In article >, Skyhooks > wrote:
= R. Fizek wrote:
= >
= > Hi,
= >
= > Looking for a candy that my Grandmother always had - going back 45
= > years or so now. A type of breathmint - It was a very small (maybe
= > like a barley pearl) colored (pink, purple, white, yellow) drop and
= > smelled and tasted like a combination of Sen Sen and/or lavender and I
= > believe it was imported (we are in PA). If I remember correctly, the
= > package had a small cellophane cutout of a tulip and possibly was
= > yellow. Anyone with any ideas - still in production anywhere?
=
= Just within the past week or so, I watched a show on FoodTV about
= "retro" candy from the bygone days. The show featured an online store
= that it compared itself as the Amazon-like source for candy, instead of
= books, but I forget its name. The store featured all sorts of candy I
= remember but no longer see anywhere.
=
= I recommend Googling for "retro candy internet" or something like that,
= or as a suggestion <http://www.candydirect.com/mints/mints.html>. HTH.

There's an outfit called Vermont Country Store who sell old-time
candies (among other things). I don't know if they're all
authentic -- sometimes get the impression that they're
reproductions if that word fits candies...

Don't have the URL offhand but try googling for them.


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Charlie Sorsby

Edgewood, NM 87015
USA