Sunday Mornin' Coming Down - A post about my Dad each Sunday, named after a song that he loved.
Any time I go on a car ride that is going to be three hours or more - I like to bring/have licorice. It is the perfect road trip treat. I definitely got this from my dad, as it was the preferred car snack growing up. My mom likes black licorice (gross), so we often had two bags going on bigger trips.
I once got a bag of red licorice for a drive up to Teri's cottage that I was doing with Greg and Monica a few years ago, and when I offered it to Greg, he turned it down saying, "I refuse to acknowledge that it is even food." Which has been one of my favourite quotes for years.
I don't really know where the road trip licorice tradition came from, but I think it was definitely more my dad's influence than my mom's. He probably did it for the same reasons that I have continued the practice: it is pretty cheap, delicious, isn't messy, is easy to eat in a car, it is a nice treat to have, wouldn't be something you ever really buy normally, etc.
2 comments:
Yep I think your right, cheap and easy to eat. He used to get it at Walmart. Mark learned to like black licorice otherwise all 3 of you would have to share the bag of red.
Mum
Wouldn't be a Chris road trip without the licorice! I took a big bag of candy from the awesome candy table at my cousin's wedding (seriously...all my fave candies on one table!). I'm making my way through the bag on our Asia trip and Greg won't even look at it! Haha would be so much more fun to share it!
Teri
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