tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2411927867380963670..comments2024-03-28T06:41:07.968-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: A little candy might helpNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3156215559213812142022-07-11T20:17:48.768-05:002022-07-11T20:17:48.768-05:00The Fanjuls pollute the hell out of Florida. Their...The Fanjuls pollute the hell out of Florida. Their sugar field's runoff pollutes the Everglades. They also bribe Congress to keep sugar tariffs high, so the US consumer pays at least 30¢ a pound for sugar, while the rest of the world pays about a nickel a pound!<br />And I learned about the Fanjuls polluting the Glades from Hiaasen's weekly Miami Herald columns, which he stopped last year.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20060527032861706332022-07-11T12:56:30.715-05:002022-07-11T12:56:30.715-05:00Check out the Fanjul brothers of Florida. They hav...Check out the Fanjul brothers of Florida. They have earned their riches off the backs of immigrants and grants from the Feds. Carl Hiaasen wrote a great satire on them. Was a very good book but a so-so movie... Strip Tease.Lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28395454106993338442022-07-11T11:32:01.441-05:002022-07-11T11:32:01.441-05:00I guess my candy-eating days were mostly over by 1...I guess my candy-eating days were mostly over by 1983, because while I had a fondness for SweeTarts, I considered Nerds to be a newfangled abomination. Not that I'm old, or anything! ; )<br /><br />Interesting that SweeTarts developed from Pixy Stix. Clearly, popping a "pill" was an advancement from the "hypodermic for sugar"... Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70869161180370852162022-07-11T09:28:11.237-05:002022-07-11T09:28:11.237-05:00Wasn't the idea of having to do PR for Pixie S...Wasn't the idea of having to do PR for Pixie Stix in your unpublished masterpiece, Hunger in America? kstrejcekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11741345759794466988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25728439814442658412022-07-11T09:10:43.984-05:002022-07-11T09:10:43.984-05:00I think they were called Ferrara Pan in the Sixtie...I think they were called Ferrara Pan in the Sixties, and the son of one of the owners lived in my dorm. They made those candy-coated peanuts called Boston Baked Beans...which are still around. I was addicted to them for years. The packaging was...and is...a small red cardboard box that's designed to look like Wrigley's red brick outfield wall...or a Chicago alley. And after the product within was consumed, the box doubled as a kazoo. Maybe it still does.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67332918023328587162022-07-11T08:16:11.635-05:002022-07-11T08:16:11.635-05:00Ferrara still has a factory in Forest Park and an ...Ferrara still has a factory in Forest Park and an outlet store on Harrison Street, about a block West of Harlem.<br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11715341861316206432022-07-11T07:08:49.454-05:002022-07-11T07:08:49.454-05:00Today's post brought to you by the American De...Today's post brought to you by the American Dental Association and the American Sugar Alliance.Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568908951400103413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22542680104572771062022-07-11T06:51:58.756-05:002022-07-11T06:51:58.756-05:00lemonheads are my faves-I remember when they were ...lemonheads are my faves-I remember when they were in Forest Parkprivatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50825924442034742572022-07-11T00:08:35.985-05:002022-07-11T00:08:35.985-05:00I buy Lemonheads & Ju-ju-bes made by Ferrara i...I buy Lemonheads & Ju-ju-bes made by Ferrara in Mexico.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com