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October 19, 2011

Novelty Snacks of Italy

Other than pizza.

Novelty Snack: Lemon Soda, la limonata

Description: Lemon soda with pulp, 12% lemon juice
Tastes Like: A lemon flavored Hall’s cough drop (I love the citrus pack). Good for slow sips but not quick gulps.

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Cipster

Description: Little potato chip curls
Tastes Like: Nice and light and salty. I bought these twice! (And I’m actually eating these as part of my breakfast in these photos!)

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Fonzies Cheesmania

Description: Four cheese Cheeto-like snack
Tastes Like: Crunchy cheetos with a very strong blue cheese flavor (Mike got it right, I thought they tasted really buttery).

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Quore di cacao flavored gelato

Description: Italian ice cream
Tastes Like: There was no way I was leaving Italy without getting a little gelato. This scoop was chocolatey, smooth, and delicious.

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Another round of delicious eating!

xo, jill

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October 17, 2011

Fruit of my labor

Why yes, this did happen in my classroom today.

Student in a strawberry costume asking, “Is it cloudy?”

Every day a new surprise.
xo, jill
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October 16, 2011

Novelty Snacks of Slovenia

Minus the cube of yeast.

Novelty Snack: Kviki paprika flavor

Description: a small bread stick
Tastes Like: The shape and size of this snack had me expecting it to be a corn nut or peanut, so crunching down on a bread stick was a disappointment.

Verdict: Thumbs neutral

Novelty Snack: Kremma Rezina

Description: A very famous custard and cream cake.
Tastes Like: Vanilla custard and whipped cream sandwiched between puff pastry. This is a famous dessert so I feel a little guilty saying that I could not eat it. The texture of the custard created a slimy feeling on the back of my throat. The flavor is also really mild and not too interesting.

Verdict: Thumbs neutral

Novelty Snack: Bobi

Description: Peanut butter puffs
Tastes Like: These are basically peanut butter flavored Cheetos. They are very salty and melt in your mouth.

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Cockta!

Description: A local soft drink consisting of 12 different herbs. The most prominent flavor is dog rose hip. (Not pronounced how it looks. I learned that mistake the hard way as I kept repeating “Cock-tah” to the shopkeeper. He finally got it, “Oh, Coke-tah?” Oops.)
Tastes Like: Very sweet cough syrup. I was expecting cola and was unpleasantly surprised. However, I suppose it could be a flavor that grows on you. It’s very popular in Slovenia.

Verdict: Thumbs down!

xo, jill

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October 15, 2011

Novelty Snacks of Hungary

A pun would be too easy.

Novelty Snack: Jana lemon lime water (dedicated to my sister, Jana)
Description: Lemon lime flavored water
Tastes Like: Water with a teeny tiny aftertaste of citrus, you almost don’t notice it
Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Langos
Description: “a Hungarian food speciality, a deep fried flat bread made of a dough with flour, yeast, salt and water.” – wikipedia
Tastes Like: Similar to a savory elephant ear but thicker and with garlic sauce, very good.
Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: JoReggelt!
Description: A healthy cookie with vitamins and minerals. I imagine this being something recommended in a commercial for a work lunch at the cubicle.
Tastes Like: A chocolatey, crumbly, cookie with visible chunks of wheat and oatmeal. The chocolate chunks were also melty which surprised me but could have been due to the amazingly hot train we were on.
Verdict: Thumbs up!

Mike ate a lot of goulash during this phase of the trip. If I was thinking I would have made him compile a novelty snack report.

With the addition of Jana water, every member of my immediate family has their very own novelty snack, except for my mom. I now consider it a mission! Mom, I will find you a snack! (see my snack and my dad’s snack)

xo, jill

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October 14, 2011

Novelty Snacks of Austria

More than just schnitzel.

Novelty snack posts are the most fun to write. With five countries to cover, I tried to limit myself to just a few snacks in each. Our time in Slovakia was so brief that I didn’t manage to novelty snack even once!


Mike sneaked a shot of me recording my “research.”

On to the snacks.

Novelty Snack: Weisser Spritzer

Description: A concoction of white wine and soda water, 5.5% alcohol
Tastes Like: A very dry cider, good for slow sipping on a hot day

Verdict: Thumbs neutral

Novelty Snack: Jumpy’s
Description: Kangaroo shaped potato snack, paprika flavor, gluten free
Tastes Like: Similar flavor to barbeque but more mild. Good for someone like me who’s not too keen on BBQ flavoring. Also perfect for the novelty snacker who can’t have gluten!

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Apple Strudel
Description: “a type of sweet or savoury layered pastry with a filling inside, that gained popularity in the 18th century through the Habsburg Empire.” – wikipedia
Tastes Like: Mushy apples with overly plump raisins

Verdict: Thumbs neutral

Novelty Snack: Dren und Trink
Description: Cherry lemonade in a Squeezeit like container.
Tastes Like: A cherry Jolly Rancher. This is much more candy than juice and will likely cause a headache if too much is consumed.

Verdict: Thumbs up!

Novelty Snack: Almdudler Limonade
Description: 32 natural herbs make up the unique flavor offered by an Austrian family owned business since 1957
Tastes Like: Unique is right, but not the good kind. This is bitter and hard to drink lemonade.
Verdict: Thumbs down!

Novelty Snack: Original Gold Fischli, fein gesalzen
Description: A fairly basic goldfish cracker
Tastes Like: Delicious. A cross between a buttery flavor and a sesame flavor
Verdict: Thumbs up!

xo, jill

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October 13, 2011

Not my home and native land…

But still happy to celebrate.

Canada’s Thanksgiving was this past Monday. Once again, Hannah and I were happy to put together a little celebration for our Canadian friends.

You might remember some of the decor from last year. For some reason is feels important to differentiate that this Thanksgiving is Canadian. We have to remember to save some of our thankfulness for next month.

After a delicious dinner and dessert we gathered around for a Thanksgiving craft. We made traditional hand print turkeys with a twist. I cut out little Canadian icons so we could dress up our turkeys paper doll style.

Just over a month and it will be the Americans’ turn to celebrate!

xo, jill

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