(this all dates from when the blue ones were new and novel)

[deird1]

Does anyone else have extremely weird habits for eating M&Ms?

I always eat the other colours first, and save the blue ones til last. The blue ones are special, you see.


Occasionally I go into full-on ridiculous eating-one-colour-at-a-time and delightedly watch the colour scheme change as each individual colour slowly fades out of the spectrum, until there's nothing left but blue (because I always finish with blue)... but that's only when I'm extremely bored.


Anyone else? Or is it just me?

Comments

[deird1]

So, do you eat the ones you like the most first, or last?


*loves Skittles*

[lirazel]

Oh, I save the best for last! Always!

I was wondering if y'all had Skittles. I know there are different candies different places.

[deird1]

You are very informed. *pats*

(There are some LJers who do regular "junk food swaps" between countries, so that people can send each other different lollies and try out each other's food. I was vaguely considering doing that with a few flist people... although it might be expensive.)

[lirazel]

It would be expensive, but it's quite a lovely idea. I admit--I'm more of a salty foods fiend. I like candy now and then, but I don't have an aggressive sweet tooth (except for my pie addiction). But I know some people who are CRAZY about candy, and I love the idea of people sharing.

[deird1]

This is one of the reasons I classified it as "junk food".

Personally, my offerings would be likely to include plenty of chocolate and sugar (like musk sticks) but also lots of savouries (like Twisties and chicken chips).


The other reason being the annoying linguistic issue of "candy", "lollies", and "sweets"...

[lirazel]

Doh! I was still thinking in the candy vein. You did say junk food! Which covers drawers of inappropriate starches, too!

Now I'm trying to figure out what my offerings would be. GooGoo bars, probably, since they're super local. Moon Pies. Chili Cheese Fritos, maybe. Stuckey's Pecan Log Rolls, which I have recently discovered you can buy online and not just on road trips. Too bad you can't send ice cream via mail; there are a couple of local kinds that are wonderful.

I am very intrigued by chicken chips....

[klme.livejournal.com]

What, pray, is a moon pie?

[lirazel]

They're these round graham crackers with marshmallow in the middle and dipped in chocolate, about as big around a DVD. I actually ate so many of them when I was a little girl that I can no longer stand the taste of them. We drink them with RC Cola (a localish brand), and there's an RC Cola and Moon Pie festival every year in this little podunk town near where I live. I've never been, but I keep meaning to. More here.

[deird1]

So, in fact, they're basically Wagon Wheels. :)

[lirazel]

Wikipedia informs me that this is indeed so. :D But do y'all have a Wagon Wheel festival?

[klme.livejournal.com]

Ah. Love Wagon Wheels :)
But the idea of different flavoured wagon wheels as described on wikipedia does my head in. Banana wagon wheel? Ew...

[immer_am_lesen]

I do that with a US friend. I've gotten some truly horrifying products over the years! :-p

There's an LJ group for parcel-swapping, but they're all moderated, and wouldn't let me join... :(