tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post2972919828251811987..comments2024-03-27T05:07:11.414-07:00Comments on Ken Albala's Food Rant: Jelly Baby ArchaeologyKen Albalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-18276809945724087782008-03-23T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-23T12:56:00.000-07:00Hi Ken,Occurs to me that until recently (well a fe...Hi Ken,<BR/><BR/>Occurs to me that until recently (well a few hundred years ago), people would have thought the everlasting jelly baby was wonderful, up there with ever lasting gold, sugar, ghee, spices. A hint of eternity.<BR/>RachelRachel Laudanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10295881633561092514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-43395880787644734582008-03-17T16:44:00.000-07:002008-03-17T16:44:00.000-07:00Miss Vegetable, Have I tempted you with meat? When...Miss Vegetable, Have I tempted you with meat? When was this?? KenKen Albalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-74765594638534938322008-03-06T17:01:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:01:00.000-08:00Well well, Mr. Albala, you write just like you tal...Well well, Mr. Albala, you write just like you talk...I love that. Too much about meat...I mean, come on! You tempted me once, but never again. I know, never say never...Rebekah209https://www.blogger.com/profile/16716142368459999237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-70636445407823719622008-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:002008-02-23T15:04:00.000-08:00I've had such similar experience! for those of us ...I've had such similar experience! for those of us nibblers, I think it occurs more than we would like to admit!<BR/><BR/>I loved your bit on Splendid Table recently. I'm very intrigued by the sociology of food and culinary traditions. What other foods have you researched besides the lovely legume?Ellie Barczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996811404762913702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-6864216149588191992008-02-17T16:11:00.000-08:002008-02-17T16:11:00.000-08:00Hmm? Can there possibly be some logic to which end...Hmm? Can there possibly be some logic to which end you bite off? What would that have to do with having children? I shutter to think. <BR/><BR/>Funny thing about this is Americans have no idea what Jelly Babies are. The only place I know that sells them is World Market which carries exotic goods from around the world which have fallen off the back of a truck.Ken Albalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379852662105383295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512083611874279630.post-16938358085523690402008-02-16T01:54:00.000-08:002008-02-16T01:54:00.000-08:00Didn't someone do a study once that found that wom...Didn't someone do a study once that found that women who had children were most likely to bite the heads off jelly babies? Sounds like it would be likely, dont you think?The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.com