Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for November 01, 2014

Good for you, Alix…I used to do the same thing…only I never could keep my hands off the candy and ate my whole treasure in two days! ;)

Good one!

We used to go blocks from home (L.A. Calif), now it’s too dangerous for kids to go alone. My daughter is staying in our house and she had 30 kids, but it was dumping rain. we are on Vacation and didn’t have to buy candy, Yay!

Darn, now I will have to cancel my plans from getting away from this cold and wet weather here in Michigan.

Sure, Mom. xD

We had two ‘trick or treaters’ and one of them was a niece. Don’t know if I’ll buy bags next year—maybe just a couple of candy bars ! ! ! ! !

Lesson #1 for parents. Get your favorites before the bag goes out of your sight.

We had 2 kids last night, only because hubby told them we had a bit of candy. My mother used to bake pies with the apples we got. My dad would call dibs on the peanuts.

I love Halloween. I don’t care how old you are, I have candy for you. I dress up and sometimes I ask the kids to sing a song for their candy…I always toss a candy bar to the parents who accompany the kids.

If I was going to resent who came for candy, I would leave the light off.

Last night, for the first time since 2002, when the grandkids moved from FL to Wisconsin, the weather was too cold and windy to trick or treat. We ate at a so-so restaurant, then bought candy at Piggly Wiggly. Could have stopped by two or three houses for the eight-year-old, but everyone was tired and had to use the bathroom. We didn’t even put on costumes, but did for the skate party the Saturday before.

Good job Alix.

GOod move Alix!

My buddy used to take his girls out and carry a coffee mug. After his girls said “Trick or treat!” He’d hold out the mug & say, “Me too!” One year the girls guided Dad home ’cause he did way better than they did. :-)

In my childhood neighborhood (say that fast three times), one of the girls’ birthday was Halloween. A couple of years we all gathered in her basement for a party, but most of those years we all went trick-or-treating..This was in the early-to-mid 1960s, before the bad stuff began; candy with drugs (e.g. sleeping pills ground into them), apples with razor blades hidden inside, pins, etc. etc.. How terrible that Halloween became so dangerous..By the way – anyone remember trick-or-treating for UNICEF?

Back in the days when I lived in town, I would buy candies that I liked in the assumption that if there were any left over I would enjoy them. But as it went if there were few trick or treater’s, I would increase the pay out to those who did show up. Sometimes I did get to enjoy some candy.

We only had 27 and grade school not far most are bussed in. We live in outer suburb and quiet neighbor unless you count on dogs who bark. Lot of children went in groups I saw one when done with a house got in SUV then drove off. One child remember us said we had good stuff.

I had less than 24 and gave a big handful to each (but just bought a mini mix from my regular grocery; I’ll take the rest to a neighbor with kids next time I go out. I don’t eat regular candy anymore (except a single mint once in a while after all my fresh garlic).

I’ll always eat good dark chocolate- YUM!

When I was still giving the full size chocolate bars, I used to have SUVs full of kids, but with no bird to entertain, I don’t see a reason (and I’m retired).

I don’t have to worry about the kids eating what I like. At a pot luck event a while back, one of the things I took were candied orange peels (from my mandarin tree) dipped in Lindt’s 80%.

The other adults and I loved them, but not the kids.

We handed out a full 100 piece bag worth and 2/3 of a 150 piece bag this year. Still, I remember when I was little you would get full size candy bars as they hadn’t started making the snack or ‘fun’ size ones yet.

I live in WI and it was cold and windy. I don’t think that would have stopped my kids. They are all grown up now, though, and I had to work, so it wasn’t my problem last night.