08 June 2010

flavors of childhood

 - teaberry gum.  my mother always had a pack in her purse that i would fish for as we traveled the aisles of the grocery store.  someone told me recently it tastes like pepto-bismol, but i beg to differ.  whatever, more for me.


- stella d'oro anisette sponge cookies.  delicious by themselves, better dunked in tea or coffee, wretched when stale.  [sugar-coated fennel seeds, the kind that they leave by the door of indian restaurants instead of starlight mints, are sweet and anise-y enough to recreate a little bit of the cookie flavor, and are currently in prime snacking position in my desk drawer.]

- peanut butter twix.  i am forever indebted to whoever brought these back.

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