# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/861 "2013-04-10T14:48:13Z")
We found some Thrills gum, Lik-m-ade, and other junk at a candy store downtown. (Granville and Robson I think) last summer. I remembered that I saw the Thrills gum in the late 90’s and ithad put “the gum that tastes like soap” on the packaging. This summer the packaging read “the gum that _ **Still** _ tatstes like soap!” Does anyone remember those blocks of chocolate and nuts called Cuban Lunch? And ETA: I like Eat Mores. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/862 "2013-04-10T15:32:39Z")
> [@wolfstu](#): > > Eat-More was, from a manufacturing engineering perspective, a really clever product. It didn’t contain any ‘floor sweepings’ (I’ve worked in other facilities since and Hershey was top-notch in terms of safety and food standards), but it was made in large part from rework material. This means Oh Henrys that didn’t get properly enrobed with milk chocolate and were rejected by the optical sensors, or that broke in the machine, etc. It also included Cherry Blossoms that didn’t get properly molded. > > There were, IIRC, four different recipes for Eat-More, depending on which material was available. The all included some amount of new ingredients, and some combination of rework material from the other production lines. Only one of the combinations included Cherry Blossoms, because compared to Oh Henry!, those aren’t a high-volume product. The ingredients were all placed in a steam kettle, cooked, and shaped into bars. Pretty simple really. > > So that’s how they made Eat-Mores! It was a clever way to make more efficient use of material, in a way that allowed them to adapt to the production schedule of the other lines. And it wasn’t garbage from the floor, just candy bars that weren’t pretty enough to sell. The variation among these, though, is the reason the were so many 'may contain’s on the label. And now I know… **THE REST OF THE STORY**. Thanks for the explanation! (I was joking about the floor sweepings, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/863 "2013-04-10T15:48:30Z")
> [@wolfstu](#): > > So in fact, I’m one the manufacturers. I worked in the Hershey chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario as a co-op student in mechanical engineering. I read **hogarth** ’s reply before this post. I was wondering if you were employed in Smiths Falls. Damned shame they closed that place down. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/864 "2013-04-10T16:25:20Z")
A la Willy Wonka, I wonder how many kids who acted up on factory tours ended up being made in to Eat More bars? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/865 "2013-04-10T16:36:23Z")
By the way, [here’s a post from last year where I realised that Eat-More candy bars must be made out of misshapen Cherry Blossoms](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15433650&postcount=246). Nice to know that my hunch was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/866 "2013-04-10T17:06:21Z")
Impressive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/867 "2013-04-10T18:34:52Z")
I used to love Cuban Lunches. My other all time fave was Nielson’s Cinnamon Danish. I really wish they could bring that back. Not quite chocalate , but when I was in Wpg at The Forks they had a container full of Mojos! I was 8 all over again. Too bad they weren’t 3 for a penny still .Man, I’m starting to feel old. no Mojos, no pennies… ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/868 "2013-04-10T18:39:49Z")
Found this…[Linky](http://canadiandelicacies.com/Neilson_chocolate_bars.html) ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/869 "2013-04-10T18:43:08Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > A la Willy Wonka, I wonder how many kids who acted up on factory tours ended up being made in to Eat More bars? As I say, there were _several_ recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/870 "2013-04-10T21:09:24Z")
Mmm, soap gum - you know you’re Canadian when you reminisce fondly about the soap gum of your childhood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/871 "2013-04-10T22:26:06Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Ganong’s [Chicken Bones](https://store.ganong.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Ganong+Original+Chicken+Bones) (1885) and [Pal-o-Mine](https://store.ganong.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Pal+O+Mine+Chocolate+Bars) (1920). I loved chicken bones until I developed an aversion to peanut butter. My great grandmother always kept her candy dish full of that, bridge mix, or at Christmas time, ribbon candy. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/872 "2013-04-10T22:35:39Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I used to love Cuban Lunches. My other all time fave was Nielson’s Cinnamon Danish. I really wish they could bring that back. > Not quite chocalate , but when I was in Wpg at The Forks they had a container full of Mojos! I was 8 all over again. Too bad they weren’t 3 for a penny still .Man, I’m starting to feel old. no Mojos, no pennies… Mojos were some kind of crack my grade school teachers would use to get students to do their bidding. In Longlac ON the teachers would give us a nickle or so to go get their mail from the post office during recess. A nickle worth of mojos among three friends was riches. Can you imagine what would happen if a teacher sent a child off school grounds on a personal errand during recess these days? Crossing a major street, (ok, major for a town of 1500 ) and also paying them? And would you want a 10 year old responsible for your mail, giving them the key for your mailbox? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/873 "2013-04-10T23:19:49Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Mojos were some kind of crack my grade school teachers would use to get students to do their bidding. In Longlac ON the teachers would give us a nickle or so to go get their mail from the post office during recess. A nickle worth of mojos among three friends was riches. > > Can you imagine what would happen if a teacher sent a child off school grounds on a personal errand during recess these days? Crossing a major street, (ok, major for a town of 1500 ) and also paying them? And would you want a 10 year old responsible for your mail, giving them the key for your mailbox? My electricity teacher in high school let me use his car to get him stuff at Canadian Tire occasionally: during class time! Holy law suit Batman! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/874 "2013-04-10T23:29:32Z")
Missed the edit window: I don’t recall Mojos. My candy fix years were 1970s. Was I too early? Late? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/875 "2013-04-11T00:18:23Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Missed the edit window: > > I don’t recall Mojos. My candy fix years were 1970s. Was I too early? Late? I think you were just out of luck - my candy fix years\* were also the 70’s, and I remember them quite well. \*We’ll pretend that I outgrew my intense love of sugar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/876 "2013-04-11T00:28:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think you were just out of luck - my candy fix years\* were also the 70’s, and I remember them quite well. > > \*We’ll pretend that I outgrew my intense love of sugar. 🙂 I guess Greer’s Variety didn’t didn’t stock them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/877 "2013-04-11T01:04:12Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > I loved chicken bones until I developed an aversion to peanut butter. My great grandmother always kept her candy dish full of that, bridge mix, or at Christmas time, ribbon candy. My grandmother worked at the Ganong factory dipping chocolates in the Great Depression. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/878 "2013-04-11T01:09:13Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > My grandmother worked at the Ganong factory dipping chocolates in the Great Depression. That sounds like something Grandpa Simpson would say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/879 "2013-04-11T03:46:12Z")
What, as mentioned up thread no love for Lik-m-aid aka [Fun Dip](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Dip)? Mmmm Sugar as a sugar delivery vehicle. What could possibly go wrong with feeding kids that? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/880 "2013-04-11T05:36:42Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > What, as mentioned up thread no love for Lik-m-aid aka [Fun Dip](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Dip)? Mmmm Sugar as a sugar delivery vehicle. What could possibly go wrong with feeding kids that? Once in a blue moon I buy myself some candy, usually this. I swear I have a box of Nerds kicking around from my last excursion to the fancy candy store. That was awhile ago.. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=45)