Day 77: In amongst the bows and sparkle, there is one piece of real ribbon...real ribbon candy, that is! I haven't seen good ribbon since my childhood, not the wafer-thin, fragile stuff, but a selection showed up at the Park Christmas party last night, and I pocketed a piece to bring home. Just one, mind you, and a small one at that. I didn't want to be a hog.
The modern version of this old-fashioned confection is generally thick as a board and hard as a rock. Good ribbon should be fragile and delicate, and it should melt away in your mouth in a matter of seconds, not minutes. Good ribbon should shatter if dropped (don't drop it!), and it should shine. Pepperminty, colorful, shimmery and translucent, this ribbon was all that and more. But better still, it was filled with something not a part of the recipe: memories, and they left the sweetest taste of all.
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