This break with tradition, lead to an interesting conversation, especially after I discovered a way of silencing Ada's lips, like so.
Sunday 12 December 2010
Mal Teasers?
No - Maltesers! Though Ada can be a bit of a tease at times. You see, this weekend, rather than having after dinner mints on the menu, Beloved decided to ring the changes, and bought MALTESERS instead.
I then posed the question - which I would like you all to ponder with great seriousness - if you had to choose which part of a Malteser to be, would you be the crunchy, honeycomb centre, or the spherical, chocolate shell? No prizes for guessing which option Beloved Ada went for, but what about you, Blog hopping visitors?
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Oh, the middle of course! I can eat a jumbo pack of Maltesers in one go, and still manage to talk. I suck them to make them last.
ReplyDeleteVivinfrance, does this automatically make you a sucker?
ReplyDeletesometimes you get them with no centre - just a shrivelled up chocolate ball = sorry can't have one without the other ...
ReplyDelete... being the consummate caretaker, I would go for the protective chocolate layer.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Madame! I think the Modern Malteser is pretty crappy compared to the crispy crunchy ones we used to get in the Far Off Christmases of Youth. They were covered with half an inch of deep dark chocolate that you needed a jack-hammer to get through. And they were all perfectly spherical, not like the deformed rabbit droppings you get these days.
ReplyDeleteSuck them to make them last, Viv? You mean more than 2 or 3 seconds? The only way to make the Contemporary Malteser last is to leave it on Tesco's shelf. They're a disgrace to The Worshipful Company of Confectiones, but don't get me started!
And have you noticed how the size/weight of Mars Bars has decreased alarmingly over the years? And how Jelly Babies now cost about a shilling each? AND there are never enough black ones. Political correctness gone mad, if you ask me . . .
LOL at the Doctor's ranting! Doctor, you can have ALL my black Jelly Babies if you like - blech!
ReplyDeleteI don't know the answer. I'm a chocoholic, so it would appear to be obvious, but the center is so crucial to the whole idea of the candy. Can there really be one without the other? And how in the world am I going to get some (or the US equivalent - malted milk balls) RIGHT NOW?
Vivinfrance - you must like to make the most from the least...
ReplyDeleteTrellissimo - You are plain awkward!
Madamebutterfly - an all or nothing kind of girl, then?
Helen - A born softie, eh?
Dr FTSE - Perhaps Crunchies would provide a bigger and better bite? These might be more in keeping with your words, which are never less than crisp, and are often biting as well...
Bug - I'd hate to imagine the reaction if I walked into an Olde Englishe Sweetie Shoppe and asked for malted milk balls...