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Saturday, June 24, 2006

New Scope Flavors


photos via drugstore.com

I know, Scope isn't food but I think you'll enjoy this story anyway.

MrG is a faithful Scope mouthwash user. He prefers the Original Mint flavor. He had recently purchased the Cinnamon Ice flavor for his daughter, age 14, at which point my 7-year-old became insanely jealous that he would buy something for her older sister and leave her out (if you know anything about kids, you understand how kids get jealous about the simplest gifts). So in an attempt to be fair (meaning, to placate) he bought for CheesePuff the other new flavor of Scope: Citrus Splash


In an unusual display of daring, MrG tried the Citrus Splash for himself, at which point there was violent coughing and sputtering. For 20 minutes. Accompanied by exclamations and facial expressions of distaste.

Then to me he says, "You need to try this!"

Thanks, Honey.

Saturday, June 03, 2006

A Hofdingi of a Good Cheese



I found this cheese at Whole Foods via one of the recommendation cards they occasionally put on cheeses to describe them so that cheese adventurers like myself will know what to expect when we nibble. The description of this one was something along the lines of, similar in texture and flavor to Camembert or Brie. That description was good enough for me.

This cheese was indeed smooth and mild and had a thin bit of rind similar to that of Brie. Though the outer surface of Brie and Hofdingi are perfectly edible, I prefer to remove the rind and have just the pure essence of cheese without the tangy, mouldy rind muddling things up.

Hofdingi comes from Iceland (any Nordic country reminds me of my homeland of Wisconsin, yah). It was delicious with slices of fresh baguette and a few olives and spicy marinated peppers from Whole Foods' olive bar.