All Chocolate is Dark

Calling milk chocolate ‘chocolate’ is like calling a fish stick doused with malt vinegar and dunked in ketchup ‘fish’.  Milk chocolate is something you eat when you don’t care for the taste of chocolate (liquor).  And as for white chocolate, that’s as close to chocolate as Kosher gelatin (made from fish bones) is to fish….

Manju Buns

Manjū – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In Volume 51 of the Japanese manga One Piece Luffy, Chopper, and Brooks consume mass quantities of the Sabaody version of the manju bun.

LesserEvil Chia Crisps

LesserEvil Brand Snack Co. introduces Chia Crisps The initial four flavors are Southern Barbeque, Crunchy Dill Pickle, Jalapeno White Cheddar, and Feta and Black Olive. Though the product is billed as Chia Crisps, more accurately it is a baked bean and rice chip with a bit of chia seed. In comparison to the very similar…

Xylitol USA Candy

Xylitol Assorted 100% Natural Hard Candies – Individually Wrapped – 40ct – Xylitol USA, Inc.. Xylitol USA has finally made available a line of hard candies similar to their tasty lollipops.  They come in 40 or 100 count bags.  The ‘Assorted 100% Natural’ version contains citrus flavors, and the regular ‘Assorted’ contains cherry, strawberry, green…

Are Popcorn and Fake Butter Okay?

Butter Popcorn Chemical Linked To Alzheimer’s « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth. Aside from potential links to Alzheimer’s, fake butter should be avoided because it consists mostly of trans fats and sodium. Corn in all it’s various forms should be avoided – botanically it’s a seed (‘grain’ group), not a vegetable, and there are several…

Mediterranean Snacks

Mediterranean Snacks Baked Lentil Chips – Cracked Pepper flavor MediterraneanSnacks-BakedLentilChips-CrackedPepper.pdf (application/pdf Object). 2012 June PEG: Tastier than the Sea Salt or Cucumber Dill flavors – cleaner taste – though the sweet notes are unnecessary.  I note the use of potassium chloride to give a salty taste without raising the sodium content too high; perhaps the…