In which our heroine is grumpy.
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agoodwinsmithYesterday, after work, I went to the expensive grocery store, because that is the chain that carries Mr. Orange's favourite crunchies. And, since I only visit that store when we need more Mr. Orange Kibble, I spent some time wandering around, seeing what they carry - and I found that they have my favourite jarred chestnuts, by Italissima (I don't make up these names). Yay, that is a definitely good thing to know, and I rewarded the store by buying a jar.
And then I mooched around through their snack foods. This is a grocery store chain with pretensions of healthy eco green friendly responsibility, so they don't carry run of the mill chocolate bars, but instead Energy Bars (everybody say: ooOOOooooo). So, even though they are four and five times the price of plebeian chocolate chunks, with just the same amount of sugar (pure dehydrated cane juice, doncherknow), I tried to choose ones that might be tasty - especially since there were some lemon-flavoured ones, and my SOGP is always looking for good-tasting lemon baking (and always being disappointed).
One that I bought was Vegan Whole Food Vibrancy Bar, made by Sequel Naturals, in Vancouver BC. This might be buying local, but I suspect not, since I don't know where some of the ingredients (pea protein, hemp seed oil, sprouted almonds, pomegranate seed oil, black cumn seed oil, cranberry seed oil[1], green tea seed oil[2], sprouted buckwheat, etc) come from.
Well, it was kinda okay - very datey, and not very chocolate, even though this particular flavour was called Chocolate Decadence. No, not really, even though dark chocolate was listed as the eighth ingredient. I guess I should have been more careful. I have trouble digesting some raw things (hazel nuts, fresh fruits like apricots and peaches, raw broccoli, raw eggs just *kill* me), so, since it was vegan, it probably included some raw items. In any case, I had a bellyache all night, and I am still feeling kinda crappy.
Bummer, man.
But Mr. Orange's supply of Favourite Kibble is now topped up.
[1] - *cranberry* seed oil? Really? Do cranberries have seeds? Have you ever found one when you have made cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries? I haven't. They must be pretty dinky and rare seeds, then.
[2] - *what*? No really: what would that be on a tea bush?
And then I mooched around through their snack foods. This is a grocery store chain with pretensions of healthy eco green friendly responsibility, so they don't carry run of the mill chocolate bars, but instead Energy Bars (everybody say: ooOOOooooo). So, even though they are four and five times the price of plebeian chocolate chunks, with just the same amount of sugar (pure dehydrated cane juice, doncherknow), I tried to choose ones that might be tasty - especially since there were some lemon-flavoured ones, and my SOGP is always looking for good-tasting lemon baking (and always being disappointed).
One that I bought was Vegan Whole Food Vibrancy Bar, made by Sequel Naturals, in Vancouver BC. This might be buying local, but I suspect not, since I don't know where some of the ingredients (pea protein, hemp seed oil, sprouted almonds, pomegranate seed oil, black cumn seed oil, cranberry seed oil[1], green tea seed oil[2], sprouted buckwheat, etc) come from.
Well, it was kinda okay - very datey, and not very chocolate, even though this particular flavour was called Chocolate Decadence. No, not really, even though dark chocolate was listed as the eighth ingredient. I guess I should have been more careful. I have trouble digesting some raw things (hazel nuts, fresh fruits like apricots and peaches, raw broccoli, raw eggs just *kill* me), so, since it was vegan, it probably included some raw items. In any case, I had a bellyache all night, and I am still feeling kinda crappy.
Bummer, man.
But Mr. Orange's supply of Favourite Kibble is now topped up.
[1] - *cranberry* seed oil? Really? Do cranberries have seeds? Have you ever found one when you have made cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries? I haven't. They must be pretty dinky and rare seeds, then.
[2] - *what*? No really: what would that be on a tea bush?
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Date: 2011-10-19 04:54 pm (UTC)I suspect that, since the great majority of tea bushes aren't allowed to flower, Tea seeds are fairly rare. They may even be proprietary in these days of commercialising everything possible.
Wikipedia says they look like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koeh-025.jpg).
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Date: 2011-10-19 08:11 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_seed_oil
Who knew? It seems to be a relative of the plants that are used to produce drinking tea. Huh. :)
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Date: 2011-10-19 06:33 pm (UTC)Raw broccoli? Why would anyone eat that? Steamed, yes, lovely, but raw? Eurgh! That's just wrong! :)
More sensibly, I wonder if you have the same problem as
Feel better soon, in any case - wibbly tummies are no fun :(
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Date: 2011-10-19 08:15 pm (UTC)Yes, cooking the fruits works - but there is a limit to how much apple sauce one can happily lap up. :)
Fank you. I have moved on from Salted Slug to Drug Backward Through a Knothole. We progress. :)
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Date: 2011-10-20 07:35 am (UTC)I'm not familiar with those so I didn't know - I've never done the kind of job where I'd have to go to meetings :)
The other friend I mentioned has found that some commercial smoothies cook the fruit just enough to make them edible for her, but obviously I don't know if your tummy would also find them acceptable :(
And of course, cooking destroys some of the vitamins as well, which is annoying.