The four-year-old has a nut allergy, so we keep a close eye out on the ingredient list for a lot of treats -- for instance, Halloween candy. So when my husband found a big bag of individually wrapped candy with nuts conspicuously absent from the package list, he bought it. The primary component seems to be Tootsie Rolls, which unfortunately I am a sucker for.
Within the first several days I had eaten most of the littlest rolls, which used to be the only size Tootsie Rolls came in. Then I started to be tempted by the medium size, and the big ones are still there taunting me. I wish kids would show up and eat this dumb stuff! It's much easier when my husband buys Halloween candy that I don't like.
I don't know why I am such a sucker for these candies, made from a secret recipe involving chocolate and glue. They stick to the roof of your mouth, and to your teeth; even after you've finished eating them they're still there. And speaking of suckers, there are some Tootsie Pops in there too!
Just to make this art-related, whenever I see a Tootsie Pop I think of the famous 1956 collage by the British artist Richard Hamilton, "Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing." Some art historians call this the first piece of Pop Art, the precursor of Warhol, Oldenburg and all the rest. You will notice that the hunky guy is holding a Tootsie Pop.
I have a great book on Pop Art written by a Brit, who unfortunately doesn't know a Tootsie Pop from a hole in the ground. He writes: "On the tennis racket sleeve being toted for some inscrutable reason by the muscle builder at the left stands the word POP, in yellow on red." I get a big laugh every time I think of that remark. Makes you question some of the other pronouncements that you read in art history books.
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