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 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. :)