Mexican Hats memories...
Back in the '50s, we walked to and from school twice each day. We came home for lunch back then. On the way home we had to pass a small, neighborhood store called "The Cottage". When we could sneak out of the house with some change, we would stop and buy candies like Mexican Hats. It was double fun! The fun of doing something forbidden....buying candy, and the fun of eating the hats. Years later my Aunt Rosie found a place to purchase them in bulk and would buy boxes of candy hats. She kept them in a special place in the bedroom. Every time we walked by the bedroom we would help ourselves. What a treat that was!! I'm happy to have found these childhood candies again. ~ Barbara from Nebraska Mexican hats have always been my favorite candy. Once, I got conned into going to the Boston ballet with friends and I did not want to go because ballet is not my thing, but I went under protest and they were free tickets. Before we got to the theatre, we stopped at a convenience store and I bought some mexican hats which I hadn't seen in years. The mexican hats saved me from boredom and I ate them all during the first act much to my friends' dismay because they thought I was very uncivilized. They told me I kept rattling the box and was disturbing the couple in front of us. When the intermission was over I had the last laugh because the couple in front of us had gone to the convenience store during intermission and came back with their own mexican hats!!! ~ Nancy from Mass. |
