On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:44:48 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, Mark Thorson
wrote:

>Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> Same here. I hate buying halloween candy because I know most of it
>> will not be eaten by trick or treaters. I just buy a little bit
>> "just in case" but kids just don't seem to trick or treat like we did
>> when I was a kid, and even when my son was a kid. I used to buy what
>> I didn't like, but now I buy what I like and just freeze whatever's
>> left, most of it, and have a candy bar every now and then.
>
>I haven't seen trick-or-treaters in decades.
>I believe I stopped buying candy for them
>around 1980. I guess the world has become
>too scary.

We got 50 kids this weekend at our house in a small town in Derbyshire,
England. All nice and pleasant.
Doug
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