Candy

I mentioned before that my parents were going to America and there was a strong chance of my getting presents. Well, this prophecy turned out to be correct but halfway through photographing some goodies to show you, my camera gave up. So I can’t show you my new clothes but I will show you this bag of sweets, which my mum bought from an old lady who makes bags for each decade with themed sweets.

I’ve never even heard of these sweets:

There were also Pixy Stx, Starbursts and Jelly Belly beans, as well as various things that may or may not be gum.

Cherry seems to be a typical sweet flavour in the US and I was quite surprised to find that the default flavour of the “Now and Later” sweet is watermelon. In Britain, you’d expect it to be strawberry. In addition, nothing tastes remotely like the fruit it is pretending to be, but in a different way from here. Millions of people on either side of the Atlantic have completely different views of what artificial strawberry should taste like. It’s a wonder we’re not at war.

S