info about each one.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I've completely abstained from buying Easter candy thus far. This thread is making it mighty difficult to maintain my willpower however.

Cadbury Eggs, I can do without. No major desire for peeps. Robin eggs, however, are an entirely different story. If I find myself in a grocery store today, I just may cave in.

[Strangler Lewis]

It offends me as a Jew when the Easter candy's not kosher. And why can't people remember to serve the egg nog before, not after, the Christmas ham?

[Snowflake]

In this case, "OU" is one of the major ones and you'll see it as either "OU" or an O with a U inside of it. The added "D" means that it's considered a dairy product and therefore cannot be eaten with meat (or put on the same plate as meat if you're being strict).

Other kosher trademarks are Circle-K, CRC, Star K, etc. They all have their own followings and many people will ONLY buy products with the particular mark that they trust.

Here (http://kosherfood.about.com/od/guidetokosherfoodlabels/ss/symbols.htm) are a bunch of the different agencies' logos and links to info about each one.

Thanks! I learned something interesting today. I knew of the K in a circle logo, but not all the others.

[Snowflake]

Cadbury Eggs, I can do without. No major desire for peeps. Robin eggs, however, are an entirely different story. If I find myself in a grocery store today, I just may cave in.

Oh, go ahead, cave, I did. :evil:

They're SO good!

[mousepod]

Thanks! I learned something interesting today. I knew of the K in a circle logo, but not all the others.

Being from the east coast, I had never experienced a Circle K until I was almost 20 years old. Finally having their microwave burrito in Tucson, AZ, I was so happy to finally find truly kosher "filling station food".

What?

Different Circle K?

Nevermind.

[RStar]

Being from the east coast, I had never experienced a Circle K until I was almost 20 years old. Finally having their microwave burrito in Tucson, AZ, I was so happy to finally find truly kosher "filling station food".

What?

Different Circle K?

Nevermind.

I wondered if there was any connection myself.....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Thanks! I learned something interesting today. I knew of the K in a circle logo, but not all the others.OU is the largest in the world...but it's on fewer products because it has the most strict standards.

[Alex]

When I worked at the salmon cannery the OU people and the Marines were the most thorough inspections we went through.

[RStar]

So, Alex. Was working in a fish cannery as bad as it sounds?

[thecorndogwalker]

Peeps -they never go out of season, but they stank when they come back up.. blah!!!

[Alex]

I don't know. How bad does it sound?

It was bad but probably not in the ways you're thinking. I saw nothing that would disabuse me of eating canned fish. It was a clean mechanical process.

What was bad were the hours. They tell you that you can make a lot of money over a summer but what they don't really mention is because of the hours. Base pay was $6/hour and overtime was $9. Overtime kicked in for hours after 9 in a single day and hours after 40 in a week. The week started on Monday and I'd be completely on overtime by late morning on Wednesday.

I worked from 6am to Midnight for 43 straight days (and I mean straight, no weekends off). I was in a quality assurance position (these jobs required being able to speak English so tended to be the few positions operated by Americans and paid $0.50 cents more since I was responsible for USDA required paperwork) so I got a bit of time off my feet.

Meals were not provided and the only grocery store in Kodiak was open from 6:00 a.m. to Midnight. So there were days where I lived only on candy bars from the vending machines. And I could never do laundry.

I was so exhausted that one time, when a line worker poached the skin off his arms by dunking them in a vat of near boiling water (it wasn't supposed to be more than 110 degrees) my first thought was that if had been me (and it could have been anybody he was just the first one to the rinsing sink at break) I would get to go to the hospital and sleep.

So it was bad because of the workload, which was somewhat worse for QA since there were 8 QA stations and they'd hired 9 people allowing everybody one day off per week. But the extra guy quit early in the summer so we didn't get a day off (line workers got one day out of eight; lived in a nearby campground and had wives who stayed in the campground taking care of the essentials like cooking, laundry, and shopping).

But it did not suck because of the work environment, messy conditions, smell, or anything else. The 9 months of the year the cannery is on a slower workload of halibut and crab would be great but the salmon run only lasts so long and there are a lot of them out there.

All in all, it is an experience I'm glad to have had. Also, if I hadn't I'd have never peed on a sea lion. And that is something everybody should be able to claim. Or watched a guy parallel park a 400 foot boat in a space about 450 feet long without ever touching the dock.

[AllyOops!]

I love jelly beans. :)

You know what else I like? Have you tried those little Russell Stover coconut "birds nests" with the three little jelly bean "eggs" inside? Sometimes the nests are milk chocolate, sometimes pastel green coloured chocolate. I rarely see them, although I know that I've seen them at Hallmark stores. I don't like chocolate very much, but I like those!

[Prudence]

I don't think those really count as chocolate - but I eat them any way. And I save the jelly beans for last.

[RStar]

All in all, it is an experience I'm glad to have had. Also, if I hadn't I'd have never peed on a sea lion. And that is something everybody should be able to claim. Or watched a guy parallel park a 400 foot boat in a space about 450 feet long without ever touching the dock.

I love jelly beans. :)
This just hit me as funny. Not the kind of posts I expected to follow one another, but then I was derailing a bit. ;)

Yup, that answered my question Alex. I thought of messy smelly bloody fish guts everywhere cannery. I suppose the fish come in alread cleaned and frozen so the messy part was done at sea on the boat.

Just so you know, I'm enjoying talking about fish guts in a candy thread. :D

I was at the store and saw the Robin Eggs and I said to myself "Just keep moving, nothing to see here". I know that if I picked up the bag, they wouldn't see the light of day the following day.

[Alex]

No, they came in whole, fresh, and every once in a while still alive. It did smell to a certain degree but fresh fish does not have a strong odor.

[Capt Jack]

thats how you tell if theyre fresh at the store. if it smells like a fish, its not fresh fish

odd, but its a good rule of thumb

[Snowflake]

two more bought at Safeway this morning for the candy bowl at my desk. Our office is small, but the consensus is a definite thumbs up on Robin Eggs.

It's 9:30, is it too early? :D

[katiesue]

It's never to early for Robin's eggs.

[Snowflake]

It's never to early for Robin's eggs.

That was all the validation I required, they're open and oh so yummy......

Not even close to Easter and not even close to being a good for me diet food.... oh well, could be worse, could be pizza!

[Jughead P. Jones]

Peeps -they never go out of season, but they stank when they come back up.. blah!!!

Yeah...that delightful image makes me just rush right out to the store to get me some Peeps. :eek:

[BarTopDancer]

mmmmmmm creme eggs for breakfast.

[Alex]

thats how you tell if theyre fresh at the store. if it smells like a fish, its not fresh fish

odd, but its a good rule of thumb

A better test is flesh firmness. If you slightly press your finger into the flesh it should spring right back. If the indentation holds, that isn't good. Smell can be covered in several ways (but if it is there that isn't good). And don't necessarily use the smell of the entire establishment as a guide, the smell at the fish market generally isn't from the contents of the display cases.

[Prudence]

I'd better stock up on creme eggs for the weekend if I'm going to keep reading this thread.

[Capt Jack]

A better test is flesh firmness. If you slightly press your finger into the flesh it should spring right back. If the indentation holds, that isn't good. Smell can be covered in several ways (but if it is there that isn't good). And don't necessarily use the smell of the entire establishment as a guide, the smell at the fish market generally isn't from the contents of the display cases.

good call. I'll remember that. I been having a massive craving for a really good halibut or shark steak.

[Alex]

Unless you watched it come out of the water took it immediately home and cooked it within minutes of still being alive you won't get really good halibut.

I thought I had had really good halibut until I had it that fresh and realized I'd bee wrong all my life. It is amazing how quickly halibut declines to a still good but significantly less good state.

The rate of decline varies quite a bit from species to species (red salmon holds much longer than pink or chum salmon, for example)

[blueerica]

mmmmmmm creme eggs for breakfast.

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[Ponine]

Not to derail the fish eaters, but I am an avid peep, and Robin Egg consumer.
I need more Robin Eggs.

Who's going to bring Lash a nice new box of peeps to the meet? I wont be there to oblige.

And isnt Lani a big peep fan? Or is that Adrienne? Hmmm...

What else.... oh chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies... eggs.. you name it.

[blueerica]

Unless you watched it come out of the water took it immediately home and cooked it within minutes of still being alive you won't get really good halibut.

I thought I had had really good halibut until I had it that fresh and realized I'd bee wrong all my life. It is amazing how quickly halibut declines to a still good but significantly less good state.

The rate of decline varies quite a bit from species to species (red salmon holds much longer than pink or chum salmon, for example)

I'm still not entirely sure how the thread got this diverted, but I must agree that fish, although it can be good later, is best right after the catch. I haven't had the pleasure of halibut fresh from the water, nor have I had most fish *that* fresh. My only experience is with trout. I'm not much of a trout eater, but having lived on a river, trout that comes directly out of the water, gutted immediately and thrown directly onto the grill is the only, I repeat, only way to do it. Otherwise, it's just gross to me.

And I probably just grossed a bunch of people out by talking about gutting a fish.

[Alex]

I don't think I've ever seen Lani eat a Peep. But that could just be selective memory.

I do believe that one of the Adrienne's is a fan (but not which one).

[Ponine]

I don't think I've ever seen Lani eat a Peep. But that could just be selective memory.

I do believe that one of the Adrienne's is a fan (but not which one).

That works. I brought them to a pre-MA meet once. There was another peep afficianado there.

[Snowflake]

And I probably just grossed a bunch of people out by talking about gutting a fish.

Not at all. To derail further, my freshest catch of the day is sweet shrimp at a sushi bar. The Sushi Master went behind the green curtain to the tank (but I could see) grabbed a live shrimp out of the tank, decapitated it, passed the head off to an associate for the tempura battering and frying and brought the shrimp out, worked his magic with the rice and wasabi, that was probably less than a minute dead and utterly delicious! :p

One carton of Robin Eggs is gone already! Not just me, but it attracted the swarm of fellow Robin Egg lovers, it's like they had radar!

[blueerica]

My Easter Candy Rules:

Robin Eggs are the candy of the gods.

M&Ms, especially peanut (sorry iSm) are good any time of year, regardless of pastel coloring, so I generally abstain.

Jelly Bellys are good, except buttered popcorn. And I don't care so much for the caramel popcorn flavor either. Oh, and I don't dig on cherry. And I don't like cinnamon as much, though it's okay when in conjunction with apple. The best flavor is truly pear. But they're the same all year, thus, they are not Easter cuisine.

Peeps are okay, but no more than 4. Eating more than 4 can result in imprisonment in the bathroom for... however long it takes.


Actually, I'm getting sick thinking about this. :-/

[flippyshark]

I just finished off a pack of Peeps Orange Creme Flavoured Eggs - I like Peeps that add actual flavor. Standard Peeps have no flavor at all, apart from raw sugar. (For some reason, they remind me of the cardboard-ish taste of communion wafers, only more sugary.) I have had Cocoa flavored Peeps Bats, Vanilla flavored Peeps eggs, and these current Orange flavored eggs. I like 'em.

I find it amusing that the two major Christian observances, Christmas and Easter, have come to be all about presents and candy, respectively.

[Nephythys]

Like the regular Cadbury creme eggs, but with a slight orange flavor. I'm addicted!

gak- they taste like those chocolate orange sticks. I hate those too- TOO much orange flavor.

[BarTopDancer]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Good. that is the reaction I was going for.

Now if you'll excuse me I must go have one for dessert.


Just because I sound like a giant pig i want it known that I bought a container of the bite sized ones.

[flippyshark]

gak- they taste like those chocolate orange sticks. I hate those too- TOO much orange flavor.

I guess I'll have to search these out, because I LOVE those chocolate orange sticks!

[Nephythys]

Good. that is the reaction I was going for.

Now if you'll excuse me I must go have one for dessert.


Just because I sound like a giant pig i want it known that I bought a container of the bite sized ones.

heh- Costco used to sell an 18-count flat of the big ones. Creme, caramel and chocolate fudge-

Yum...(no, I never ate a whole flat myself):D

[Strangler Lewis]

. . . trout that comes directly out of the water, gutted immediately and thrown directly onto the grill is the only, I repeat, only way to do it.

My mother grew up on a farm, and she always said there's nothing like a fresh killed chicken.

My wife grew up near a cornfield in New Jersey, and if you wanted to buy corn from the farmer, he insisted that you call ahead and tell him that the water on the pot was boiling so the sweetness would not convert to starch.

I can vouch for freshly picked tomatos and herbs, but that's about it.

[Nephythys]

The Sushi Master went behind the green curtain to the tank (but I could see) grabbed a live shrimp out of the tank, decapitated it, passed the head off to an associate for the tempura battering and frying and brought the shrimp out, worked his magic with the rice and wasabi, that was probably less than a minute dead and utterly delicious! :p



um, what did they do with the head??????


Do people eat shrimp heads?

[BarTopDancer]

Do people eat shrimp heads?

Yes.

[€uroMeinke]

Apparently Cadbury Cream Eggs are available in vending machines in the Tube stations - but I haven't tried one yet.

[Nephythys]

Yes.

Why?

[Ghoulish Delight]

So, here's where CP and I (I say when she's not around to defend herself) admit that owning a bunny is turning us into crazy bunny people. We've always rolled our eyes at the Cadbury commercials. The old clucking bunny commercials. How stupid is that, right?

But here's the thing we've learned...bunnies kinda look like chickens. I mean, if she's relaxed, she'll get into this position we call the "bunny hen." She tucks front legs underneath her, her dewlap (the extra fold of skin on her chest) puffs up and covers the feet, her head kinda settles back...and she looks for all the world like she's brooding. And all I can think of is the Cadbury commercials. I can almost hear her clucking.

Yup, crazy bunny people.

[Snowflake]

um, what did they do with the head??????


Do people eat shrimp heads?


Oh yes! They dip the head in tempura batter, deep fry it and serve it up with lemon wedges (usually two of them, since two shrimp constitute an order of sweet shrimp).

Of course, you can elect not to eat the heads. Many people don't. I generally eat one and share the other since by the time I get to sweet shrimp I'm at the end of my sushi dinner and stuff to my own gills.

Go figure, the tamale and the though of eating similar bits of a lobster gross me out totally, but this I don't mind. And the shrimp is incredible, sweet and succulent.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Why?

Personally, I haven't done the shrimp head thing (although I adore sushi), but I know many people that swear that they are absolutely delicious. I just have a thing about eating anything with eyes staring at me.

I started to say "I have a problem eating anything with a head but knew I was setting myself up."

[LSPoorEeyorick]

The tamale grosses you out?

I am.. confused. Unless tamale is also a euphemism for something else.

[Nephythys]

Shrimp heads? Eyes and antennas.

Utterly incomprehensible how anyone eats that on purpose :eek:

[BarTopDancer]

The tamale grosses you out?

I am.. confused. Unless tamale is also a euphemism for something else.

Not that I can think of.

Shrimp heads = ikky. You missed my reaction to them at the dinner after the shorts screening. Tamale = ikky too. My mom loves it and her bother loves the eggs. But give me a Nova Scotia lobster - steamed with a side of lemon and a side of butter and I'm in heaven. Just keep the tamale away from me.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Clearly you have not been eating the right tamales. That's all I have to say.

[mousepod]

I was never a big fan of shrimp to start with, but my first trip to Japan almost 20 years ago sealed the deal for me. My dad and I arrived late at our Osaka hotel on the first night of the trip, so we went to the in-house teppanyaki bar for a bite. First, the chef brought out some beautiful slices of beef, then some chicken... so far so good. Then, he brought out a tray with a few live jumbo shrimp, under a piece of saran wrap. He took a shrimp and forcefully shoved it onto the hot grill right in front of me. I was face-to-face with the little bottom feeder and the air escaping from his exoskeleton sounded like a high-pitched scream as it died in front of me.

Maybe I'll pick up some peeps for dessert tonight (I don't want to stray too far from the OP).

[mousepod]

Clearly you have not been eating the right tamales. That's all I have to say.

I think she's talking about "tomalley", the digestive gland.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I think she's talking about "tomalley", the digestive gland.
Oooooh.

Tamale:
http://www.traditionalmexicancooking.com.mx/images/food/tamale-wide.jpg

Tomalley:
http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2006/06/19/1150727705_2144.jpg

Biiig difference.

[BarTopDancer]

I think she's talking about "tomalley", the digestive gland.

thank you!!!!!!! I never knew there was a spelling difference.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Oh, yes, quite.

I've created a guide to eating tamales (http://static.flickr.com/87/247886743_97b1b1019b_o.jpg).

My guide to eating tomalley? Stay away.

[Ghoulish Delight]

thank you!!!!!!! I never knew there was a spelling difference.
Blame that on Americans' inability to pronounce "tamale" correctly.

[Capt Jack]

I started to say "I have a problem eating anything with a head but knew I was setting myself up."

nice save :D

[katiesue]

My boss eats the shrimp tails. You know the cruncy part on the ends? He read somewhere as a child that they're perfectly edible. Kinda grosses me out.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Edible, certainly. I would argue, however with "perfectly".

[Prudence]

BT eats the shrimp tails. Weirdo! I had exactly one shrimp head. I ate it to try it, and now I've done it and I don't have to do it again. It wasn't unpleasant tasting, but the combo of crunchy and squishy put me off a bit, and it was awkward to eat - little antenna sticking out everywhere.

[Mousey Girl]

I bough t carbury eggs and robin's eggs tonight at Target... Can Cadbury Eggs be cinsidered a dinner item?

[Alex]

I've eaten the heads, tails, and entire unpeeled fully veined shrimp many times. All depends on how they're prepared since when cooked correctly the various chitinous parts become crispy enough to eat without problem.

[BarTopDancer]

I bough t carbury eggs and robin's eggs tonight at Target... Can Cadbury Eggs be cinsidered a dinner item?

Yes. Chocolate is a food group.

[RStar]

I eat sunflower seeds with the shells on. I just chew 'em all right up! Lots of extra fiber!!

[RStar]

No, they came in whole, fresh, and every once in a while still alive. It did smell to a certain degree but fresh fish does not have a strong odor.Really? Wow. I always wondered how it worked. Also, I have heard good fish should have no odor, so that makes since.

[Alex]

Quick rundown of the process:

1. Relatively small boat goes out into ocean and (hopefully) catches a bunch of fish, which are stored in the boats holds with lots of ice (the ice making machines take up a lot of space on these boats.

2. Boat then takes fish to a cannery (either shore based or giant sea-based ships; see previously mentioned 400-foot ship) and the fish are pumped out of holds into new holding tanks at the cannery and kept in ice cold water. At this point the fish may be several days out of the ocean depending on where they were caught and how long it took to fill the holds.

3. When ready for them, the fish are pumped out of the tanks and into the processing line. This was my QA station, making sure that the fish coming out of the tank were still fresh (grab random ones, slice it open stem to stern and stick my nose in; many times I've tasted the innards of raw fish).

4. First step of the assembly line was through a machine that chopped off the heads, tales, fins, slit the stomachs and gave enough of a squeeze to extrude the organs.

5. Then they'd run through manual lines where (almost entirely Filipino) workers would clean up anything that should have been removed by the machine but wasn't.

6. Then it was into the chopping machine (called "chinks" but not for any ethnic reason) which would chop it all to pieces and provide it to the canning line (operated almost entirely by Chinese workers).

7. Coming out of the canning line cans would be put on pallets consisting of ten layers, each layer having 400 cans if I recall correctly.

8. Pallet goes into giant oven where it is all cooked.

9. Pallets are removed from ovens and allowed to cool, shrink wrapped, and shipped to distributors where they will be labeled for sale (different brands can be selling fish that came through the same cannery).

Step 7 was my second QA position. Every four hours they'd run 10 cans through the canning line empty and I'd have to go tear them down to make sure all the seals and seams were to specification. Step 9 was my third QA position. 10 random cans would get pulled from every pallet, documented and shipped to a lab where the cans would be opened and tested for contaminants.

(And finally, all of the bits cut off of fish were essentially flushed out of pipes under the cannery and back into the bay (which, ultimately is why the cannery reeks, not because of the fish being canned). Needless to say this free food was popular with the wildlife and sea lions were a constant presence. Which is how, late one night while peeing off the edge of the pier I looked down to realize I was peeing onto a sea lion.)

Thus concludes the salmon cannery detour. The door was opened a crack by me (though only in response to another diversion) but it is RStar's fault we went through the door.

[wendybeth]

My brother used to work the boats that fueled your industry, Alex. Also was a crab fisherman, a very dangerous occupation.

[wendybeth]

Heh- I just noticed this was the Easter candy thread. From Robin's Eggs to tomalley to canned salmon.......I love our site.:D

[Jughead P. Jones]

Well, maybe the Easter Bunny likes to bring canned salmon to some lucky children. :)

[katiesue]

I just had Robins Eggs for breakfast in the car on my way back from the pharmacy. Madzer's got a cold so I ran to get some meds but she's also given up candy for Lent (not my idea but whatever) so I had to sneak my breakfast in the car on the way back.

[mousepod]

OK.. I'm going to try to tie this thread together...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000774K4I.01-A1ZGOVCH92KP2V._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

SCRIPTURE FISH!

No?

To hell with it...

[Ghoulish Delight]

But where are the scripture lobster livers?

[RStar]

But where are the scripture lobster livers?

Do they come kosher? ;)

[cirquelover]

I blame the LoT... I just went to store for dinner and picked up Robin Eggs, caramel eggs and some kissables. I am perparing to eat my first caramel egg for the year ....now :D

[Jazzman]

Mmm... Reese's Eggs. They’re like individually wrapped peanut buttery orgasms...

Ahem, uh, yeah, anyway. Dig the Easter candy. When I was a kid in Sunday school (I think I was five or six) we were given paper and crayons and told to draw a picture of Easter. Well, I apparently missed the actual instructions dictating pictures of The Easter, and when we all finished and everyone held up little kid drawings of Jesus rising, rocks being rolled away, etc. I was the only one holding up a drawing of me, and a basket full of purple plastic grass, with a chocolate bunny that was missing an ear. Yep, for Little Jeffrey, Easter was all about the candy. Christ rose to save our sweets.

Oh, and I, being a Jelly Bean aficionado, love this time of year for its explosion of all sorts of varieties of beans. It's like a world full of little pieces of heaven.

[Jughead P. Jones]

Oh, and I, being a Jelly Bean aficionado, love this time of year for its explosion of all sorts of varieties of beans. It's like a world full of little pieces of heaven.

Normally, I'm not a huge jelly bean fan (unless there are green ones, in which case, I will promptly eat them all up), but I have to admit, the special edition Easter jellybeans that come in yellow, blue, pink and purple are addictive!

[mousepod]

Normally, I'm not a huge jelly bean fan...

Huge jelly beans make me choke.




Ba-dum-bum

[Jughead P. Jones]

Huge jelly beans make me choke.




Ba-dum-bum

I walked right into that one...didn't I? :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

WTF?! Still having failed to obtain a proper Cadbury cream egg, I went to Target after work. Thankfully I managed to get the last package of 4 eggs on the shelf.

What is going on here?! Forget war for oil, when are we going to invade England to get a proper supply of cream eggs, damnit!

[wendybeth]

We've sent ahead some Swanky scouts, but methinks they got lost in the theatre district.

[Ghoulish Delight]

We've sent ahead some Swanky scouts, but methinks they got lost in the theatre district.They're too busy with their wands and S&M to be of any use.

[Jughead P. Jones]

WTF?! Still having failed to obtain a proper Cadbury cream egg, I went to Target after work. Thankfully I managed to get the last package of 4 eggs on the shelf.

What is going on here?! Forget war for oil, when are we going to invade England to get a proper supply of cream eggs, damnit!

Well, if I knew they wouldn't get smushed, I'd gladly mail you some from Canada. We have an overabundance of Cadbury products here.

And, as far as the Creme Eggs go, you can have them...those things actually hurt my teeth, they're so rich!

[thecorndogwalker]

EASTER CANDY is so evil... I've seen it leave its kids in the parking lot while it spent the day at DCU..

[Alex]

For all intents and purposes Easter candy has now faded to oblivion for me. Successfully passing the gauntlet of Girl Scout cookie tables to get inside the store it is no problem at all to ignore candy.

[Not Afraid]

I saw Cadbury Creme Eggs the size of Ostrich Eggs in London.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I saw Cadbury Creme Eggs the size of Ostrich Eggs in London.
It's war I tells ya!!!!

[Prudence]

I saw Cadbury Creme Eggs the size of Ostrich Eggs in London.

Holy ovum, Batman!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm eating one of the Cadbury's creme eggs right now and damn, this is just about the most sugary snack I've ever ingested.

Speaking of Easter evil.....I was looking at all the adorable bunny cards and pondering buying them, then crossing out the Easter part and using them for other cards. I've repurposed other cute cards over the years. But the idea of giving money to the Easter industry isn't appealing to me. Hmmm.

[Snowflake]

WTF?! Still having failed to obtain a proper Cadbury cream egg, I went to Target after work. Thankfully I managed to get the last package of 4 eggs on the shelf.

What is going on here?! Forget war for oil, when are we going to invade England to get a proper supply of cream eggs, damnit!

My Safeway has a huge display of them. need a care package?