The Western world tends to celebrate New Year’s with liquid treats. However, the Lunar New Year is approaching, and that requires traditional New Year’s candy. When my wife told me of the candy tradition, I asked her to get some from the Oriental market to sample. None of the chocolate or peppermint nonsense, I tried kumquat, banana, coconut-durian, and sweet beans. The beans, while traditional, are not exactly candy. They are beans.