# I worry about my husband sometimes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943 "2005-02-14T01:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/61 "2005-02-15T02:14:28Z")
> [@Jaade](#): > > :eek: Tell me you are making that up! > > Please? Nope, sorry. We try to have holiday dinners at our house. And reassure her that, “no, you don’t need to bring anything. Just yourself. **No, really.** ” She’s ninety years old, lives in her own house, alone, has a little business on the side, is quite active in her church, drives, and runs off to the casinos to throw away her Social Security check on the nickel slot machines. And whenever we go to visit, she is up and dressed, the house is clean, and she chats away quite pleasantly about practically everything. A lot to admire about the old bat. But not her cooking. Some day I will tell you about the ham she marinated for twenty-four hours in wine and spices, and then baked. The plastic coating she forgot to remove had a delicate flavor of cloves. This was about twenty years ago, so I don’t think it is her age. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/62 "2005-02-15T03:40:36Z")
This thread reminded me [of a classic.](http://www.carlinamerica.com/titles/sf/BOLCOM%20LIME%20JELLO%20MARSHMALLOW%20COTTAGE%20CHEESE%20SURPRISE.rm)😃 Note that you need Real Player for this audio clip. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/63 "2005-02-15T06:31:10Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I think she means the candy ones that I do believe only 12 people in the world enjoy the taste of. And, amazingly enough, there are [several](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_222b.html) companies that vie with one another, ceaselessly, for the privilege of selling to **Airman** and the other eleven! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/64 "2005-02-15T09:45:25Z")
…having no idea what circus peanuts are, I did the obligatory google… [http://www.bad-candy.com/candies/circuspeanuts/](http://www.bad-candy.com/candies/circuspeanuts/) Thank og they don’t sell those here! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/65 "2005-02-15T12:58:42Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Now I feel like vomiting. _shakes fist at **Dung Beetle** _ This is all \*\*your \*\* fault! > > What can I expect with a username like **Dung Beetle** , i guess? Now which would you rather have? Dung, or Circus Peanuts? 😕 Yep, that’s a stumper. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/66 "2005-02-15T14:02:10Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Count me in. Me too. Sorry, it’s a weakness ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/67 "2005-02-15T14:30:25Z")
So, we’re not the only ones who made chocolate fondue for V-day! Our recipe involved milk chocolate and cream, a few marshmallows melted in to make the mixture thicker and clingier, with a heavy dose of almond extract. MMM. We dipped marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, Nilla wafers, and angel food cake. The cake was, and has always been, my favorite. Double MMM. Oh, and while I don’t find circus peanuts repellant or offensive, I won’t bother to buy them, either. They’re nowhere near the top of my candy buying list. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/68 "2005-02-15T14:40:09Z")
Circus peanuts? Yep. I like 'em. Peeps? Even better. Cadbury Cream Eggs? No. Hell no! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/69 "2005-02-15T15:11:02Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > So, we’re not the only ones who made chocolate fondue for V-day! Our recipe involved milk chocolate and cream, a few marshmallows melted in to make the mixture thicker and clingier, with a heavy dose of almond extract. MMM. We dipped marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, Nilla wafers, and angel food cake. The cake was, and has always been, my favorite. Double MMM. > > Oh, and while I don’t find circus peanuts repellant or offensive, I won’t bother to buy them, either. They’re nowhere near the top of my candy buying list. I just used milk chocolate chips and cream. We dipped strawberries (which Aaron ate most of, both dipped and plain), angel food cake, and brownies. I also broke out a banana for Aaron because he developed an unhealthy obsession with the brownies. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/70 "2005-02-15T16:00:49Z")
> [@Terrorcotta](#): > > Offspring and I love our Circus Peanuts but we like them properly aged so they have a nice _snap_ when you bite into them. To age them properly you need to buy a bag 6 months in advance, open them, leave them in a dark dry place, then wait. This does not affect the flavor, just the consistency. > > Mmmmm…sweetened cardboard with artifical banana flavoring… And yet she dares criticize ME for drinking Worcestire sauce straight outta the bottle! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/71 "2005-02-15T16:13:27Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > And yet she dares criticize ME for drinking Worcestire sauce straight outta the bottle! Ha! Yeah, AND he drinks the teriyaki and soy sauce outta the bottle too!! ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/72 "2005-02-15T16:24:02Z")
I noticed a bag of CP in the store the other day, and passed it up. Damn! Back in Vancouver I never saw the peanuts, but found a couple of places that carry bright yellow banana-shaped items of the same size and texture. (The flavour, as with CP, is pretty much indeterminate.) Every month or two I’d get a little bag, just a dozen or so, and spend all day at work nibbling away and savouring every bit of the sweet tender goodness. Somehow I didn’t lose too many to the passers-by. I don’t understand it, but there you are. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/73 "2005-02-15T18:09:06Z")
> [@Terrorcotta](#): > > Yeah, AND he drinks the teriyaki and soy sauce outta the bottle too!! So do I. It’s good stuff. You get the nice tang and the super salty aftertaste that can’t be beat. Of course, I also eat Circus Peanuts and raw meat and I loathe Vegemite and Marmite, so I guess there’s no accounting for taste. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/74 "2005-02-15T18:22:38Z")
For the record, I don’t use any of the condiments unless I know it’s a freshly opened bottle. I do make concessions to my husband’s, ah, quirks. 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/75 "2005-02-15T18:48:55Z")
So it looks like a little more than half of the people who like Circus Peanuts also like peeps. The quest for knowledge marches on. Oh, and Dung Beetle - I’m making a note of that recipe. I may never need to use it, but it’s better to be forearmed. (Igor - more forearms!) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/76 "2005-02-15T19:39:04Z")
[http://www.spanglercandy.com/spangler/Products/cprecipe.html](http://www.spanglercandy.com/spangler/Products/cprecipe.html) Y’all be careful with this. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/77 "2005-02-15T19:55:18Z")
Ya know, **Dung Beetle** , I’m happily married and want to stay that way. That is a recipe that will never grace the table at Chez Doors nor any table at which I am an occupant. Robin ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/78 "2005-02-15T20:18:49Z")
Yes I know there are those who actually like their peeps and peanuts fresh… I can’t stand them that way… but properly aged, yep I can end up getting a taste for one or two… basically a 99 cent bag could last me a decade. Cadbery Cream Eggs though… these must be fresh, and they must be at just the right temperature so that the chocolate shell is still solid yet the inside is liquid enough to be scooped out with your tongue. (A pox on those impersonator eggs that actually included a little plastic spoon) If you just nibble off the top of the narrow end you can end up attracting some attention as you lick all the cream from the very bottom of the egg. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/79 "2005-02-15T20:25:07Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Anybody know if you can still get the other colors of circus peanut? yellow, pink, blue, and all that? It’s been decades since I’ve seen them, and now I’m a’hankerin’! Spangler, the current makers of the Circus Peanut, sell bags of assorted flavors/colors on their web site: [http://www.spanglercandy.com/order/circuspeanutorder.htm](http://www.spanglercandy.com/order/circuspeanutorder.htm) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943/80 "2005-02-15T20:41:14Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I remember one day I found a circus peanut on the floor of my car that had to have been there for a couple months or so. There was no obvious gunk on it, so I bit into it. It was none the worse for the wear. I’m not quite sure what horrifies me more. The fact that you ate something that was on the floor of your car for a couple months or so or the fact that a fairly large orange peanut shaped object lay on your car floor for a couple months or so and you didn’t notice it. 😛 How were the french fries you found under the car seat? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-about-my-husband-sometimes/289943.md?page=5)