February Journal 2022 + Kaffre talks Candy #66:

Greetings everyfur and welcome to my February journal!

As it happens though, not really much happened since my previous journal so I'm not really sure what to talk about...

It is now the Year of the Water Tiger - I'm a Metal Rooster myself, but Kaffre feels that tigers are sufficiently tabby-like to make him very excited about the coming year despite some nervousness regarding the 'water' part of the equation..

Hmm not really sure what else to say so I guess we'll just cut this month's journal short. See you all again next month! *lots of hugs*

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Kaffre talks Candy #66

Name: Guinness Crisps
Manufacturer: Burt's Snacks Limited
Size: 40 gram bag
Where Purchased: Dollar Tree
Description: Consists of thick cut kettle chips supposedly flavoured to taste like stout.
Opinion: Another British snack I grabbed on a whim. I don't really drink and thus not terribly sure what stout tastes like, much less Guinness specifically, but these chips are tasty in their own right having a strong malty flavour that fades into a sort of burnt or yeasty taste reminiscent of vegemite. Overall, I thought these chips were pretty good and would definitely consider buying them again

Name: Kit Kat (Sweet Potato)
Manufacturer: Nestle
Size: Eleven 11.6 gram bars.
Where Purchased: Midori
Description: Consists of 'fun-size' Kit Kat, but covered with white chocolate flavoured to taste like a sweet potato.
Opinion: A Japanese product I grabbed on a whim. The bar is very sweet, but vanilla comes through stronger than the carrot-like flavour that I normally associate with sweet potato, but this could have to do with the Japanese sweet potato being different from the variety we usually eat in North America. Questions of authenticity aside, I thought these tasted pretty good and would consider buying them again.

Name: Pepsi Blue
Manufacturer: Pepsi co.
Size: 591 mL bottle
Where Purchased: Food Basics
Description: Consists of a blue carbonated 'berry flavoured' beverage
Opinion: An item I purchased some time ago and promptly forgot in the fridge. This product doesn't specify what type of berry they're supposed to be, but does seem to exhibit a very mild blueberry flavour (others who sampled it with me cite the flavour as 'blue'). Overall, I thought this item was OK, but I don't think I'd buy it again - I'm not the biggest fan of fruit-flavoured soda and this didn't have much fruit flavour anyway.

Name: Twirl (Orange)
Manufacturer: Cadbury
Size: 43 grams in two bars.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Twirl consists of two bars of textured orange-flavoured chocolate (not unlike 'Flake') enrobed in Cadbury chocolate and sold bundled together in a single package not unlike Twix.
Opinion: Yet another orange flavoured holiday version of a popular British chocolate bar, this product tastes about how you'd expect and orange flavoured Twirl to taste with a pleasant blending of milk chocolate and orange flavourings with the surface area provided by the flaky texture giving an especially intense hit. I like this item, but it's very subjective depending on your personal feelings regarding orange-flavoured chocolate..

Name: Walkers Fish and Chips Crisps
Manufacturer: Walkers Snack Foods
Size: Five 25 gram bags bundled together.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Consists of fairly ordinary-looking potato chips. According to the packaging, they're flavoured to taste like the signature dish of 'The Wetherby Whaler' a restaurant in Yorkshire.
Opinion: I've a better idea what this is supposed to taste like than other products in the 'local restaurant' line and this about what I expected - a slighly acidic taste that registers somewhere between malt vinegar (chips) and lemon juice (fish) an unusual combination (to me), but quite enjoyable. Overall, I liked these crisps and would probably consider buying them again in future.