It's another national chilly day out there folks!
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159318)
Boise, Idaho
November 4, 2015 9:23am CST
Yep! It's National Candy Day! did you know that President Reagan's favorite candy was Jelly beans? His favorite flavor was licorice and he would eat about 306,070 beans each month. He had a standing order of 720 one pound bags of jelly beans delivered to the White House each month. I wonder if he paid for it or if the taxpayer did. I'm sure he probably did.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
4 Nov 15
@celticeagle Apparently jelly beans cannot be very efficient at preventing poor memory.
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Nov 15
@marlina ...Should go down in the Guiness Book eh? He was trying to quit smoking so probably popped them like he would a cig.
@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Nov 15
I have eaten licorice candy all my life and never had anything weird happen except some green ......yeah.
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Nov 15
@LadyDuck ...Isn't that interesting. Thanks for the insight.
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
5 Nov 15
@celticeagle The fact is that the licorice candies sold in the United States, do not contain real licorice, manufacturers add anise to the candy to give it a licorice-like flavor. In Europe you can find real licorice and eaten in large amount it can interfere with the hormone that helps to control fluid balance in the body by increasing sodium absorption in the kidneys.
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Nov 15
Make up your own. Bet it will catch on. He was trying to quit smoking and also love those beans.
@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Nov 15
Exactly! And, when you are trying to quit smoking like Reagan was you would eat even more.
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@Marilynda1225 (79905)
• United States
4 Nov 15
I love jelly beans and now that Jelly Belly has so many flavors to choose from I bet President Reagan would be in jelly bean heaven
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@celticeagle (159318)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Nov 15
I think he probably did. But I was just thinking that as I wrote this up.