# Free candy that doesn't come from a guy in a panel van: A Halloween MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 31, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244 "2016-10-31T10:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/221 "2016-11-06T21:19:06Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I grew up with these too. My great-grandmother came from a southern family, and traces of her cooking still linger. We always used red skinned N.O.T. - don’t know why. Red skins to boil, russets to bake or make fries. I don’t have a clue why, save that russets are long and make long French fries. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/222 "2016-11-06T23:47:45Z")
Sad at the Vikings game, happy about the Steelers game, putting stuff away from Harbor Freight (I should know better than to walk in there) and digesting an Applebee’s dinner. Life is mostly good. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/223 "2016-11-07T00:35:20Z")
**swampy** , I grew up with those, but called creamed potatoes. I thought that choir practice was at six, but I got pinged at noon with a reminder that it was at one. It went well and, for once, I’m singing with the women. How we managed to get that many guys, I don’t know, but we got eight of each, meaning that the tenor part that I practiced was not the right one. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/224 "2016-11-07T01:04:49Z")
**red** we sometimes called them creamed N.O.T. as well. However, smashed N.O.T. could be called creamed N.O.T. as well. I sometimes use Half And Half [sup]TM[/sup] instead of milk for either stewed or smashed N.O.T. Then both really are creamed N.O.T. Sometimes it’s just best to say, “Oh Look! N.O.T.s!” and let it go at that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/225 "2016-11-07T02:46:16Z")
Creamed is what I call them too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244/226 "2016-11-07T03:28:52Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I sometimes use Half And Half Christ on a crutch, use whipping cream. Oye! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-candy-that-doesnt-come-from-a-guy-in-a-panel-van-a-halloween-mmp/770244.md?page=11)