There was this ice cream with water in it, in a small cornet, with lots of ice, you kept wondering what flavor does it have? What was that called, the one with a shadow of chocolate on it? Oh, yes, it was the ice-cream Spor, the ice-cream Polar; the coolest one was the ice-cream Doina, who had a chocolate icing. When they were bringing the ice cream Doina, like a butter package, all the kids would queue for ice cream or for waffles. I can still remember the native chewing gum, Gumela, God have mercy upon us, it was really something. There was a gypsy woman selling chewing gum in front of the school before ?90 and some lousy lolly pops that my mum wouldn?t allow me to buy, candy which tasted terribly bad, as if they were made out of pee. They were made on toothpicks and I can still remember the hideous shapes. (114)