...and just plain EVIL!
Evil because we got it as a free sample (with our order) today/Friday, and there's absolutely no way it's going to last until Saturday...let alone until we can get more on Wednesday! (btw, we quick-steeped 'em on a cloth placed in the top pot of a double-boiler where the water had just been boiled in the lower pot and then turned off - keeping the lid on for 2 hours...shaking it every 15-20 minutes and turning the flame back on while we shook
What is it? It's homemade soft sugar cookies fresh out of the oven; it's opening a storebought angel food cake and eating half of it all at once; it's what you always expected from your first animal cracker, but never quite got; it's the first time you tasted *real* buttercream icing; it's that *one* fruit cobbler with the perfect 'melt-in-your-mouth crumbles' that you've never been able to duplicate (without the fruit); it's the best birthday cake you ever had (without the teeth-rattling icing); it's the aftertaste from munching a whole box of 'nilla waters; it's the rich creme brulee finish after a rare filet mignon with cabernet (without the carmelized sugar); it's the lilting depth of the homemade custard my mom used to make (when I'd steal a bit out of the fridge before it was completely cool); it's smooth holiday eggnog without the rum or nutmeg... and it's gourmet shortbread, and tapioca pudding, and warm moist yellow cake...and it's called Calipitter Chow (???!!!)
I truly do appreciate the story of how it got it's name - but with a cutesy name like this, it's virtually eliminated as an option by any serious adult palate that might otherwise consider trying it...imho. I suggest: RENAMING CONTEST!
What it's not? It's not vanilla-y, but it must have vanilla in it. It's not buttery; but it must have some sort of butter flavoring (ditto "cream-y"); it's also not at all coconut-y, but there might be a drop or two somewhere; it's not "cute"; it's absolutely not 'nutty', but it does have the richness of premium macadamia nuts.
And all this is coming from a fanatical health-nut that has not had an 'artifical flavor' in over 5 years (that has winced at 80% of the 35 different flavors we've tried so far, and gags at the smell of 'fake fruit'. Not only can I taste the difference between organic & non-organic produce 100% of the time, but 80% of the time I can smell the difference). Yep, I can taste/smell a wee bit of 'artificial' - but it's so mellow & gentle it'll either 'steep away' or won't matter.
Do we get a price break for quarts? gallons?
Evil because we got it as a free sample (with our order) today/Friday, and there's absolutely no way it's going to last until Saturday...let alone until we can get more on Wednesday! (btw, we quick-steeped 'em on a cloth placed in the top pot of a double-boiler where the water had just been boiled in the lower pot and then turned off - keeping the lid on for 2 hours...shaking it every 15-20 minutes and turning the flame back on while we shook
What is it? It's homemade soft sugar cookies fresh out of the oven; it's opening a storebought angel food cake and eating half of it all at once; it's what you always expected from your first animal cracker, but never quite got; it's the first time you tasted *real* buttercream icing; it's that *one* fruit cobbler with the perfect 'melt-in-your-mouth crumbles' that you've never been able to duplicate (without the fruit); it's the best birthday cake you ever had (without the teeth-rattling icing); it's the aftertaste from munching a whole box of 'nilla waters; it's the rich creme brulee finish after a rare filet mignon with cabernet (without the carmelized sugar); it's the lilting depth of the homemade custard my mom used to make (when I'd steal a bit out of the fridge before it was completely cool); it's smooth holiday eggnog without the rum or nutmeg... and it's gourmet shortbread, and tapioca pudding, and warm moist yellow cake...and it's called Calipitter Chow (???!!!)
I truly do appreciate the story of how it got it's name - but with a cutesy name like this, it's virtually eliminated as an option by any serious adult palate that might otherwise consider trying it...imho. I suggest: RENAMING CONTEST!
What it's not? It's not vanilla-y, but it must have vanilla in it. It's not buttery; but it must have some sort of butter flavoring (ditto "cream-y"); it's also not at all coconut-y, but there might be a drop or two somewhere; it's not "cute"; it's absolutely not 'nutty', but it does have the richness of premium macadamia nuts.
And all this is coming from a fanatical health-nut that has not had an 'artifical flavor' in over 5 years (that has winced at 80% of the 35 different flavors we've tried so far, and gags at the smell of 'fake fruit'. Not only can I taste the difference between organic & non-organic produce 100% of the time, but 80% of the time I can smell the difference). Yep, I can taste/smell a wee bit of 'artificial' - but it's so mellow & gentle it'll either 'steep away' or won't matter.
Do we get a price break for quarts? gallons?
