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Difficult-Region-103 t1_j8peoyc wrote

Yes! There was a Master Chef episode where a guy put potato in his desert& the judges were like, who puts potato in DESERT? Mainers, thats who! Long live the Needham!!

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j8p70bn wrote

Who here has ever even heard of a needham? Generally curious.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j8peume wrote

I haven't. I've lived here for 20+ years and have never heard of needhams until now.

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Hotpickledsprouts t1_j8pcrcx wrote

Bro they sell them at Renys. Ever been? I heard it's nice there

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j8pek71 wrote

I haven't been inside a Reny's in...gosh, how long has it been? 6 years? Yeah.

Still never seen nor heard of these things.

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Hotpickledsprouts t1_j8pfg9x wrote

Bro my only advice for you is to be more aware of your surroundings. You're probably missing a lot. Have you looked into maybe, opening your eyes?

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j8qzkbv wrote

I've tried, but when you wear $30 glasses for your nearsightedness and are chronically fatigued, it takes a lot of effort to actually see shit, y'know?

I don't even look at the stuff that's at store checkouts half the time. I just want to pay for my shit and leave.

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Hotpickledsprouts t1_j8rzg76 wrote

You can have my eyes bud. When we go out together I'll tell you in vivid detail the many arranged sweet treats that you're missing out on

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ecco-domenica t1_j8posml wrote

They're like whoopie pie's country cousin that never got famous. Used to be a common home made treat that your mother would put in your lunch box. Cheap to make at home. Because potatoes & paraffin wax were always on hand. Coconut and bakers chocolate easy to buy and available even in the boonies.

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jpGrind t1_j8q9j88 wrote

i've known them as nonpareils since i was a kid. i never knew they were also called needhams until somewhat recently.

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BlaineThePainInMaine t1_j8qzxmd wrote

Aren't nonpareils those little chocolate discs covered in white sprinkles?

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jpGrind t1_j8rky4b wrote

i thought that's what we were talking about lol

nevermind i guess

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ScenePlayful1872 t1_j9347zj wrote

Needhams are kinda like a Mounds bar— chocolate covered, coconut, but the sweet white part is just potato & powdered sugar instead of monosodoguckitymuckcrose

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jpGrind t1_j94nze8 wrote

i must have got my wires crossed somehow

my dad loves nonpareils. he would buy them by the bag when hannaford used to stock them in their self-serv candy chute things. you'd scoop them into your bag and then pay by weight at the register. if it wasn't that, it was a couple boxes of snocaps.

i have no idea why i held such confident beliefs that needhams and nonpareils are the same thing. but that's on brand for me.

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ecco-domenica t1_j8r5b5d wrote

Nonpareils are a completely different candy. No relationship whatsoever.

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jpGrind t1_j8rl43c wrote

well, clearly i am a dunce lol

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ecco-domenica t1_j8roax2 wrote

No, no. Nonpareils and needhams just don't happen to be your area of expertise, that's all!

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ella0la t1_j8qbbyx wrote

i’ve always seen them next to gas station and grocery store registers

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ScenePlayful1872 t1_j8p8gdz wrote

Yes indeed! Maine Potato candy is unique. Grew up eating Seavey’s, now we make our own for the holidays.

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JonesoftheNorth t1_j8p7r3y wrote

Grew up in The County and had never heard of them until reading the article. Are those a "down south" thing?

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ecco-domenica t1_j8pp08m wrote

Very much a County thing. They were kind of a poverty food in the County so maybe before your time. Kids often brought them to school in their lunchboxes. Like whoopie pies used to be before they went viral.

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KNORTHWIND t1_j8v89j4 wrote

The real question is: why isn't there already a State Needham Day?

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Icolan t1_j8se4x3 wrote

Yes, Maine State Needham Day needs to be January 1st through December 31st of every year.

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rofopp t1_j8t5vu5 wrote

Need ‘em? Don’t want them

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Oniriggers t1_j8pb9ix wrote

I never heard of them until moving to maine 2 years ago, asked why they existed and were called a town in mass?

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