I miss the Tan M&M. When I was a kid, they didn't put Red M&M's in our pack. They had been pulled years before, because of something to do with the red coloring causing cancer or birth defects, I really don't remember exactly but it wasn't good. Then one day they figured out how to color it without killing their customers and Red was put back in the packages. The only problem was they got rid of Tan. The next thing you know, they added Blue. They had some kind of stupid online voting for the color they would add and blue won. I sure as hell didn't vote for Blue. You know, I miss old Tan. Sure he was bland but he melted in your mouth and not in your hand, just like the rest of the gang. He wasn't flashy and he didn't scream for attention but that was part of his charm.
They had a special addition package of M&M's a while back, perhaps they were Star Wars M&M's...I don't remember for sure, but I do know there were Tan ones in the package. Who was Tan hurting...nobody, so why pull him out of the package and replace him with Blue. It was just rude. Now you can special order any color M&M's you want. It kind of takes the fun out of it.
I bet you are wondering what got me on this subject in the first place. I was standing in line at the store and noticed a package of M&M's with all the other candy. I was reminded of my M&M eating habit. I eat all the same colors together in a certain order. Dark browns go first, followed by Blue and then Red...then I move on to Orange, then Yellow...then Green is last. It has always been like that...except when Blue and Red were not in packs and Tan took their place. Actually that is the order I eat plain M&M's if they are peanut, I reverse the Green and Yellow...Yellow is always last. Don't ask me why...I'm just strange. If they put Tan back in the regular packages, I would eat Tan last out of respect. Sheesh! Don't even get me started on how I eat Kit Kat Bars or Twix.