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From: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Why no jellie babies in the USA
Message-ID: <2666@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 10:33:48 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 10:33:48 1986
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Reply-To: darrelj@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Darrel VanBuer)
Organization: System Development Corporation R&D, Santa Monica
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I don't know why they're hard to find (especially since the local Ralph's
market carries Basset's Licorice Allsorts - same company that makes most
jelly babies actually found in US, and in The Pirate Planet, it was actually
a trail of Allsorts used to lure a guard), but for those who have never
had/seen one, I will attempt to describe them.
Shape:  sort of like a sarcophogus with the figure molded into the "lid".
Arms and legs have no effect on the overall outline, and the head only the
slightest narrowing.
Texture/consistency:  about that of a gum drop from which the surface
granulated sugar has been removed.  Unfortunately, since the ones available
here are often not very fresh, they are often the consistency of 4 month old
gumdrops (i.e. kind of hard).
Flavor:  Main ingredients are sugar, water and citric acid.  Moderately
tart (like a Starburst).  The flavors seem to include lime, orange, black
currant and something red.  The currant ones are purple, a flavor common in
Europe but rare in US.  Good, but quite a surprise if you expected grape.

They are exceptionally unlike Gummi Bears, since they are not rubbery, have
no projecting limbs and completely different flavor.
-- 
Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
2525 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(213)820-4111 x5449
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