Oct 15 2012
A friend of mine sent me an email recently, and the story that went along with it was really funny.
Now THAT is a fantastic idea, not only for the boys who are getting some good, quick cash, but also for the folks that avoided the speed trap. 🙂
Cheers,
Zach
Oct 10 2012
A couple weekends ago, I was at Sam’s Club getting some of my usual grocery items, and I saw this ridiculously bright, hot pink endcap in the beer, wine, and liquor section. It was advertising a type of flavoured vodka called Kinky, produced by Crosby Lake Spirit Company. The vibrant pink colour is definitely attention-getting, and at the price for which it was on sale, I decided it was worth a try.
As a cordial, I thought that it was interesting that they recommended drinking it chilled and straight. It is essentially a vodka drink (that they claim is “super premium” vodka, but I don’t believe that at all) with infusions of mango, blood orange, and passion fruit. Sounded a bit fruity for my liking, and it turned out that it was. It was very sweet, and the taste of the blood orange overpowered the other flavours of the drink. However, I only tried a small bit of it, and tried it straight. It may prove to be better mixed with other liquors, or as a splash in a creative martini. Overall, though, I can’t say that I was very impressed with the cocktail, but if you like fruitier drinks, you may like it. Always worth a shot (pun intended).
Cheers,
Zach
Oct 09 2012
Some time ago, I reviewed the cherry vanilla flavour of the Kashi soft cereal bars. Those same “Tasty Little Chewy” bars, as Kashi refers to them, come in a couple other flavours as well (strawberry and blackberry graham). I decided to try a box of the blackberry graham variety, since they sounded a bit more unusual than just your standard strawberry:
Like the cherry vanilla flavour, these bars are 35g, and have 3g of fat (none of which saturate). They do, however, have 10 more calories than the cherry vanilla flavour, so if you are VERY strictly counting calories, that might make a difference (but if 10 calories breaks you, you might need to re-examine your eating regimen :razz:). Anyway, these bars are also very good and fairly filling despite their small size. Unlike the cherry vanilla ones, though, they have a texture that I don’t find as appealing. At first, I didn’t notice it, but after having a couple bites, I picked up on a slightly gritty consistency–likely from the graham in the crust. In terms of flavour, I like the blackberry, but didn’t find it to be as strong as it could have been. Also, it lacked the nuance of faint vanilla in the background, which is one of the elements that I really enjoyed about the others.
Overall, if you really enjoy blackberries, you might want to try this variety. Otherwise, I would recommend the cherry vanilla flavour over this one.
Cheers,
Zach
