Topic: Net research can result in HUGE Horrid Disappointment - Sugar Plums end up Disappointing 4 X-Mas
Syntax started this discussion 7 years ago #81,658
Some say I am almost as old as God and others say I am even Older.That said all my life I have wondered what Sugar Plums are. There was the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.(Tchaikovsky)
Clement Clark Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," or, as you probably know the famous, charming poem, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," paints an idyllic picture of Christmas Eve: new-fallen snow, bowlfuls of jelly, and... sugar plums
History
Sugar plums are first mentioned in 1608 in Thomas Decker's Lanthorne and Candlelight, but not in the way that you might think. This mention was not referencing a food, but instead the following definition, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED): "Something very pleasing or agreeable; esp. when given as a sop or bribe." The candies were first described about a half century later, in 1668. OED has since declared the term "sugar plum" obsolete.
Sugar plums are first mentioned in 1608 in Thomas Decker's Lanthorne and Candlelight, but not in the way that you might think. This mention was not referencing a food, but instead the following definition, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED): "Something very pleasing or agreeable; esp. when given as a sop or bribe." The candies were first described about a half century later, in 1668. OED has since declared the term "sugar plum" obsolete.
Bottom line is that they had/have Nada 2 do with Plums. Nor even fruit of any kind.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sugar-plums_n_2272029
Photo is actually what they look like based on Comfit and finding what they really looked like took 3 fool minutes of net search
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 35 minutes later[^] [v] #946,610
well doggone
they look like evidence of ancient bacterial life on Mars
they look like evidence of ancient bacterial life on Mars
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #946,611
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
I blame this on the British. One more disappointment. One more reason for the Eu to stick it to them.
I blame this on the British. One more disappointment. One more reason for the Eu to stick it to them.