Wednesday, July 22, 2015

It's Always Good To Take A Chance

This afternoon after I completed my work for the day I stopped at a large international food market to buy a couple of things. After I got the items on my list (produce and dry garbanzo beans for me, sesame oil, fish sauce, and curry paste for Son Donald) I wandered up and down the aisles looking at all the exotic items. In the Greek aisle I saw this:


Even without reading the label I could figure out it was probably a candy bar. It only cost 60 cents, so I threw it into my bag. What's the worst that could happen?

 As it turns out there was no worst, and I thoroughly enjoyed my treat. The bar consisted of thin crispy wafers nestled in between layers of chocolate, the whole thing covered with more chocolate. When I got home I looked closely at the label (which was hard to read, because it had very tiny printing) and found the address for the Ion company website, where I learned that my ChocoFreta bar is one of the most popular confections in Greece. 

I can certainly understand why.
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12 comments:

  1. Joanne NoragonJuly 22, 2015 at 8:01 PM

    They come in flavors, too. My dad lived on them.

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    1. Kathy GJuly 23, 2015 at 8:39 AM

      Flavors?!? I'll have to be on the lookout for them.

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  2. TeriJuly 22, 2015 at 8:23 PM

    Sounds good! We like to hit the Bosnian stores in the Bevo area. Himself is addicted to Bosnian coffee (STRONG stuff not for the faint of heart...). Not kidding! He put himself into PVCs because he was getting so wired up on the stuff.

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    1. Kathy GJuly 23, 2015 at 8:40 AM

      I've had Bosnian coffee in restaurants and I agree it's strong but good. Don't get down to the Bevo area much, but when I do I always think I should dedicate a day to go back and poke around.

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  3. ChristineJuly 22, 2015 at 9:35 PM

    Interesting to know about that chocolate bar, it sounds delicious!

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  4. Kathy's KlotheslineJuly 23, 2015 at 10:06 AM

    Isn't it fun to try something new and be pleasantly surprised?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 23, 2015 at 9:48 PM

    Except the Greek people may no longer be able to afford them, what with their financial crisis. A friend's parents who live on their pension are having a very hard time as the pensions have been drastically cut.

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    1. Kathy GJuly 24, 2015 at 8:32 AM

      Isn't it sad? Hope your friend's parents come out OK.

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  6. Lux G.July 24, 2015 at 9:14 AM

    Nice! I remember not reading the packaging of a bag of chips of bought before. It was green so I presumed it was sour cream. And so I was appalled when I found out it was wasabi! I didn't realize until I actually started eating. I could have been poisoned and I didn't know. Well, good to know not reading the label properly sometimes do us good the way it did to you. :P

    Happy weekend!

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    1. Kathy GJuly 25, 2015 at 6:53 PM

      I like sour cream and I like wasabi, but it would be disappointing if I thought I was eating one and it turned out to be the other :-)

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  7. ShirleyJuly 25, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    Looks like a Nestle crunch wafer? Have you had one? Do they taste as similar as they look?

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    1. Kathy GJuly 25, 2015 at 6:51 PM

      I've had a Nestle crunch BAR, but not a wafer.

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