Cajun Flavoured Squirrel Anyone?
Yea. I’m not actually offering to give you a spicily flavoured squirrel. But I’ve tried it! Well, more or less…
Walkers Crisps have got a brilliant new advertising kick. They’ve made 6 new flavours that’ll be in stores ’till the end of April. But that’s not all! After trying the new ideas, you have to vote for your favourite one. The one with the most votes will become an actual addition to the Walkers family. The others will not. Which is a shame really, ‘cos almost all of them are amazing and will sadly be forgotten. This is my critique for the choices:
Crispy Duck and Hoisin:
Delicious, strongly spiced and overall appetising. But it’s been done before, no matter how good it tastes. Sadly, for the creator of the flavour, this is most likely not my vote.
Fish and Chips:
Very interesting. You can feel the vinegar (surprisingly nice) and the fishiness. Good for some people, but I don’t think that everyone would enjoy it ‘cos of the vinegarness but I liked it. It was odd to see a crisp flavoured with something it was made of (potatoes).
Cajun Squirrel:
Now before eating this I looked on the back to see ingredients. I thankfully found a little note saying ‘No squirrels were harmed in the making of the crisp’. PHEW! (Companies seem to do artificial animal flavourings often as Walkers has a Roasted Chicken packet and my friend who’s a vegetarian eats it and tells me it’s not real chicken.) I love Cajun food and this was no exception. Very spicy, but not for me obviously, (I have taste buds of steel) and a cool idea. Strong contender for my vote.
Builder’s Breakfast:
Oh my goodness, this one’s so cool! You can taste all the bits in a traditional breakfast inside it! The bacon, the eggs, the sausage, etc. I was really impressed with it’s ability to bring across so many foods at once. Delicious! Strong contender as well!
Onion Bhaji:
Hmmm. I’ve gotten to love Indian food lately so I was expecting great things. From the smell it gave off, upon opening the packet, I thought it would be amazing. And I’m not saying it was bad! It was really yummy. But not strong enough. The taste I got from it was very weak. That may just be my tongue but I like something a bit more exciting.
Chilli and Chocolate:
This last one honestly worried me. But tasted bellisimo! I didn’t actually get the taste of chocolate that strongly, which was good ‘cos that might be icky. The crisp taste of spicy chillies (but not in an overpowering ‘pepper’ taste) and cinnamon. A true shower of a love for spice, both sweet and hot. Well I liked it but it’s one that may repulse differently taste bud-ed people.
If you’ve tried them (or not) go on www.walkers.co.uk to vote! And tell me if you thought differently on them!
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Hedgehog House #7
Bonjour people of Earth, the universe and Wyoming! In honour of Valentine’s Day, I am putting up a special lovey-dovey hedgehog.
This is Lovebug, pronounced “Wuvbug”. Hoggies like him were being sold in Sainsbury’s (it’s like a british Shoprite) for Valentine’s Day gifts and my mum happened to walk by them. She didn’t pick one up right away but after getting all she needed she walked past the shelf again. There were only 3 left so she decided to get me one with the strict notion of telling me to blog about him on Valentine’s Day.
There’s not much to tell about him yet except for he’s very soft, and my sister had slept with him since he’s been bought basically. Oh, and his name reminds me of a song by the Jonas Brothers. ‘Now I’m speechless over the edge, I’m just breathless I never thought that I’d catch this lovebug again.’ Now I dislike the band quite a bit but I don’t mind this song. I’m not gonna put it up ‘cos I don’t like it THAT much but it’s called Lovebug (SHOCKER!) and should be on youtube.
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I’m dreaming of a white…GROUNDHOG DAY!
I know it’s unlike me to write 3 posts, 3 days running but OH MY JAM! A snow day in England! This defies the laws of rain so common in this lovely country!
So I woke up this morning after my 3rd alarm (I can never get up right away so I press ’snooze’ twice) only to get a phone call from my friend Emily. I call her Lemon but that may confuse people so we’ll stick to EMILY. And she calls me saying ‘Hey! I’m not going into school today!’ and I go ‘Huh?’ (there was some snow yesterday but I didn’t think there would be anything serious) and she says ‘Look outside!’. And I say ‘Wow!’. And she says ‘I know!’. Em then proceeded to tell me that buses and trains weren’t working and this excited me very much. My mother was awaken and told this and she said ‘Right, I’m not digging out the car, you can stay home.’
I would just like to take this moment to say THANK YOU LEMON! If she hadn’t called me, I would’ve gotten dressed for school and gone to the bus stop and stood there for quite a while. And besides, school was closed today due to the SNOW. It’s the first time since 1991! A few poor souls actually came into school unknowing of the cancel-ization of their need to attend today. They just stayed until they could be picked up.
I, on the other hand, spent today making snowmen, snow angels, climbing trees (yes, I can do this even dressed like an Inuit and while branches are covered in snow) and watching TV. It’s been lovely and I hope for the same tomorrow, which is quite possible ‘cos my mum said it’s snowing all WEEK.
Oh, today is Groundhog Day in America by the way. If the little animal didn’t see it’s shadow, he sure was right about 4 more weeks of winter. At least for Britland!
p.s. This is King George (he’s not the English king, that’s just his name) who we made yesterday as we were worried the snow would all melt.
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My new backgroundy thingy
HELLO PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET. I come in peace! Do not be alarmed by my superior writing skills, I will not harm you…
Sorry but I really did have to get that out of my system. SO!
Due to suggestions by people who will not be mentioned (*cough* Jacob *cough* Esfir), I have changed my theme on my blog. The afore(not)mentioned people pointed out that the font was hard to read. I hope this works better.
Please leave comments on whether you like this new theme which may have little new changes now and again!
p.s. LOOK! In the left hand corner, underneath ‘Recent Posts’ there’s a very pretty little picture. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! Look at the little heart at the end of the phrase ‘City Slicker’ and you may witness something AMAZING.
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