All Consuming : bramblekite

A story about "Dove Promises peppermint bark"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:10:01 GMT

I got mine at HEB grocery store for between $3 and $4. I ate 5 pieces on the way home. I’m afraid I didn’t read all of Martha’s pithy advice that was printed on the inside wrapper. It’s too bad, because I need to know how to keep your prison anklet from messing up the look of your holiday outfit….

Anyway, seriously, NOM. Not as crazy-minty as dark-chocolate covered altoids, but the Dove chocolate is much better quality than the Altoid chocolate coating, so it all balances out.

http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/dove_peppermint_bark/

http://gigi-reviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/dove-peppermint-bark-promises.html

A story about "tylenol sinus congestion and pain daytime"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:47:56 GMT

tylenol sinus congestion and pain daytime

by Tylenol

These are great & they WORK. I hadn’t found anything that works this well since they took pseudephedrine HCI off the OTC market.

per caplet, they contain:

325 mg acetaminophen (pain reliever)
200 mg guaifenesin (expectorant, same as in Robitussin and Mucinex)
Phenylephrine HCI 5mg (nasal decongestant)

These take effect pretty quickly and do a good job of relieving sinus pain & pressure. Coughing becomes more productive (ecch) and you generally get to feeling better and STAY feeling better for a good 6 hours at least.

I’m not really sure what the ‘cool burst’ is all about, as the directions for use include swallowing the pills whole rather than letting them dissolve in your mouth, or whatever, but its’ kind of a nice touch.

A story about "Trecce dell'Orto"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:22:32 GMT

Trecce dell'Orto

by Castellana Pasta

This pasta is hand-made and colored (possibly flavored? but if so, very subtle) using natural ingredients such as spinach, tomato, and squid ink for the black pasta.

It cooks very quickly and it’s VERY important not to over-boil. You want this to be a little bit ‘al dente’. Toss with olive oil and garlic and it’s PERFECT. Yum yum!

Why I recommend "pepperwood grove Old Vine Zinfandel 2005"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:04:47 GMT

pepperwood grove Old Vine Zinfandel 2005

Picked up a bottle of this & the Pepperwood Grove Shiraz (Syrah? one or the other) on a ‘2 for $10’ sale at the grocery store around Xmas time.

Last night, my sweetheart and I had a very nice supper—filet mignon steaks, green beans with butter and garlic salt and roasted yukon gold potatoes with olive oil, salt, and rosemary, and this wine.

The wine complimented the beef and the rosemary in the potatoes VERY well. It was not overy tannic or acidic, just right.

Very tasty & highly recommended.

I can’t wait to try the other bottle!

A story about "Haagen-Dazs Mayan Chocolate ice cream"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:22:35 GMT

Haagen-Dazs Mayan Chocolate ice cream

by Haagen-Dazs

http://www.haagen-dazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=339

Yummy yummy.

I’m also on a kick where I am drinking hot chocolate with turmeric and cayenne pepper in it.

I wonder if Mayan Chocolate ice cream would be good with a sprinkle or two?

Hm.

How "Hershey Candy Corn Kisses" changed my life

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:41:14 GMT

Hershey Candy Corn Kisses

(OK, not really)

I saw these at Target last night among all the Halloween bling, and I got excited because I am the Queen of Impulse Buys, after all, and I brought them home. Neat wrapping, tricolored candy, smells like candy corn…but tastes like low quality white chocolate. I’m not the biggest white chocolate fan out there, anyway. The Housemates were not impressed, even the one who loves candy corn immoderately. So, I brought it to work this morning and put it in the break area by the microwaves.

Now, if this was any good, it’d be gone by now. But even the coworkers haven’t been too jazzed about this stuff.

I say the candy corn kisses are made of Fail.

NEXT!

yummy (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:30:17 GMT

Veggie Bites - Broccoli/cheddar

by morningstar farms

I found these at the grocery store last night & I got them, plus the Spinach Artichoke bites, which are also yummy but I couldn’t find a picture of them online.

I had one of each for breakfast, cheddar broccoli & spinach artichoke. I thought I’d like the spinach artichoke more, but I really liked the cheddar flavor of the cheddar broccoli.

I am not a vegetarian, so the rest of my breakfast was 2 pieces of turkey bacon & a cinnamon vanilla yogurt.

Yum yum.

They had it at Dog Almighty, so I tried it

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:57:05 GMT

rocket sauce

by spiceburst gourmet spices

It tasted like grass clippings.

Color me unimpressed.

http://www.spiceburst.com/rocket.htm

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "Is He Mr. Right?: Everything You Need to Know Before You Commit"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:42:15 GMT

Is He Mr. Right?: Everything You Need to Know Before You Commit

by Mira Kirshenbaum

this book is pretty simple in concept, yet it goes on and on! why? there are apparently 5 main points to consider when deciding whether or not a guy is right for you, and they’re covered in the first 50 pages or so. The rest is filler. Entertaining & interesting filler at times, but still.

A story about "Women's Wicked Wit"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:41:54 GMT

Women's Wicked Wit

by Michelle Lovric

This is a fun little book. I keep putting sticky notes on some of the quotes I like best.

“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” – Mae West

“The graveyards are full of women whose houses were so spotless you could eat off the floor. Remember the second wife always has a maid.” – Heloise Cruise

“My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping.” – Rita Rudner

Perhaps this would be less funny if I didn’t have a recent ex to be bitter over, but I love this book right now.

A story about "wheels and cheese"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:22:59 GMT

wheels and cheese

for some reason, this has been my comfort food lately. I got a bunch of boxes at the grocery store, and I add a little 3 oz can of tuna and that’s lunch. Every day. for the last week and a half or so. wierd, eh?

Worth it for a couple of tracks (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:21:06 GMT

Make This/Break This

by Bitch

there are about 4 tracks on this album that are fantastic, very ‘beat’ poetry type things, and the rest is OK music, nice to listen to, OR not-very-good poetry. But when the music and words come together, it’s pretty amazing. I found it for $2 on amazon.com, it was definitely worth that!

A story about "chocolate covered altoids"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:26:28 GMT

chocolate covered altoids

by Altoids

I bought these on Thursday at Walgreen’s. As of Friday afternoon, I’d eaten about half the box. They’re SO GOOD. The dark chocolate covering is not the usual paraffin-type chocolate coating that most candies use, it’s REAL and GOOD chocolate. Plain Altoids can be a litle harsh, but the chocolate mellows the mint out quite a bit. I can’t stop eating these…they’re like CRACK. Yum yum yum.

A story about "Vixen Sparkling Shiraz"

nobody@allconsuming.net (bramblekite) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:24:13 GMT

Vixen Sparkling Shiraz

by Fox Creek

I was going to a New Years Eve party featuring Middle Eastern food and bellydancers. I wanted something a little bit different and interesting to drink at Midnight. I found this at Grapevine Market—I love Shiraz and the bottle was very pretty, so I bought it. It was beautiful in a champagne flute, and very tasty. So if you’re bored with the usual champagne & looking for a unique sparkling wine, give Vixen a try.