SWEDISH FISH:Chewy,
gooey, oh
soooooo delicious candy shaped like fish, complete with relief of
scales,
gills and eyes.
I was introduced to this candy at
Wilks Super Food Mart. Wally, the proprietor of WILKS, had about one hundred jars of
penny candy on the counter of his er... "
grocery store", (only sold groceries because, by law, if you sell
alcohol, you have to sell
food products) which is where my parents bought their
beer on Friday night. In one of these
penny candy jars were Swedish Fish. As a treat, I would get to spend whatever change was
left over from the purchase of the
twelve pack (approx. fifty cents). Usually, I would allocate ten cents for the (10) fish.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Swedish fish typically come in four
colors:
NOTE: I have also seen purple (grape) fish. But never blue.
Swedish fish become
transparent when their outer relief is
sucked off.
Inflation over the past fifteen years has
eliminated candy which only costs a penny.
ooops, except Ford gum balls in hardware stores.