TheSnackHound

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Häagen-Dazs®, the makers of all of the most decadent ice cream flavors, including my favorite – the Häagen-Dazs® ice cream bars, presents he new….oh. Wait a minute. Ice Cream Bars isn’t a flavor. It’s more like a state of being. You know what I mean. Anyway, the big H-D presents Passion Profiles. PP is a series hosted by Entertainment Tonight Canada’s Cheryl Hickey and features profiles of folks all over Canada who share their culinary and creative passions. The best thing is its on the internet, for lazy….I mean really busy people who are multi-tasking.

The goal of the show is not a high profile promotional yappity-yap but the opportunity to share some tidbits that will inspire other people. If they were interviewing me, or profiling my passion for the food related, I would probably at first try to show them some oddball collection of something just to toss people off the scent.  Then, I would go in for the double whammy and share stories about the year long quest I am on for the perfect chocolate bar, as well as discuss the Golden Ratio?  Well, the golden ratio has to do with the perfect glass of lemonade.

To create the perfect glass, the Golden Ratio is 1-6-6. (Never 6-6-6 because some folks are superstitious of that number, plus you would rot all of the enamel off of your teeth.) One cup of sugar, six squeezed lemons and six cups of cold water. For larger batches, just multiply. Of course for a selfishly small batch, it would be a 1/2 cup of sugar and 3 lemons and 3 cups of water.

And everyone would say, “so what?” And then I would also whip out the three ingredient cooking recipe: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup peanut butter, and 1 egg. That’s peanut butter coolies, folks. Then I would do something that would be considered cheating. For the pre-snack meal, I would make three ingredient salmon: 1 piece of salmon, lemon and butter. Now that’s really lame because that’s just seasoning salmon. It’s really not taking three things and through the magic of science making it all something new.

The next webisode of Passion Profiles is NOT starring me (thank goodness for you guys), but Mark McEwan, owner of McEwan’s, a high end grocery store, as well as the owner of One Restaurant and Bymark, North 44)°. Why should you listen to Mr. McEwan…well he started off as a dishwasher..at the very bottom of the rung and worked his way on up. So don’t fret if you’ve got talent and drive but all they offer you at first is sweeping a few floors. Life is what you make of it…have faith.  And treat the diswasher, the garbage-emptier or the dog poo picker upper kindly because you’ll never know when they’ll be your boss someday. Catch the epi–I mean WEBisode starting August 25th.

Undoubtedly, you have already heart this over the weekend, but the story bears repeating: Yes, its true what my uncle said wen I was six years old is partially true. He always warned us not to eat too many unpopped popcorn kernels, as a corn plant would grow in our stomachs. He apparently was slightly misinformed, as it would actually grow in the lungs instead. A Brewster, Massachusetts man is quite relieved that he does not have lung cancer, nor emphysema, but a pea plant growing in his lung. Thankfully, it is now out, but he most definitely could have choked to death…just much later than the fateful day when a pea went down the wrong pipe. For more on the story, you can read what the local paper had to say.  (Okay, the Boston Globe is not really a hometown-y local paper unless you are looking out your window at the Pru’, but it beats trying to find a Cape Cod paper on the web.

Ron Sveden is indeed a very thankful man. I would chide him, though. He was lucky this time, but hopefully it will be a strange wake up all for him to quit smoking. He was lucky to have the faux lung cancer to have vanished, but he may not be so lucky next time. Ron, if you are out there reading, I hope you indeed count your blessings.

I wonder what scientists who claim that “nothing can go down the wrong pipe” think now? The coughing fit is just from the item touching the valve or the switching station, or whatever that is. Of course, uncles and parents everywhere are happy that they “told us so.” Next, a news story with someone’s face “staying that way” after they tried to put their eyelids inside out will grace the cover of every major news publication.

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We all know by now that if you are an “indoor person” you can get fit with Billy Blanks, but Billy Blanks doesn’t stop the video or DVD and tell you how you are actually doing compared to the folks in the studio.  Does he really know you are not sitting on the sofa watching him do all the work? Personally, if I was actually exercising, I’d make sure to send him an email or something to make sure he knew, because the last time I checked, it looks like Billy Blanks could flatten you if he wanted to, and maybe he doesn’t take kindly to sitters.

If there is a way to NOT exercise while having spent a lot of money on gadgets, there must be a way to feed your face too.

Over at , iNetVideo I have found amongst the sea of blu-ray movies and dvds, that Nintendo makes a game where Jamie Oliver helps you cook. Well, he really doesn’t, but its an interactive experience where you get grocery lists and figure out how to do all sorts of stuff.  In fact, they actually had other titles on dvd and various games revolving around cooking and nutrition.  iNetVideo has been around since the late 90s and has offered movies and games at a discount, but with the information overload of all the other movie websites out there, I’ve overlooked it until now.

If you interested, it appears to be a title that is being discontinued, or they just bought a lot of them, because its 70% at $5.99. It really doesn’t matter if they are coming out with a new game system, if a DS is what you have.  I still play the old Atari 2600. I don’t think Jamie Oliver would come over give you a whooping like Billy Blanks could, but he is certainly more skilled at wielding sharp objects, so you best make an effort, kids. Actually, he doesn’t have to do anything because if you choose to eat garbage all the time, you will cause more damage than a one time encounter with a juicer-of-steel could.

Next weekend, the Fiesta Factory tent sale Sale will occur at the Flatwoods outlet mall.  The dates are Thursday, August 12 through Saturday, August 14th.  Times on each day are 10 A.M. until 7 P.M.  Tickets will be distributed starting at 9 A.M. on each day, so you can get in line then.

Typically, there will be first quality as well as factory seconds.  Some factory seconds merely have an air bubble or other small production blemish and are perfect for daily use, so don’t let it discourage you if you are primarily looking to complete or compliment your set, versus looking to ferret away pieces for collecting posterity. This is a great opportunity to buy one of the more expensive pieces, like a pitcher or mixing bowl set that you intend to use daily.

For etiquette tips on going to the Factory Sale, check out this post from 2008 and here.

As of this moment, I do not know if the new Paprika color will be in the mix as far as 1st quality pieces, but you are sure to find decorated pieces that wouldn’t have been available at a standard department store, or get a chance to mix and match with older colors.

The store is located at 70 miles west of Charleston at :

Everything Fiesta®
52 Skidmore Lane
Sutton, WV 26601

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