The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #143570 Message #3315256
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Feb-12 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Food items one just can't get hold of
Subject: RE: BS: Food items one just can't get hold of
"Humbugs" (molasses peppermints) from Sanders Candy in Detroit (pronounced but not spelled Saunders). Last time I was in Detroit, even Sanders didn't have them.
I actually did find some candies called "humbugs" in Northern Ireland. They tasted almost the same as the Detroit ones, but they were twice as big - bit enough to choke on.
The taste brought back good memories, though. I haven't found anything similar anywhere in the U.S. outside Detroit.
-Joe-