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FReeper Canteen ~ What's Your Favorite Halloween Treat? ~ 30 OCT 2007
Serving The Best Troops In The World | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 10/29/2007 5:54:49 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 

 

 
The FReeper Canteen Presents

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~Your Favorite Halloween Treats~
 

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen! It's great to have you with all of us!!
Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and their families for allowing us to entertain you!

 

 

 

 

Main Topic:

What is your favorite Halloween Treat? 

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October 30th is National Candy Corn Day!

Candy corn has been around for more than 100 years. George Renninger, an employee of the Wunderlee Candy Company, invented the popular confection in the 1880s and Wunderlee became the first to produce the candy. The Goelitz Candy Company (now Jelly Belly Candy Company) started producing the confection in 1900 and still produces candy corn today.

The process of making candy corn is very similar today, but now machines do most of the work. Manufacturers use a method called the corn starch molding process. A tray containing depressions is filled with corn starch. Candy corn is made from the bottom to the top and in three-color passes.

First, the depression is filled one quarter full with yellow syrup and allowed to partially set. Next, the orange syrup is added. The mold is then topped off with the white syrup and is cooled. The candy now can gel together. After is it has finished cooling, the trays are emptied and the little candy corns are ready to be eaten.

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The Tootsie Pop was invented in 1931 by The Sweets Company of America, which changed its name to Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. in 1966.

In 1970, Tootsie Roll Industries aired one of the most famous TV commercials of all time, featuring a boy trying to ascertain how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Along with the two Tootsie Roll commercials, this commercial (albeit in a re-edited 15-second "hook" version) continues to be shown on television today, making them the longest running commercials of all time. (A second, shortened Tootsie Pop commercial was created and first aired in 1996, which also continues to be shown on television today).

The original 1-minute version of the commercial had the boy going up to Mr. Cow and Mr. Fox before going up to Mr. Turtle asking how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop in which they respond that they bite them instead of licking and suggest asking the next animal.

After the 1970 TV commercial, Mr. Owl became the mascot for Tootsie Pops. He appears on the packaging and marketing.

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By the mid-1800s, there were nearly 400 American candy manufacturers that were producing primarily the hard candies often sold in general stores—they were cheap to make, easy to transport, and did not spoil easily. Caramels were made at these small confectioneries as well.

In fact, Milton Hershey began his chocolate empire not with chocolate, but with caramel. Hershey was born in 1857 in Pennsylvania, and rather than become a printer, he founded a candy-making business in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. By 1886, he had founded the Lancaster Caramel Company, surely utilizing traditional recipes that were found in many regional cook-books. He learned about chocolate-making because he sought new coatings for his famous caramels.

Caramel apples were invented by Dan Walker, a sales representative for Kraft Foods, in the 1950s.

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Halloween Mini Balls

Popcorn balls were one of the most popular confections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Back then, popcorn balls were given to friends, teachers and loved ones as inexpensive gifts and party favors. Elegant, ornate ornaments and decorations made from popcorn balls graced Victorian mantels and doors at the holidays. And popcorn balls flavored with orange and lemon juice, peppermint, honey or molasses appeared frequently at afternoon teas and other social occasions.

The first popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors of Chicago, Illinois in 1885. Today much of the popcorn you buy at movies and fairs is popped in poppers made by the Cretors family.

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HERSHEY'S MINIATURES chocolate bars were launched in 1939 as the original assortment packaged-candy, featuring America's favorite Hershey-branded candy bars in miniature size. Today, the favorite assortment of HERSHEY'S milk chocolate, HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK, HERSHEY'S KRACKEL and HERSHEY'S MR. GOODBAR bars remains.

In 2004, the HERSHEY'S MINIATURES brand announced its first line extension - HERSHEY'S MINIATURES NUT LOVERS chocolate bars.

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A "cup" cake in 19th Century America might have been a small cake, but it wasn't necessarily so. They were so called because the ingredients for them were measured in cups instead of weighed, as had been the custom. According to "Baking in America" by Greg Patent, this was revolutionary because of the tremendous time it saved in the kitchen.

Whether it was a "cup," "measure" or "number" cake, the shift to measuring from weighing was indeed a significant one, according to "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America." But it goes on to explain that the cup name had a double meaning because of the practice of baking in small containers -- including tea cups.

It was 1919 when Hostess introduced the famous snack cupcake, but it didn't become the cream-filled, squiggle-topped Hostess Cup Cake we know today until 1950.

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Come tell us about your favorite Halloween Treat!!

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Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 




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To: laurenmarlowe
Reese's miniature Peanutbutter cups.

I also like home made roasted pumpkin seeds. I like them brined and then sprinkled with chili powder


21 posted on 10/29/2007 6:09:59 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Lost Dutchman
Good evening Lost Dutchman, caramel apples are just the best treat!


22 posted on 10/29/2007 6:10:48 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Good topic... my favorite candy-bar of all time is the Clark bar... Can’t find them except at a very limited number of stores, it seems. Far better than the Butterfingers. JMHO. Also old favorites: Mary Janes and Bonomo’s Turkish Taffee. Smack it on the table to break it into biteable size bites.


23 posted on 10/29/2007 6:11:03 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("You ask, 'What is our aim?' I can answer in one word: VICTORY - victory - at all costs...")
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To: laurenmarlowe

Reeses


24 posted on 10/29/2007 6:11:29 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (Star Wars teaches us a foreboding lesson--evil emperors start out as Senators)
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To: laurenmarlowe

October 30, 2007

Bon Voyage

READ: 2 Timothy 4:1-8

The time of my departure is at hand. —2 Timothy 4:6

Paul’s word departure in 2 Timothy 4:6 is freighted with significance. It means "loosing" or "unmooring." It’s a word he uses again when he sighs, "I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ" (Phil. 1:23).

Departure is a nautical term that suggests "shipping out"—weighing anchor, slipping the lines that tether us to this world and getting underway. It’s a marvelous metaphor for dying.

For believers in Christ, death is not an end but a beginning. It means leaving this old world behind and getting to a better place, completing the purpose for which we were made. It’s a time for joy and excitement and a hearty "Bon Voyage!"

All voyages, however, are fraught with uncertainty, especially those that pass through waters never sailed before. We don’t fear death so much as we do the passage. Who knows what dangers lie ahead?

But the journey is not uncharted. One has taken it before us, and He has returned to bring us safely through. Although we pass through the valley of the shadow of death, God is with us all the way (Ps. 23:4). His hands are on the helm as He guides us to the heavenly haven He has prepared for us (John 14:1-3).

Say not it’s a dreadful journey
When the Savior leads the way;
It’s but passing through the shadows
To the land of endless day!  —Bosch

Those who fear God need not fear death.


25 posted on 10/29/2007 6:11:54 PM PDT by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: laurenmarlowe
What's Your Favorite Halloween Treat?

Just about anything with chocolate but I'd have to say a plain old snickers bar would top it.

26 posted on 10/29/2007 6:13:24 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Evening Ma!

Guess what? I get to to go NYC tomorrow.


27 posted on 10/29/2007 6:15:14 PM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Engineer Bn. K.I.A. 25 Apr. 2005)
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To: Irene Adler
Good evening to you Irene Adler! Here's some virtual Clark Bars for ya!


28 posted on 10/29/2007 6:15:22 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

I am pretty sure I remember paying 2 cents for ‘em, too.


29 posted on 10/29/2007 6:17:10 PM PDT by Irene Adler (')
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To: laurenmarlowe

Oh man, I love them so! Thanks for the pic. I must enjoy them with my eyes and my memory, now.


30 posted on 10/29/2007 6:18:26 PM PDT by Irene Adler (')
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To: CindyDawg
Evening to you CindyDawg, it's good to see you. I love those little pumkin candies!


31 posted on 10/29/2007 6:18:54 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: txradioguy

WooHoo, NYC!!

And this trip would be for......??????


32 posted on 10/29/2007 6:19:20 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: eyedigress

Evening eyedigress!

Can you try your picture again? It’s that danged ol’ red “x” here! :o)


33 posted on 10/29/2007 6:20:24 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
For the Table for Company:

Frosty Pumpkin Treat

2 Nine inch ready made Grahm-Cracker Crusts
1 18 oz Can of Pumpkin Pie Filling
1 Tub Vanilla Ice Cream (1 3/4 QTS)

Pour the pumpkin pie filling in large bowl, fold in 18 oz of softened Ice Cream and mix thoroughly. Pour mix into the pie shell cover and put in freezer. Thaw 5 minutes before serving and top with whipped cream.

Your guests will think you slaved for hours to make and it had only taken you less than 30 min to make and 5 minutes to be ready to serve.

34 posted on 10/29/2007 6:21:57 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Old Sarge
Evening to you Sarge!


35 posted on 10/29/2007 6:21:58 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
Thanks, lauren, for today's What's Your Favorite Halloween Treat?


36 posted on 10/29/2007 6:23:24 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Randy Larsen
That definitely is a treat Randy! WOO HOO!


37 posted on 10/29/2007 6:24:29 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

It’s a bad hotlink (Right click show pic and it will go for a minute) Good to see Everyone tonite. I had to get up a 5 eastern but safely made it to central.


38 posted on 10/29/2007 6:25:35 PM PDT by eyedigress ( Questions are tough for a reason, either you're a liar or your math sucks.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Good evening HuntsvilleTxVeteran, it’s good to see you!

I think Tootsie Pops are not that much more now, around 10 cents. Not too bad!


39 posted on 10/29/2007 6:26:10 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: AZamericonnie
And to AZ....goes the gold!!


40 posted on 10/29/2007 6:26:31 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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