Okay, that seriously sounds good, WhyNot. I know what I’m having for dinner now. 
I agree that half and half on the sauce works best. I like to do mixed sauces, chicken, bacon, and onions, but the black olives and pineapple could definitely add that certain je ne sais quoi.
What’s the ruling on oval candy canes that can be worn as bracelets or round ones with ribbons to make them look like wreaths? Even if they’re peppermint, are they still not real candy canes, therefore somehow inferior? Granted, I don’t see these much any more but still I want to know.
What about those ones that sort of look like little puffed up pillows? I want some of those because when you suck on them long enough they get all those little holes in them and then you can bite down on them with a satisfying crunch. Don’t hate on my little candy cane pillows, please!
Can I get a ruling on the horshoe canes, please? You can break them like a wishbone and one generally becomes a straight and one a curved cane. They are mostly old fashioned peppermint. Are they the ultimate in candy cane technology or a threat to the moral fabric of the nation. I nmeed clarification.
IF (as the OP suggests) candy canes are to be only red and white striped with peppermint flavoring, does it matter how it’s striped?
'Cause in the days of my youth it was RED-WHITE-RED-WHITE* and now you can find RED-white-red-white-red-WHITE and often RED-WHITE-red-white-RED-white-red-WHITE…
<casually tossed another log on the burning pyre of heritics>
Man, now I’m craving a peppermint pizza and pineapple-and-spam candy cane. I think I’m broken.
Wow, even I think that’s nasty. It will probably be a huge hit.
I think pineapple and spam ought to be Jones Soda’s next novelty drink.
shudder
I agree with Otto: Candy Canes should be some variety of mint (preferably peppermint, but I’ll tolerate wintergreen or spearmint for those who don’t like peppermint). I am not opposed to weird colors. People who want fruity flavors should stick to ribbon candy or those weird circular candies with patterns in the center.
Also, pizza with pineapple and Canadian bacon is the devil’s food.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. 
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints,
The sinners are much more fun…”
Yanno, it’s now 9:40 PM. And CaerieD hasn’t been back to boast of his/her abomination. Perhaps some smiting went on tonight at the deli…
heh heh heh
Yea, I have made my sweet pineapple abomination and ate of it and it was good.
Unfortunately, about halfway through I remembered why I don’t put pineapple on my pizza: I’m allergic. :smack:
I can laugh about it now, though. Mainly because the feeling is finally coming back to my tongue.
CaerieD…
Yanno, I really wasn’t hoping you were smited. But I can’t stop chuckling. I know this is reserving my seat on the Bus to Hell, but I still can’t stop…
I h-hope you feel better soon.
OtakuLoki, it’s okay. I’m still laughing about it and I’d made the pizza at around 4:30 in the afternoon. How I managed to forget that I’m allergic to pineapple, I can’t explain, but it was definitely one of my finer (and stupid…er) moments. Sad, too, since the pizza tasted really good until my tongue started tingling.
Back on topic: Tomorrow, I shall make a canadian bacon flavored candy cane!
Oh, no! You *were *smote!
My son and I both get the tongue tingling, burning, numb and swollen reaction too, but only with fresh pineapple. We’re okay with canned, as long as we keep it moderate.
The variation in stripage is an excellent response to a restricted palette.
Actually, it’s an evolutionary survival strategy–some candy canes demonstrate their poisonous content to potential predators through vivid coloration (green, orange, etc.). Kinda like Monarch butterflies. Really, you’re only safe eating the red and white ones.
ahhh, but just like the Viceroys, there may be tasty mimics afoot, err… a-wing.
Ah, I always thought that was a mating display…
The colors red and orange are often nature’s way of warning about toxicity. Just think of apples and oranges. no, wait…