On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:39:07 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>>> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>>> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>>> I'm not sure about that.
>>
>> When I was a kid trick or treating about half the folks gave money...
>> of course then you could buy a candy bar for a nickle.
>
> That was my backup plan, if I ran out of candy (my big fear),
> I'd dig all the quarters out of my change jar to hand out.
>
> Actually, it's still my backup plan.
>
> nancy

spread the wealth!

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

> As far as homemade treats, the closest I
> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
> I'm not sure about that.

I lived near a town you'd call a wide spot in the road, and I
trick-r-treated with my school friends in town. We got home made
cookies at several houses, but the house we made a bee line to was the
one that gave out big popcorn balls. Yes, they were home made!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

sf wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
>
>> As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>> I'm not sure about that.
>
> I lived near a town you'd call a wide spot in the road, and I
> trick-r-treated with my school friends in town. We got home made
> cookies at several houses, but the house we made a bee line to was the
> one that gave out big popcorn balls. Yes, they were home made!

That's cool! I bet they had fun making those the day before.

nancy

>>
>
> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
>
> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
> sticks. After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.
> --
> Best -- Terry

I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They
are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and phone
number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has drastically
decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so used
to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada

On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:


> I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They
> are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and phone
> number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has drastically
> decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so used
> to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
> year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
> friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada


When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I
made things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only
kids who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe
5-6 kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
.. .
> On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
>
>
>> I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.
>> They
>> are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and
>> phone
>> number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has
>> drastically
>> decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so
>> used
>> to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
>> year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
>> friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada
>
>
> When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I made
> things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only kids
> who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe 5-6
> kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
> disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
>
>
Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick or
treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if I
went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon

On 03/11/2010 11:11 AM, biig wrote:
>
>> When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I made
>> things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only kids
>> who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe 5-6
>> kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
>> disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
>>
>>
> Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick or
> treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
> the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if I
> went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon

How things have changed, eh. When I was a kid we flocked to the houses
that gave out home made candy apples, fudge, cookies etc. There were
much more appreciated than those crappy Halloween (molasses?) candies.
Now there is no trust. The thing that upset me most was that I was
giving them to only that small, select group because we knew them all
and wanted to give them something special.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:43:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I
> made things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only
> kids who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe
> 5-6 kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
> disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
>
That was a bit extreme!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:43:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
>
>
>> I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They
>> are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and phone
>> number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has drastically
>> decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so used
>> to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
>> year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
>> friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada
>
>
>When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I
>made things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only
>kids who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe
>5-6 kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
>disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
>

That sucks Dave. Someone should have kept their mouth shut.

I'm sure many could tell disappointing or annoying stories about trick
or treaters. When we got together Louise had a house closer to the
city than where I lived and I kinda lived there but kept the place
we're both in now. I usually got off work a lot earlier than her so
she put me in charge of the answering the door. I looked out the
window and saw 2 busses pull up and unload like a 100+ kids from the
inner city ghetto. It really rubbed me the wrong way. I turned the
lights off, closed the blinds, and went out back and cleaned the
garage. It had happened the year before but not on such a grand
scale. You could tell the difference between them and the
neighborhood kids by who said thank you. And the travelers have a
parent in the group with bags for all the little beasts who just
happen to be sick. ****um!

Lou

On 03/11/2010 1:11 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:

> That sucks Dave. Someone should have kept their mouth shut.
>
> I'm sure many could tell disappointing or annoying stories about trick
> or treaters. When we got together Louise had a house closer to the
> city than where I lived and I kinda lived there but kept the place
> we're both in now. I usually got off work a lot earlier than her so
> she put me in charge of the answering the door. I looked out the
> window and saw 2 busses pull up and unload like a 100+ kids from the
> inner city ghetto. It really rubbed me the wrong way. I turned the
> lights off, closed the blinds, and went out back and cleaned the
> garage. It had happened the year before but not on such a grand
> scale. You could tell the difference between them and the
> neighborhood kids by who said thank you. And the travelers have a
> parent in the group with bags for all the little beasts who just
> happen to be sick. ****um!


Busloads? Ouch... That is a bit much. I live in a rural area and the
kids around here head into town. Those who live in the residential areas
nearest the edge of town seem to get inundated with the country kids.

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.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote
>
> 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 used to get them but the neighborhood has matured and very few live on
our street. Our house is out of the way for most anyway since it is a half
block from any other houses.

We now put out the lights and go out to dinner before dark.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:58:04 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> We now put out the lights and go out to dinner before dark.

Don't let notbob hear you say that! Anybody that doesn't dress up
and stay home to welcome the kids is a Supreme Dick.

-sw

On 31/10/2010 3:44 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:

> 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 never did have many. Living in a rural area we only ever got my son's
friends coming around to each others' houses before heading into town
where the houses are closer. We have had a number of families with young
kids move into nearby houses over the years so we always used to get
something to hand out and ended up having to eat it ourselves. This
year I saved the Loonies from my pocket change. I figured that 10 would
be more than enough. If the ids don't show up they go back into my pocket.

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
--
Doug Weller --
A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com
Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk
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Cheryl > wrote:

>On Sun 31 Oct 2010 03:44:48p, Mark Thorson wrote in rec.food.cooking

>> 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.

>My brothers neighborhood still gets loads of kids trick or treating.
>My mom's house, too. Not nearly what it used to be, but it's still
>an event here.

Same here. But...

We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
This sucks.


Steve

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
> So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
> This sucks.
> Steve

:-( A temporary situation, I hope. My neighbor usually goes to her
son's home for the evening. Last night she stayed home with her yard
light off, skulking around her house with a flashlight to light her way
until about 8:30 p.m.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Apple pie posted 10-31-2010; http://web.me.com/barbschaller

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:

>> We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
>> So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
>> This sucks.

> :-( A temporary situation, I hope.

Thanks. Yes, we'll be fine, just the usual seasonal cold/flu.

>My neighbor usually goes to her
>son's home for the evening. Last night she stayed home with her yard
>light off, skulking around her house with a flashlight to light her way
>until about 8:30 p.m.

Yep. Nobody knocked on the door. Here you have to wait until sometime
after 9:00 pm to turn the lights back on.


Steve

Steve Pope wrote:
>
> We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
> So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
> This sucks.

Several years ago, I showed up at my best friend's
house on Halloween and banged on the door and said
"Trick Or Treat! Trick Or Treat!" while they were
in dark mode. I did it a few more times. Finally,
I had to say "Aw, c'mon! It's me! It's Mark!"
before they would open the door. I had a good laugh
from that.

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:10:57 +0000 (UTC) in rec.food.cooking,
(Steve Pope) wrote,
>We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
>So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
>This sucks.

Sadly, same for me.

Cheryl wrote:
> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> How much candy I bought:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>
>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>
>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>
> 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 know that's how it is anymore, and I shouldn't bother.

> 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.

Exactly. I started buying the big boxes because the supermarkets
don't even sell packs of big candy bars anymore. So I have
increasingly stale candy bars over the next few months, that's
okay. A handful will go into the freezer today.

nancy

On 31 Oct 2010 18:33:52 GMT, Cheryl > wrote:

> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
> > How much candy I bought:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
> >
> > How much I'll probably give away:
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
> >
> > Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
> > Snickers Bars, I say.
> >
>
> 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.

My in-laws used to live in an area that had few trick-r-treaters.
They came to our house every year for a family & friends Halloween
party + trick-r-treat (I live in a "destination neighborhood"), so
they'd leave a basket of candy and let whoever arrived serve
themselves. Most years it wasn't even touched.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On 10/31/2010 2:33 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> How much candy I bought:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>
>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>
>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>
> 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

You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
that refuse to participate on a sunday.
--
Currently reading: The Good House by Tannarive Due

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:13:42 -0400, ravenlynne wrote:

> On 10/31/2010 2:33 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
>> >:
>>
>>> How much candy I bought:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>>
>>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>>
>>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>>
>>
>> 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
>
> You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
> neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
> that refuse to participate on a sunday.

i hope they're not *so* religious that they denounce the whole halloween
thing as satanic.

your pal,
blake

On 01/11/2010 1:11 PM, blake murphy wrote:

>> You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
>> neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
>> that refuse to participate on a sunday.
>
> i hope they're not *so* religious that they denounce the whole halloween


We have a bunch like that in a nearby town. They are in the same school
board that my wife taught in and the school in that town could not have
any halloween themes going on, so pictures of witches, no costumes etc.
Sad that people get so carried away with religion.

On 11/1/2010 1:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 01/11/2010 1:11 PM, blake murphy wrote:
>
>>> You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
>>> neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
>>> that refuse to participate on a sunday.
>>
>> i hope they're not *so* religious that they denounce the whole halloween
>
>
> We have a bunch like that in a nearby town. They are in the same school
> board that my wife taught in and the school in that town could not have
> any halloween themes going on, so pictures of witches, no costumes etc.
> Sad that people get so carried away with religion.

The surrounding counties here moved it to saturday because halloween
fell on sunday. And they wonder why people like me turn our backs on
their churches here in southern baptist land.

--
Currently reading: The Good House by Tannarive Due

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:22:43 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 01/11/2010 1:11 PM, blake murphy wrote:
>
>>> You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
>>> neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
>>> that refuse to participate on a sunday.
>>
>> i hope they're not *so* religious that they denounce the whole halloween
>
> We have a bunch like that in a nearby town. They are in the same school
> board that my wife taught in and the school in that town could not have
> any halloween themes going on, so pictures of witches, no costumes etc.
> Sad that people get so carried away with religion.

ain't it the truth!

your pal,
blake

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> How much candy I bought:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>
>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>
>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I've not had trick or treaters drop by for years... This street is to
> busy and dangerous for them. My neighbors don't get any either.
>
> Trick or treating is going by the way side for the most part. It's just
> too dangerous now with all the creeps out there. It's being replaced by
> block parties.
> --
> Peace! Om
>

Heh. Where I live there are no children. You don't find senior citizens
going door to door begging for candy. John did carve a classic Halloween
cat image in the pumpkin I bought Lit inside with a tea candle, it
looked very cool from the street

When I still lived in TN there weren't any trick or treaters, either. There
were kids in the apartment complex and across the street in neighboring
duplexes. Parents took their kds to organized events at school rather than
let them go door to door. It's a shame, but they're right not to let kids
go door to door these days.

Jill

On 11/1/2010 2:33 AM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
>> >:
>>
>>> How much candy I bought:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>>
>>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>>
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>>
>>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>
> It's gotten to be too dangerous for the most part, but I went trick or
> treating last night with my sister, brother and law and the nephews. ;-)
> We did not carry bags, just the two boys did. They are 5 and 8.

That's how it should be. I saw ridiculous amounts of adults WITHOUT
costumes trick or treating. kids without costumes too...People here
don't even bother trying anymore.

--
Currently reading: The Good House by Tannarive Due

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> Cheryl > wrote:
>
>> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
>> >:
>>
>> > How much candy I bought:
>> >
>> > http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>> >
>> > How much I'll probably give away:
>> >
>> > http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>> >
>> > Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> > Snickers Bars, I say.
>> >
>>
>> 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.
>
> It's gotten to be too dangerous for the most part, but I went trick or
> treating last night with my sister, brother and law and the nephews. ;-)
> We did not carry bags, just the two boys did. They are 5 and 8.
>
> Dyson was Batman and Morgan was Superman.
>
> There is one street here in town that all the Trick or Treaters attend,
> and it was a blast. The decorations were a lot of fun and the boys got
> lots of candy!
>
> It's the same street that is worth driving down during Christmas
> decoration season.
>
> I've never gotten a single Trick or Treater to my house in over 20
> years, and neither have any of my neighbors.

We got over 80.