years ago, someone on this very newsgroup directed me towards this
website...it's still around; perhaps it will be helpful to you...

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/

Cheers,
Corey.


Skyhooks > wrote:
S> Charlie Sorsby wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie Sorsby
>>
>> Edgewood, NM 87015
>> USA


S> http://www.vermontcountrystore.com

S> I've received there catalog from time to time, and I'd buy a few items
S> from them if monetary issues weren't a concern. I believe the products
S> this store sells are genuine and not reproductions. A lot of the items
S> they sell are very often hard to find.

S> Skyhooks
S> ""aahhtt""
S> s b c g l o b a l
S> ""ddoott""
S> n e t

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