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I do remember getting peanuts with shells at times, moreso when I was quite little. My parents were never impressed and they made a mess, they got thrown out.

I remember a few houses giving out cans of pop and freezes.
 
Kids whose moms gave out raisins got made fun of and taunted. I hated being that kid a couple of times just because my mom insisted we be sensible. It's Halloween, get over it! Nobody likes getting raisins! I tried to tell her that as a teenager. They do give out real candy now.
 
Chemgal, Kimmio - perhaps kids weere just more appreciative when I was young - or even when my children were young. I appreciated everything I got. So apparently did my kids. Peanuts in the shell - usually in a bag? We wouldd dump them all in a bowl and sit around eating them. (Sometimes too, when Dad went to town he would return with a bag of peanuts as a treat for the family.) And raisins - those nice sweet ones in the little boxes? Definitely a treat.
Perhaps the candy got eeaten first - then the chips - but the raisins and peanuts in the shell were definitely appreciated.
 
Raisin "L" ... grapes of wrath as dried in de sun ... thus arid humus ... comes after the whet!

An icon of how mind is shaped by all things ... eve & Nous, a scary thought generated from "noia" and interesting word in compound form like metanoia? Parallel fears in the other and thus underhanded activities ... like what's a Metamora? Do you know amoral in continuum?

Difficult task when in a hateful surround ... always remember you mind is shaped by all that's out there ans even some by the sublime inner world ... commonly known as abstract or Dark ... sufficient enough for charisma ... a gift unheard? That's a word of writ ... rite?

Adepts ponder such things ... even non things as metaphysical (without volume, or mass) ... like bosons in the night?
 
Seeler said:
Chemgal, Kimmio - perhaps kids weere just more appreciative when I was young - or even when my children were young. I appreciated everything I got. So apparently did my kids. Peanuts in the shell - usually in a bag? We wouldd dump them all in a bowl and sit around eating them. (Sometimes too, when Dad went to town he would return with a bag of peanuts as a treat for the family.) And raisins - those nice sweet ones in the little boxes? Definitely a treat.
Perhaps the candy got eeaten first - then the chips - but the raisins and peanuts in the shell were definitely appreciated.
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It's just that raisins were something we had quite often - always a big package in the house for baking or whatever, trail mix - so we had peanuts and sunflower seeds often too, whereas Halloween was the one time of year where everyone else was giving out glorious treats and when all the kids are going on about out who got what and who gave out what (they remember what houses gave out the best/ worst), you did n't want to be the house that gave out raisins. I still ate them - but for the same price, in my opinion, just get some candy. It's once a year. It's not a time for nutrition and practicality. My mom was trying to be respectable among nutrition conscious parents, more than having fun with it. She rarely bought junk food any time of year, so it was a bummer at Halloween, in my young mind, to be the worst house on the block. Your kids probably didn't complain (I wouldn't have until my surly teens), but who knows what they were thinking. Maybe they were thinking "aw, mom!" Or maybe they were just better than I was, or really love raisins. (glossette raisins don't count - they're chocolate covered).

But I bet if you surveyed people who were kids in the 70s until now - raisins weren't and still are not a favourite treat for Halloween.
 
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Kimmio said:
But I bet if you surveyed people who were kids in the 70s until now - raisins weren't and still are not a favourite treat for Halloween.
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I was cool with getting them though sunflower seeds were my favorite non-candy treat. For some reason, possibly because I was the only one eating them, we didn't buy them so I got all the ones from trick or treating to munch on while watching the tube on weekend afternoons.

Candy wise, I liked rockets and certain bars. Three Musketeers was a fave as was Aero. I like coffee crisp but I think my taste for that actually came later. I don't recall getting many of them back then.
 
Seeler said:
Chemgal, Kimmio - perhaps kids weere just more appreciative when I was young - or even when my children were young. I appreciated everything I got. So apparently did my kids. Peanuts in the shell - usually in a bag? We wouldd dump them all in a bowl and sit around eating them. (Sometimes too, when Dad went to town he would return with a bag of peanuts as a treat for the family.) And raisins - those nice sweet ones in the little boxes? Definitely a treat.
Perhaps the candy got eeaten first - then the chips - but the raisins and peanuts in the shell were definitely appreciated.
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Pinga said:
Ditto, seeler. Nothing went to waste.
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The peanuts in the shell - and all the dust they created due to being crushed - could kill someone though.
 
Kids of all ages, for decades, concur ... Raisins are the worst rated "treat" on the Halloween treat rating system. Comedians and humorous bloggers joke about it. If you're giving out raisins, or toothbrushes, you're seen as the Halloween Scrooge, and your house is plagued with kill-joy.
 
Kimmio said:
It's just that raisins were something we had quite often - always a big package in the house for baking or whatever, trail mix - so we had peanuts and sunflower seeds often too, whereas Halloween was the one time of year where everyone else was giving out glorious treats and when all the kids are going on about out who got what and who gave out what (they remember what houses gave out the best/ worst), you did n't want to be the house that gave out raisins. I still ate them - but for the same price, in my opinion, just get some candy. It's once a year. It's not a time for nutrition and practicality. My mom was trying to be respectable among nutrition conscious parents, more than having fun with it. She rarely bought junk food any time of year, so it was a bummer at Halloween, in my young mind, to be the worst house on the block. Your kids probably didn't complain (I wouldn't have until my surly teens), but who knows what they were thinking. Maybe they were thinking "aw, mom!" Or maybe they were just better than I was, or really love raisins. (glossette raisins don't count - they're chocolate covered).

But I bet if you surveyed people who were kids in the 70s until now - raisins weren't and still are not a favourite treat for Halloween.
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Dark raisins ... would that be like raisin hell as they are subtly abstract in the chock o' late state?
 
ChemGal said:
The peanuts in the shell - and all the dust they created due to being crushed - could kill someone though.
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Like sand at the beach ... derived from serpentine rock ... stuff said to cause cancer ... as in silicosis!

It is an extreme condition though and one would not normally get cancer from going to the beach unless excessively rye ... naked as a Jah Boid?

Some complex factors are involved but some see simple causes as the end all ... or is that the end Dahl ... one pretty mule to molle over?
 
Kimmio said:
Kids of all ages, for decades, concur ... Raisins are the worst rated "treat" on the Halloween treat rating system. Comedians and humorous bloggers joke about it. If you're giving out raisins, or toothbrushes, you're seen as the Halloween Scrooge, and your house is plagued with kill-joy.
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I'll bet the children in slavery in Africa to harvest cacao would beg to differ, and would probably prefer we all handed out raisins. So not "all kids", just Western kids.
 
BetteTheRed said:
I'll bet the children in slavery in Africa to harvest cacao would beg to differ, and would probably prefer we all handed out raisins. So not "all kids", just Western kids.
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Yes, Debbie Downer. ;) You are right. And I agree with you, as an adult. And we should be buying ethically made candy (raisins are not candy). But Halloween in the west is about silly costumes and candy gluttony, I'm afraid. And little kids are not particularily thinking about big sociopolitical issues like that on Halloween. People can teach them about that, before, and after, so they can learn about it and consider getting involved - maybe start an awareness project at school - but let them stuff their faces with candy, not healthy snacks, for Halloween!
 
Mendalla said:
I was cool with getting them though sunflower seeds were my favorite non-candy treat. For some reason, possibly because I was the only one eating them, we didn't buy them so I got all the ones from trick or treating to munch on while watching the tube on weekend afternoons.

Candy wise, I liked rockets and certain bars. Three Musketeers was a fave as was Aero. I like coffee crisp but I think my taste for that actually came later. I don't recall getting many of them back then.
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I liked raisins, and always glad to get them. My mom never pushed on us the idea that they were health food. To us, they were just another form of yum. Minus the candy apple, I was thankful for everything I got on Halloween. Favorites besides chocolate bars and gum were BB bats, lifesavers, SweetTarts, double lollies, cracker jack, and maplebuds.
 
Kimmio said:
let them stuff their faces with candy, not healthy snacks, for Halloween!
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Did you notice that two people have spoken and said they liked getting raisins? I think you're being a bit absolutist in your answer, @Kimmio. And it wasn't just me. Everyone in my family liked raisins so getting them on Halloween was quite welcome. Some candy stayed in the dish longer than the raisins.
 
Only on WC2. You guys are weird. Okay, so maybe not "nobody" (sorry to be "absolutest" but hardly anyone likes getting raisins. It's a known Halloween fact with probably 3 generations now.) :) look up "worst Halloween treats" and raisins top just about every list.
 
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