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- -Preparing to write a new piece
- - -I need to get my head right first
- + +Trying new candy
+ + +I only ever buy international candy
+Trying new candy
+ ++ I don’t eat (or really like) much candy. + Unless you count dark chocolate, which feels like its own category to me. +
+ It’s not that I don’t like sweet things. + I love ice cream and cookies and cake as much as anyone. + But when it comes to the kind of stuff you’d see in the “impulse buy” section of an American store, it has little appeal to me. +
+ We have a great Asian market in town that imports a lot of cool international food products. + It’s super fun to walk around in because all the unfamiliar foods and packages make it feel like you’ve stepped into another country. + I like to try out new things that strike my interest as I walk through, because I never know when I’ll find something new I love. +
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+ + Ironically enough, a lot of what I end up buying there is actually candy and sweets. + As opposed to all the American candy, which I already know the taste and quality of, every Asian candy I try represents a new possibility. + And when do I find something I really like, candy is great for sharing small portions with other people. +
+ One of my favorite treats I’ve gotten at the market is mochi, which is a sweet food but not really a candy, I think. + The ones I get come with peanut, sesame, and red bean fillings, which are all great. + I’ve also gotten some good Indian peanut brittle called chikki and these chewy ginger candies. +
+ Recently, a friend of my dad’s gave me a little bar of a Mexican candy made of salty & spicy tamarind pulp. + He had happened upon it recently, and he said it reminded him of how they would prepare tamarind in Thailand (he is Thai), with salt & hot peppers. +
+ I had had dried tamarind on its own before, but I didn’t like it that much. + But this bar was unlike anything else I had tasted. + Tamarind flavor really works better in this combination, and the bar kind of gets more tasty as you eat it. +
+ The Asian market in town also carries this candy, so I went there and got myself a box. + I actually got two boxes, so I have enough to hand them out to people I meet. + I think it would be fun, and I want to see what other people think of the flavor. +
+ I’m not going to mention the brand name of any of these foods, but they should all be fairly easy to find at the right store. + I’ll let you know the names by email upon request if you’re interested. +
+ Do you like American candy?
+ Do you like Asian candy?
+ Do you like Mexican candy?
+ Do you like chocolate?
+ Do you like mochi?
+ Do you like tamarind?
+ Do you like spicy or salty candies?
+ Do you like trying unfamiliar kinds of candy (or food in general)?
+ Do you want to know the brand names of any of these candies?
+ Let me know your thoughts at my Ctrl-C email: gome @ ctrl-c.club.
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