In which our heroine is grumpy.

[agoodwinsmith]

Yesterday, 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?

Comments

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Raw veggies and dip is a common food at certain kinds of buffet (for an all-day meeting, or similar). The amount of broccoli offered is a sign of the quality of the buffet. Cheap buffets have little broccoli and instead a shed-load of celery. Fresh raw broccoli actually looks very nice on the buffet, and it tastes pretty good in the crunch-veggie category. My tummy hates it with a big hatey-hate.

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. :)

[cat63.livejournal.com]

Raw veggies and dip is a common food at certain kinds of buffet

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 :)

Yes, cooking the fruits works - but there is a limit to how much apple sauce one can happily lap up. :)

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.