Comments on: Sweet!: Crystallized Sunshine http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19319 Mark B. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19319 Yeah, we used to chew the paraffin too. (But it didn’t take long until it was totally tasteless.

And the wax lips!

Ah, how we amused ourselves back in the olden days!

]]> By: m&m http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19312 m&m Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:31:25 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19312 When we were kids, we actually cut off pieces of the paraffin and chewed it until it was like tasteless gum. Did anyone else do that?

Do the wax lips thingies count? I think they were like paraffin. ;)

]]> By: m&m http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19311 m&m Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:30:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19311 I love the ‘excuse’ — I think it adds to the fun of the posts to have a Mormon history connection.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19298 Ardis E. Parshall Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:09:50 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19298 Good catch, m&m. This one came from the Improvement Era (which is my excuse for posting it as Mormon history) from 1952.

]]> By: m&m http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19294 m&m Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:02:10 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19294 Ardis, you are on a roll today. Forgive me if this shows my ignorance and the fact that I haven’t seen all your sugar posts, but where is the ad from?

]]> By: Maurine http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19275 Maurine Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:57:38 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19275 When we were kids, we actually cut off pieces of the paraffin and chewed it until it was like tasteless gum. Did anyone else do that?

Researcher, I love making frozen Strawberry jam, too. Last spring my daughter-in-law and I made ten batches while I was teaching her how. We have been in “jam heaven” ever since.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19262 Ardis E. Parshall Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:04:27 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19262 It does have that effect on me, sorta — it makes my neck as thick as my middle.

]]> By: Hunter http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19259 Hunter Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:04:31 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19259 Wow — did anyone else notice that hourglass figure of the woman holding the bag of sugar? Her waist is about the same size as her neck!

I wish eating sugar had that effect on my middle section!

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19257 Ardis E. Parshall Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:41:06 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19257 One of my goals in life is to arm you-all with the documentary evidence necessary — and what could possibly be more trustworthy and scientific than a recipe for the wholesome, home-bottled fruits of nature? — to restore the evidently lost doctrine that Israelite manna was really Mormon beet sugar.

[extracting tongue from cheek]

]]> By: Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/01/28/sweet-crystallized-sunshine/comment-page-1/#comment-19256 Clark Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=3436#comment-19256 I wish my mother believed sugar contained only sunshine and water. I would have been able to eat more of it!

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