You can’t buy sugarplums around here. You can buy sugarplum candles and sugarplum lipstick and perfume but no sugarplums. I called six candy stores. Some of them had never heard of them. My sister was nicknamed Sugarplum but never had one. I had to look up recipes and none of them completely matched, but I roasted the nuts, chopped the dried fruit, mixed in the spices and the jam and rolled them in sugar. I had always pictured them as a fancy gumdrop but these were dark and rich. And I wonder how many things live in their shadows and imitations and we never knew the real thing?
You can’t buy sugarplums around here. You can buy sugarplum candles and sugarplum lipstick and perfume but no sugarplums. I called six candy stores. Some of them had never heard of them. My sister was nicknamed Sugarplum but never had one. I had to look up recipes and none of them completely matched, but I roasted the nuts, chopped the dried fruit, mixed in the spices and the jam and rolled them in sugar. I had always pictured them as a fancy gumdrop but these were dark and rich. And I wonder how many things live in their shadows and imitations and we never knew the real thing?