Mental Sampler 33
I like chocolate. I like pistachios. I like kadayif. I wanted to try Dubai chocolate, but for like… under $8. Preferably less than that.
Trader Joe’s had their version of the chocolate for a hot second, but it sold out within a day, and they’re not getting more until the fall. Places we’ve found it were selling it for much more than $8, so we passed. But we finally found a bar of Dubai-style chocolate — made in Turkey — for $5 and grabbed it.
The bar was fine. Not amazing. I couldn’t really taste the pistachios or kadayif. Better than the chocolate itself was their website, which contained this strange line: “You’ll called for yielding male, so lights Stars abundantly, is their.” What could this possibly mean?
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We’ve watched the Taskmaster seasons out of order, but we’re finishing Series 19, and it is an excellent lineup. We liked all of the comedians very much, and even the Wolvog, who does not love television, joined to see all of the episodes. If you’ve never watched Taskmaster, it’s a good lineup to start with because everyone was really funny.
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Quentin’s favourite thing is to beg for me to fill his ceramic dry food bowl with baby food, stand next to it to make sure I’m watching, and then pick it up with his teeth and throw it so the food goes everywhere. Then he runs around in a circle, wheeking and popcorning with happiness while I yell, “WHY DID YOU DO THAT?” It’s actually pretty impressive because the ceramic bowl is heavy for a little guinea pig mouth.
But on the plus side, he will never pee on you. If he has to go to the bathroom, he will bite your shirt and gently tug (and then frantically tug if you do not immediately start moving), holding it in until you set him down in his cage. Good piggy.
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I so enjoy your Quentin stories. I think maybe it is because they have the flavor of a baby/toddler story about them (small creature who does cute things that cannot speak for themselves) and so few of my people have small people anymore. But they are such a lovely delight when I get a fresh Quentin story.
We had Dubai chocolate before it was actually cool from a middle eastern chocolate and candy (nougat, lakum, dried fruit) importer in the city nearest us I think a year or a year and a half ago. They were small squares but were pretty good. The American-made dessert versions I’ve had so far haven’t measured up. One of the local chains near us even has a frozen yogurt version with chocolate shell and pistachio (!)
Right now I’m craving pistachio creme and wishing I’d picked some up last weekend in the city when we were at the Mediterranean grocery.
My favorite series of taskmaster is New Zealand series 2. But the most recent series with Jason Mantzoukis is a close second for me. They are all agents of chaos, in their own unique ways.
Quentin stories are so delightful.
Awww! Quentin is the best boy! Aside from the food throwing. Does he then go and eat whatever he threw? Anyway, I’d rather clean up food than have a guinea pig use my clothes as a bedding substitute. Maybe you could toilet train him.
I have tried the Dubai chocolate in some sort of dessert my daughter’s friend had, and in a bag of small pieces (never wanted to buy a bar because what if I didn’t like it?). I didn’t really care for it because the milk chocolate made it too sweet. Fortunately, I bought it for a road trip with my daughter’s other friend who LOVES the stuff. But then I was shopping yesterday and found a dark chocolate version. That was so much better for me. It’s still overhyped to me – I’ll continue to prefer Fanny May Pixies or even a Snickers – but the dark chocolate was good enough that I will probably not have to give it away.