# The remainder of 2020 shall be Peepless **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465 "2020-09-13T00:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/21 "2020-09-13T20:58:26Z")
Necco wafers are back … ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/22 "2020-09-13T22:18:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Necco wafers are back …  Circus Peanuts are what happens to Necco Wafers when they get stale and damp. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/23 "2020-09-13T22:28:23Z")
I like Necco Wafers, they make me feel old timey. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/24 "2020-09-14T12:19:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s the same thing with fruitcake. If it really were good, people would eat it all the time, not just the holidays. I eat it all the time. Fruitcake is yummy. Granted, I’ve never had any in America, maybe it’s particularly heinous there, hence the meme. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/25 "2020-09-14T13:03:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If it really were good, people would eat it all the time, not just the holidays. Are you positing that anything seasonal must be ‘not good’? That seems a stretch. Hot Buttered Rum is delicious, but I wouldn’t want it in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/26 "2020-09-14T13:34:39Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I eat it all the time. Fruitcake is yummy. Granted, I’ve never had any in America, maybe it’s particularly heinous there, hence the meme. Can you point us to a typical fruitcake recipe from your area that you’d recommend? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/27 "2020-09-14T14:41:34Z")
[This would be typical](https://safaridriedfruit.co.za/recipe/62), although it does not include my usual step of soaking all the dried fruit in brandy overnight, or mixed peel as an additional ingredient. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/28 "2020-09-14T14:45:46Z")
Awesome, thanks! The typical American version uses mostly glacéed fruits, nuts, and raisins. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/29 "2020-09-14T14:50:27Z")
Oh, no, you’ve _got_ to have dates. And mixed peel. Mixed peel is the bomb. And booze. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/30 "2020-09-14T16:05:15Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Oh, no, you’ve _got_ to have dates. And mixed peel. Mixed peel is the bomb. And booze Maybe decorated with some Peeps and Necco wafers, too (after enough booze). ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/31 "2020-09-20T02:33:44Z")
The horror! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/32 "2020-09-20T03:06:49Z")
I’m not ashamed to admit I love Peeps, and will miss them at the upcoming holidays. If they kept well, and I had known about this, I’d have stocked up at Easter. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465/33 "2020-09-20T03:20:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’m not ashamed to admit I love Peeps, and will miss them at the upcoming holidays. If they kept well, and I had known about this, I’d have stocked up at Easter +1 and a long meandering sentence to fulfill Disco’s arbitrary requirements… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465.md?page=1)