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[darchildre]

Today, I have had to explain to my coworkers:

- The difference between whoopie pies and Moon Pies.

- What Tastykakes are. (Oh, jelly krimpets*! I miss you so!)

- Who Caesar Rodney was and why he's on the back of the Delaware quarter.

Apparently, it is an East Coast kind of day.




*Y'know, it just occurred to me, but that whole thing in Maniac Magee where the title character keeps eating butterscotch krimpets must have somewhat less resonance to kids out here, who have never experienced krimpets. Huh. We read that in fourth grade and thinking about the book always sort of gave me a craving.

Comments

[alt_harry]

What ARE krimpets? I live on the East Coast now and have no idea. I did figure out Marshmallow Fluff awhile ago, and damn, that shit is foul. I guess you have to eat it young to 'get it.'

[darchildre]

Krimpets!

You can really only get Tastykakes in Pennsylvania and closely surrounding areas, so it's entirely possible that you may not have seen them, depending on where you are.

They are probably also something of an acquired childhood taste, being a packaged snack cake and all.

[flourish]

Oh! I've had Tastykakes, just not Krimpets. The Tastykake Hostess-cupcake-like-thing is SO MUCH BETTER THAN HOSTESS CUPCAKES, I cannot even tell you.

Also, now I want a Tastykake.

[darchildre]

The Tastykake Hostess-cupcake-like-thing is SO MUCH BETTER THAN HOSTESS CUPCAKES, I cannot even tell you.

SO TRUE. Also, their weird little coconut cream pie things are amazing.

[finch]

Trufax, I make my parents ship butterscotch krimpets for my birthday and Christmas.