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Published 2020
When I was a kid, gumdrops came in two styles. One style was always thimble-shaped and coloured to indicate the flavour. I couldn’t tell the difference between flavours as to me they all tasted the same. The other style of gum drops was somewhat shaped like the flavour indicated. Orange gumdrops vaguely looked like an orange section and were orange in colour. Grape gumdrops were purple ellipsoids. Under this style dictate, a carrot gumdrop would have been a dark orange carrot shape. The gum