Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Candy Critique: part 1


I think an important part of every culture is what kind of candy they eat, and what they call it. That is why I have endeavored to do a thorough review of the Swedish candy available in my local grocery store. For Part one, we have three candy bars: Daim, Plopp, and Japp. I picked these because I have either seen them before or because their names were entertaining or potentially inflammatory.




TODAY'S CANDY:

Name: Daim
Quantity: two pieces, one package
Description: "Milk chocolate (42%) with a crunchy almond caramel centre"
Evaluation: Daim lives up to your expectations for crunchiness informed by the crunchy looking pictures on the wrapper. I would say that "almond caramel" is a little of an overstatement for something that was actually just toffee. However, maybe in my America-centric worldview, I have overlooked the potential complexity of the toffee flavor.
I don't know if this candy is actually made in Sweden, because it belongs to Kraft foods, but it seems to be popular.

Grade: I give this candy bar a 5 out of 10 for living up to my expectations, but no higher. It's hard to be the first candy bar- everyone judges you so harshly!

In other news, here is a picture of the back porch at my house.



Today on my walk with Tonton (the dog I am payed to walk), I was throwing sticks for him in the park when suddenly, he ran across the park to this family, sniffed around, and then peed on one of their bike helmets. Why!!!? I apologized, but the lady was really irritated: "This was brand new!" ...

I get paranoid about how much hair I leave everywhere, especially on the subway. I just keep thinking, "My DNA is in this hair. People could get my DNA from this hair."
I don't know what they would want it for, but it still sounds really sinister.

3 comments:

  1. OOH! I can't wait to hear what you think of Plopp!

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  2. I'm increasingly envious of you...except for the whole dog thing. That sounds terrible.
    -Tim

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  3. love the DNA aspect of this story...(grin)

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