Can't eat sugar daddies anymore, but they were great, too

All those caramel, chewy things are yesterday's memories, as far as I'm concerned, like swinging on a vine in the woods. - Gone forever.

Those weren't actually made in Boston?

Gotta say, I pretty much agree with the author. The only times I've gone out of my way to buy any of those were as gag gifts for older people's birthdays.

Ferrara Pan merged with Farley's & Sathers Candy Company in 2012.

from the Vermont Country store, along with a lot of items not found elsewhere.
I have bought trouser-stretchers for my slacks - eliminates ironing, as well as night-caps - the kind worn on the head if it tends to get cold overnight. Also Ship'n'Shore blouses, Lanz nightgowns, and many more.

I just love to browse through their catalogue.

At least in Connecticut and Massachusetts. And also in the mini rolls, not just at Halloween, but year 'round.

I was told by someone that many of the things they sell, are not quite the same as we remember them. Point in case: Lifeboy soap. Used to love that stuff but will not buy it. Was told it was not the same
And -a blast from the past--they have Tangee lipstick. Remember that from Woolworths? When I was a kid, it was about fifteen cents a tube. I believe it is about $15.00 at VCS.
Used to get their catalog but I guess they gave up on me.

It would still be fun to look at but It is on line too.

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/?searchid=7SPDBRND&feedid=googlebrand&adpos=1t1&creative=51862506378&device=c&matchtype=e&network=g&gclid=CKau57mSysECFWcF7AodsU0ADA

desperate for a product, or not realize the price is high.
Yes, I've seen the Tangee lipstick - orangish, if I remember correctly, and old-timey perfumes.
It's a hoot.
Family member really wanted a night cap, so I ordered & got from VCS. Later found out your can goole such Items and there's more than one place that them.

the old time perfumes.

I love the description for "Evening In Paris" which touts it as one of the most loved fragrances from the 50s or whatever.

My mom had some of that. I was just a kid at the time, but I thought it was absolutely PUTRID.


So the only thing I ever bought from their catalog was a French Butter Bell. I never knew such a thing existed till I saw it in the catalog. Such a simple concept, but brilliant!

I do enjoy looking through the catalog when one comes, just for the memories





PS...for anyone who doesn't know what a butter bell is...

http://www.butterbell.com/how-to-use-butter-bell-crock/

The little wrapper with five different colored jelllies, Black, Yellow, Red, Green and Orange.
No on in Calif. seems to have ever heard of them, but I loved those as a kid.

Of course, some people in Calif never ever have heard of taking girls to watch the submarine races, at the local lake... (Whether that is because there are not all that many lakes, or because guys here were more honest w/ girlfriends, I guess I won't ever know.)

& in 2002 the Farley & Sathers company acquired the Chuckles brand from Hershey, so says Wiki.

I'm from the Boston area and find that Necco wafers, available here, feel like chalk in my mouth. Sugar Daddy's--instant filling removers. Love the taste but hate the dentist bill. Charleston Chew, same thing.
Junior mints are another story. Love them.

A lady I work with told this story on herself. She was walking in Alaska with her boyfriend and was picking up, what she thought were pecans. He said, "Why are you doing that?" She said, "Look at all these pecans, I'll make a pie." Laughing he asked, "What tree did they fall from?", as there wasn't a tree in sight, "That's moose shit."

When he and Mom lived on the side of a hill they got about three trick-or-treaters a year. Since he was going to have to eat anything they didn't give out, he got Sugar Daddies.

Now they live in a subdivision with two brazillion kids living it in.

Maybe Marshmallow Fluff can save us?

Ask any kid if he or she would rather have chocolate chips or a dried fig. Just sayin'

Marshmallow fluff seems to me like a much softer version of Turkish taffy, but, okay, I'll give it to a Somerville native. I don't think a guy from Pennsy actually invented Turkish taffy anyway. I think his Daddy brought it (or the concept) with him from Turkey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Taffy

I'm guessing when travel to other countries was a lot more rare than it is now, especially non-European countries, travelers "invented" a lot of stuff that had been around for centuries. Marco Polo and ancient Chinese noodles v. relatively new "Italian" pasta is but one example of the "inventive" tourist. I've always suspected that Greeks "invented" a lot of the things with which they are credited only after visiting Egypt. As they say, the victors wrote history.