tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post3104431557530398799..comments2023-09-25T02:17:01.787-07:00Comments on Bar Mitzvahzilla: Battle Over the Halloween CandyLinda Pressmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-90222962703517132152010-11-09T23:09:54.357-07:002010-11-09T23:09:54.357-07:00Rivki, I'm glad you brought up Pesach because ...Rivki, I'm glad you brought up Pesach because it's a much bigger problem for me eating-wise. I mean, I don't eat sweets so the Hamantaschen at Purim wouldn't find its way into my mouth, but I've got to tell you, I'm not sure I can make it through another seder without eating all the charoses in the house! <br /><br />This coming Pesach I'm going to have to make a walnut-free charoses for me and kugle with no nuts. It's seems kind of sacreligious. Can you make a charoses without nuts?Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-22354813978073628522010-11-09T23:04:38.188-07:002010-11-09T23:04:38.188-07:00Dave and Tami, I wish I could say I was that good ...Dave and Tami, I wish I could say I was that good back when I ate candy. I was such a pig that I only bought what I liked and hid it away for myself! Yes, the trick or treaters could have tootsie rolls, but, hey, tootsie rolls were never a binge food of mine!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-41088140144542163682010-11-07T23:13:25.295-07:002010-11-07T23:13:25.295-07:00I'm impressed that you don't eat the candy...I'm impressed that you don't eat the candy. If we did Halloween, I would not have the willpower to stay away from the chocolate. As a rule, I try to keep it out of the house. My big sweets challenge is around Purim time, when our house becomes overrun with yummy treats...a month or so before Pesach. So, really, I have to eat them all. It's chametz. What can I do? ;)Rivki Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773820619229821907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-52871911186725075052010-11-05T08:46:45.723-07:002010-11-05T08:46:45.723-07:00This is just TOO funny! I learned years ago to ha...This is just TOO funny! I learned years ago to hand out Tootsie Rolls at Halloween because they are my favorite and no one else in my family gives a flip about them. Thanks for sharing.Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094928747500699123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-92057980281797981202010-11-04T22:25:35.424-07:002010-11-04T22:25:35.424-07:00Amber, See how you can fool the kids when they'...Amber, See how you can fool the kids when they're young? They only know what you tell them, right? And when you live in an apartment, which I think you do, it's not like there are going to be a lot of trick or treaters. Either way, I won't wait for your Halloween post!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-85949188027361448242010-11-04T22:24:03.818-07:002010-11-04T22:24:03.818-07:00BLW, I love the idea of trick or treating as a com...BLW, I love the idea of trick or treating as a competitive sport! I used to do this really complex sorting thing with the kids, back when I used to eat hard candy and lollipops. It'd be a pile of "what mom can eat" (that stuff), what they can eat (a mountain), and the stuff no one can stand (the rest). But I think we just did it because sorting candy is fun!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-86428299950569336352010-11-04T22:22:02.962-07:002010-11-04T22:22:02.962-07:00Elizabeth, now that is the way to raise kids. I...Elizabeth, now that is the way to raise kids. I'm majorly jealous. When I think that I've blown my kids' childhoods on this pint-sized lot with my neighbors' houses bearing down on me and nothing to look at in the backyard but a bunch of block wall fences it can honestly make me cry!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-69984823066356273502010-11-04T21:00:47.114-07:002010-11-04T21:00:47.114-07:00We didn't even buy candy this year. Sob. Eve...We didn't even buy candy this year. Sob. Everything was just so...busy. Hey, there's always next year!amber_mtmchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871256362646081536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-57293032579178863882010-11-04T15:35:01.974-07:002010-11-04T15:35:01.974-07:00Oh, you're so funny, Linda!
I wait until the...Oh, you're so funny, Linda! <br /><br />I wait until the last minute to buy the candy (one or two days before)... I have a tendency to nibble.<br /><br />My boys always considered trick-or-treating a competitive sport. They and friends ended up laying out their sacks of booty and counting, piece by piece - to see who had the most! <br /><br />I think they may have enjoyed that more than eating it! (OK, they liked eating it too. And again, yours truly "nibbled"...)BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-85581662554615463302010-11-04T07:50:04.959-07:002010-11-04T07:50:04.959-07:00I solved this dilemma by moving way out of town on...I solved this dilemma by moving way out of town on 2.5 acres. No Trick-or-treaters = no candy ahead of time. <br />:)Elisabeth Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081500403398798837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-76185508197579219572010-11-03T23:04:15.962-07:002010-11-03T23:04:15.962-07:00Getrealmommy, it's like they either have the i...Getrealmommy, it's like they either have the internal sugar addict switch or they don't, right? This is what I love: my son is eating something he got that was full-size (yes, he got something full-size!) and he can't finish it. I have to say, that never happened to me!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-40357622632130063302010-11-03T23:02:43.073-07:002010-11-03T23:02:43.073-07:00Michelle, don't you think that we're all t...Michelle, don't you think that we're all trying to live out our "ghosts of Halloween pasts" in some way? Like will anything ever bring back the thrill of being a kid and knowing that for one night you can knock on a STRANGER'S door and get candy from them? Ahhh!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-65625432810445563182010-11-03T23:01:15.674-07:002010-11-03T23:01:15.674-07:00Charlotte, And here's the mystery of the kid t...Charlotte, And here's the mystery of the kid teeth: how do they eat almost identical foods/candy and yet one kid will get tons of cavities and another will get none? Or maybe it's one of those sneaky kids, like my daughter, who say their brushing their teeth but just go in the bathroom and get the sink wet!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-22776625739517142902010-11-03T22:59:29.157-07:002010-11-03T22:59:29.157-07:00Hey Heather, thanks for visiting! I think if my fa...Hey Heather, thanks for visiting! I think if my family would just stop fighting over the candy long enough to think about it they'd realize they all like different candy too! But they must have gotten the "there's never enough" syndrome from me!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-77707630013738977282010-11-03T22:55:23.368-07:002010-11-03T22:55:23.368-07:00Lisa S - This is my 11th Halloween with no candy! ...Lisa S - This is my 11th Halloween with no candy! It's hard to believe! I once couldn't stay on a diet for a day and now it's been 10 years and 14 weeks of none of that stuff!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-87678911333608419932010-11-03T22:31:08.177-07:002010-11-03T22:31:08.177-07:00Lisa, twins again: two gigantic Costco bags, one f...Lisa, twins again: two gigantic Costco bags, one for the family before Halloween and one for the trick or treaters. What we don't ever take into account, though, is how much stuff the kids will come home with a dump into the community pot!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-67920752819901809512010-11-03T22:29:45.960-07:002010-11-03T22:29:45.960-07:00Karen, if you buy candy anyway next year then you ...Karen, if you buy candy anyway next year then you know who it's for! Today I saw a lady at Walgreens just buying bags and bags of Halloween candy and I thought that you can't save it for next year and even if you want to eat candy would you want to eat such tiny little bars?Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-89719302087444290172010-11-03T22:27:47.555-07:002010-11-03T22:27:47.555-07:00TKW, you're so good. So there's like no wa...TKW, you're so good. So there's like no way I can actually turn this into a Kitchen Witch meal? I was hoping...Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-51129773992410050832010-11-03T22:26:59.396-07:002010-11-03T22:26:59.396-07:00Jennifer, I'm still parcelling ours out, thoug...Jennifer, I'm still parcelling ours out, though tonight they talked me into five pieces each (well some were those eensy weensy mini bars...) And I'll be watching the news for some sugared up airmen out of New Jersey to see what we have you to thank for!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-3177997288457881202010-11-03T22:25:17.526-07:002010-11-03T22:25:17.526-07:00Miz, yea! A Barbie lover! And that's always be...Miz, yea! A Barbie lover! And that's always better than chocolate, right? I can't tell you how many Barbies I stored up for my daughter only to have her scorn Barbies when she got to be the right age. How could a kid resist the little outfits, the perfect shoes, the houses? Even at my age sometimes I want to play!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-14961860777831774572010-11-03T22:23:08.670-07:002010-11-03T22:23:08.670-07:00Chris, I am way too neurotic to buy the candy the ...Chris, I am way too neurotic to buy the candy the night before. What if they ran out! And, let me tell you, before I was in my program, there could never even BE enough Mounds or Almond Joys to fill me up. Luckily, my son somehow hates coconut!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-47011121229221469102010-11-03T21:53:41.489-07:002010-11-03T21:53:41.489-07:00Believe it or not it is my 2.5 year old who has no...Believe it or not it is my 2.5 year old who has no self control. When my older son was two, he got maybe 4 or 5 pieces of candy total, because we were good parents then. Now that my older son is 5-he "gets" trick-or-treating and wants to hit as many houses as possible, and as such so does the two year old. So we have mountains of candy at home. 5 year old has some self control and listens when mom says on piece. 2 year old... not so much.Getrealmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845080109898768505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-696802552001588752010-11-03T21:15:16.884-07:002010-11-03T21:15:16.884-07:00Funny for some reason we think the ONLY time of th...Funny for some reason we think the ONLY time of the year we can "get" candy is on Halloween. HELLO...it turns out we can buy this stuff all year long.michelle zivehttp://www.michellezive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-29209482580862528842010-11-03T10:43:34.649-07:002010-11-03T10:43:34.649-07:00I can't believe you don't eat the candy. ...I can't believe you don't eat the candy. We eat way too much leading up to Halloween and then I let them eat as much as possible the few days afterwards so I can make sure I scrub their teeth down well and we can go back to regular, non sugar high life.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349403417525132723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-8843820059779733622010-11-03T10:36:02.454-07:002010-11-03T10:36:02.454-07:00This is so funny! We are lucky because Genevieve ...This is so funny! We are lucky because Genevieve can't really have candy or she will never eat anything else (1 years old) and McKenzie will share all day long (yeah for being 6). We all have our favorites and they are not the same. Peace in the house and chocolate in the belly. Great reservation Linda! HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com