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Thanksgiving Journal + Kaffre talks Candy #10
10 years ago
Well, it's Thanksgiving once again. We're not really doing anything this year, I think, but I wanted my FA buddies to know how appreciated they are! *hugs*
Also, I've finished my outstanding art piece for the last Swapsies and hope to post it tomorrow (my scanner's a bit wonky). I'm afraid it's not my best work, but I'm just so out of practice at drawing that I fear it's the best I can do - hopefully this realization will help spur me to increase my output in the hopes of regaining some of always meagre artistic skills which would hopefully prepare me for the current Swapsies - which I hope to sign up for just as soon as my current piece is ready.
In other news, I've finally got an appointment for my assessment with the Psychiatrist. It's tomorrow at 1:00pm. Hopefully, this will result in some sort of treatment plan for addressing my social phobias, wish me luck! Unfortunately, I've lots of other errands to run that day too so I'm afraid I won't be quite so accessible as I usually am, but I'll try and remember to let you all know how it goes!
Finally, it's a very busy month for Babyfur birthdays! See (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6612190/) for details! In particular, Zee-Zee will be getting even more grownup on the 14th and I'll be getting older too on the 29th! So, if you haven't already, you might consider practicing your hugging now so as not to embarrass yourself by giving subpar hugs later on. As has become tradition, Kaffre will be regressing to baby kittenhood on October 29th so as to be all the more adorable! ^^
And now, Kaffre talks Candy #10!
Name: Duncan's Original Ginger
Manufacturer: Creative Confectionery
Size: 58 gram bar
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Duncan's Original Ginger consists of. a short wide bar of dark chocolate with small bits of crystallized ginger embedded in it and grooves allowing it to broken up into ten segments (two columns of five).
Opinion: Another import I found recently and decided to give a whirl, this product was reasonably tasty, but also rather unusual. The dark chocolate did a nice job of complementing the ginger pieces, but while the texture of the ginger pieces was not unlike that of the crispies found in many chocolate products, the strength of their ginger flavour was a bit startling at first though I quickly grew accustomed to it. Overall, a decent product that I would probably buy again, but didn't quite like enough for me to put it on the list of candies that I try to buy on a more regular basis.
Name: Fox's Golden Crunch Creams
Manufacturer: Fox's Biscuits
Size: 168 gram pack contains eleven cookies.
Where Purchased: Bulk Barn
Description: Golden Crunch Creams consist of two crunchie golden oatmeal-type cookies with a quantity of yellow-white cream sandwiched between them.
Opinion: Another product grabbed on a whim, these cookies actually proved interesting not so much for being unusual as by being almost generic tasting. The cookies were nice and crunchy with a slight oat-y taste that was very pleasant, if rather mild. The cream, while tasty, had a flavour that I found difficult to describe - it was almost reminiscent of the Maple Cream cookies that are endemic to Canada, but not quite so strongly flavoured. In any case, these cookies were quite tasty, but I'm not sure whether I'll ever buy them again or not - there are just so many other varieties out there! PS. Why does a company called 'Fox' use a panda as its mascot?
Name: Jacob's Mint Club
Manufacturer: United Biscuit
Size: Eight 22 gram bars.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Jacob's Mint Club consists of a cellophane wrapper containing 8 individually wrapped chocolate bars. The bars themselves consist of a crunchy biscuit (cookie) topped with a thin layer of mint-flavoured stuff and then enrobed in chocolate. The word "Club" is pressed into the top.
Opinion: A product I'd seen, but never tried before at Bulk Barn years ago, and decided to grab when the opportunity presented itself. The bars are pleasantly crunchy and have just the right amount of mint flavouring to complement the chocolate without proving overpowering (I think the cookie layer helps here). Overall, a good product that I will probably purchase again from time to time, but the necessity of buying so many at once probably means it will remain an occasional treat...
Name: McVitie's Orange Club
Manufacturer: United Biscuit
Size: Eight 22 gram bars.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: McVitie's Orange Club consists of a cellophane wrapper containing 8 individually wrapped chocolate bars. The bars themselves consist of a crunchy biscuit (cookie) topped with a thin layer of orange-flavoured stuff and then enrobed in chocolate.
Opinion: While I've tried this product before, but it sold under the Jacob's brand which doesn't make a lot of sense as both are subsidiaries of United Biscuit and, according to the wrappers, are made in the same factory. In any case, this products is pleasantly crunchy with a nice amount of orange flavour - the taste did seem a tad stronger than the Mint Clubs, but that could just be because I find orange provides a stronger contrast with chocolate flavoured sweets. In any case, a yummy product I'll probably buy again from time to time as an occasional snack, but is unlikely to join my regular purchases.
Name: Wilson's Chocolate Kendal Mint Cake
Manufacturer: Creative Confectionery
Size: 55 gram
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Chocolate Kendal Mint Cake consists of a crumbly white block of peppermint-flavoured sugary stuff covered in a rippling layer of dark chocolate. The product's dimensions were slim and wide with a nice rippled appearance.
Opinion: Apparently a classic confection that I was unaware of, Kendal Mint Cake is an interesting treat possessing familiar as well as usual elements. The crumbly mint substance at the sore of the bar possesses a nice mix of sweetness and peppermint flavour with neither taste being too overwhelming the sweetness also helps to offset the bitterness of the chocolate nicely. The texture was a bit unusual at first, but I quickly acclimatized to it and while quite different from the creaminess of, for example, Peppermint Patties, is in fact quite nice in its own way. Overall, a reasonably tasty snack that I think I'll probably buy again at some point - also impressively resistant to extreme temperatures and rough handling, it's no surprise it's (apparently) popular with hikers and mountain climbers!
Also, I've finished my outstanding art piece for the last Swapsies and hope to post it tomorrow (my scanner's a bit wonky). I'm afraid it's not my best work, but I'm just so out of practice at drawing that I fear it's the best I can do - hopefully this realization will help spur me to increase my output in the hopes of regaining some of always meagre artistic skills which would hopefully prepare me for the current Swapsies - which I hope to sign up for just as soon as my current piece is ready.
In other news, I've finally got an appointment for my assessment with the Psychiatrist. It's tomorrow at 1:00pm. Hopefully, this will result in some sort of treatment plan for addressing my social phobias, wish me luck! Unfortunately, I've lots of other errands to run that day too so I'm afraid I won't be quite so accessible as I usually am, but I'll try and remember to let you all know how it goes!
Finally, it's a very busy month for Babyfur birthdays! See (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6612190/) for details! In particular, Zee-Zee will be getting even more grownup on the 14th and I'll be getting older too on the 29th! So, if you haven't already, you might consider practicing your hugging now so as not to embarrass yourself by giving subpar hugs later on. As has become tradition, Kaffre will be regressing to baby kittenhood on October 29th so as to be all the more adorable! ^^
And now, Kaffre talks Candy #10!
Name: Duncan's Original Ginger
Manufacturer: Creative Confectionery
Size: 58 gram bar
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Duncan's Original Ginger consists of. a short wide bar of dark chocolate with small bits of crystallized ginger embedded in it and grooves allowing it to broken up into ten segments (two columns of five).
Opinion: Another import I found recently and decided to give a whirl, this product was reasonably tasty, but also rather unusual. The dark chocolate did a nice job of complementing the ginger pieces, but while the texture of the ginger pieces was not unlike that of the crispies found in many chocolate products, the strength of their ginger flavour was a bit startling at first though I quickly grew accustomed to it. Overall, a decent product that I would probably buy again, but didn't quite like enough for me to put it on the list of candies that I try to buy on a more regular basis.
Name: Fox's Golden Crunch Creams
Manufacturer: Fox's Biscuits
Size: 168 gram pack contains eleven cookies.
Where Purchased: Bulk Barn
Description: Golden Crunch Creams consist of two crunchie golden oatmeal-type cookies with a quantity of yellow-white cream sandwiched between them.
Opinion: Another product grabbed on a whim, these cookies actually proved interesting not so much for being unusual as by being almost generic tasting. The cookies were nice and crunchy with a slight oat-y taste that was very pleasant, if rather mild. The cream, while tasty, had a flavour that I found difficult to describe - it was almost reminiscent of the Maple Cream cookies that are endemic to Canada, but not quite so strongly flavoured. In any case, these cookies were quite tasty, but I'm not sure whether I'll ever buy them again or not - there are just so many other varieties out there! PS. Why does a company called 'Fox' use a panda as its mascot?
Name: Jacob's Mint Club
Manufacturer: United Biscuit
Size: Eight 22 gram bars.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Jacob's Mint Club consists of a cellophane wrapper containing 8 individually wrapped chocolate bars. The bars themselves consist of a crunchy biscuit (cookie) topped with a thin layer of mint-flavoured stuff and then enrobed in chocolate. The word "Club" is pressed into the top.
Opinion: A product I'd seen, but never tried before at Bulk Barn years ago, and decided to grab when the opportunity presented itself. The bars are pleasantly crunchy and have just the right amount of mint flavouring to complement the chocolate without proving overpowering (I think the cookie layer helps here). Overall, a good product that I will probably purchase again from time to time, but the necessity of buying so many at once probably means it will remain an occasional treat...
Name: McVitie's Orange Club
Manufacturer: United Biscuit
Size: Eight 22 gram bars.
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: McVitie's Orange Club consists of a cellophane wrapper containing 8 individually wrapped chocolate bars. The bars themselves consist of a crunchy biscuit (cookie) topped with a thin layer of orange-flavoured stuff and then enrobed in chocolate.
Opinion: While I've tried this product before, but it sold under the Jacob's brand which doesn't make a lot of sense as both are subsidiaries of United Biscuit and, according to the wrappers, are made in the same factory. In any case, this products is pleasantly crunchy with a nice amount of orange flavour - the taste did seem a tad stronger than the Mint Clubs, but that could just be because I find orange provides a stronger contrast with chocolate flavoured sweets. In any case, a yummy product I'll probably buy again from time to time as an occasional snack, but is unlikely to join my regular purchases.
Name: Wilson's Chocolate Kendal Mint Cake
Manufacturer: Creative Confectionery
Size: 55 gram
Where Purchased: British Isles Shoppe
Description: Chocolate Kendal Mint Cake consists of a crumbly white block of peppermint-flavoured sugary stuff covered in a rippling layer of dark chocolate. The product's dimensions were slim and wide with a nice rippled appearance.
Opinion: Apparently a classic confection that I was unaware of, Kendal Mint Cake is an interesting treat possessing familiar as well as usual elements. The crumbly mint substance at the sore of the bar possesses a nice mix of sweetness and peppermint flavour with neither taste being too overwhelming the sweetness also helps to offset the bitterness of the chocolate nicely. The texture was a bit unusual at first, but I quickly acclimatized to it and while quite different from the creaminess of, for example, Peppermint Patties, is in fact quite nice in its own way. Overall, a reasonably tasty snack that I think I'll probably buy again at some point - also impressively resistant to extreme temperatures and rough handling, it's no surprise it's (apparently) popular with hikers and mountain climbers!
Also went to a candy store not too long ago and thought of you. It was an antique store/candy shop so it had all sorts of fun memorabilia from candies past. it was this place http://www.hollywoodcandy.com/
Also a happy early birthday!! I have a terrible memory when it come to dates.
The appointment itself went pretty well. The doctors I spoke to do feel that I may suffer from some type of general anxiety disorder and have suggested group therapy so I'm going to do what I can to try and attend the sessions if the time is agreeable. I managed to get most of my errands done, but unfortunately there wasn't time to go to lunch as I'd hoped so I had a chocolate bar and can of pop for my meal instead :guilty:
That is an interesting shoppe. From the site, it sounds like most of their products are made on-site which is pretty cool albeit somewhat beyond the scope of this feature.
I always appreciate hugs though! Also, I always figured being just a bit before Halloween made my Birthday easy to remember, but I understand you've got lots of other dates to remember...
And as for lunch options, we do what we have to to stay on schedule I suppose, and chocolate comes from trees so its a vegetable or a fruit, right? LOL
They do have many homemade goodies at that store but they also had rows and rows of other stuff they did not make. They even had bugs in candy and flavored meal worms. The scorpion in a lolly pop has to be one of my favorite things to see, not sure that I would want to eat it though.
And I guess I never thought of associating your birthday with Halloween time, that might make it easier to remember. I should really just put it in my phone calendar so it reminds me. As for other dates, I also forget those so its more of a bad bear remembering thing than anything. Like my moms birthday is sometime this month as well....really should look and see what day.*puts head down in shame*
I suppose that's as good a justification as any. Plus, if I had grabbed lunch, it would've been takeout from either Pita Pit or Smoke's Poutinerie so the candy probably wasn't a huge compromise health-wise...
Anyway, that shop does sound interesting and there certainly are some unusual candies out there... You may have noticed I've been doing a lot of British imports on Kaffre talks Candy since visiting the British Isles Shoppe, but thus far I've been avoiding the weirder stuff from my local import shops (especially those from countries whose labels I can't read!)
Anyway, don't feel bad. Some birthdays can be tricky... I know yours is in mid-December, but need my handy chart to find the exact day. Likewise, I know the birthdays of my siblings, father, and late-mother, but can never remember my step-father's...