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    Snacks & Dessert: Indulgence

    Posted by Hanifa K. Cook, in Home and Family

    They ask me how I can speak so many languages (click to sign up for free 6 day Spanish lessons). One of the ways I have constantly done is to remember the names of my favourite snacks. Have you snacked on chocolate chip cookies, Anzac biscuits, meringue, Pavlova , popcorns, jellybeans, toffees, M&M’s, Cadbury chocolate, or just plain peanuts? And have you tried a kind of snack or dessert so foreign to you, so impressed with the taste and crunch, you just need to know its name in the foreign language?

    I get really excited just thinking of the many names I could learn just talking about snacks alone. Wasabi, Kacang, Maruku, Meringue, Chocolate chip, Almond or Cashew Nuts (Kacang Mede).

    Yesterday was one of those days I went beserk on snacks.

    I am not a snack person; I have low lactose tolerance and can survive on vegetables alone. Too much meat, sugar and carbohydrates will send my hormones right off balance. So I am quite careful. However, I just went out of control yesterday. Just look this picture.

    Wall\'s Ice CreamI went berserk on snacks yesterday. Well I went to fetch my daughter from school as usual. I was a little early so decided to take a stroll to the nearest grocery store to buy some snacks. I am never heavy on snacks but children change all that. It was raining heavily by the time I got to the cashier to pay for it. But I was happy, knowing how pleased she would be to see the snacks I had bought for her. I had an umbrella then. I walked back to the school to find her.

    As we sat together at the bus stop waiting, I surprised her with Cheezles Cheese snacks. Her face sparkled in an expression of both joy and excitement. We started snacking together at the bus stop sheltered from the rain. It brought me back great memories of my own childhood. This brand has been around for a very long time. I remembered it being the one thing I would save my 20 cents for.

    Japanese Rice BiscuitsI reached out for my Wasabi Rice Biscuits. Wasabi is a type of condiment used in Japanese sushi cuisine. I like how the lightning tingling feeling it gives at the tip of the tongue; the spice doesn’t linger on as long as red hot chilli which I am a big fan of.

    Our bus arrived. We continued to snack until we reached home.

    What makes it a day of indulgence in snacks?

    Someone had knocked on our door, about an hour after dinner. I opened the door. Standing right outside a Chinese salesman with a freezer box full of ice-cream! And not just any ordinary ice cream! It’s Wall’s Chocolate Magnum. “Buy 5 and get 1 box of ice cream free or buy 3 get 1 free, “ he explains himself with his menu. How could I refuse! It’s after dinner. My first thought was, “Bargain. I do not have to go to the local stores to get ice cream now.” I just had to do it. I just had to spend $30/- on ice creams. That was because the salesman did not have any change and decided to offer me a better deal.

    With rising prices of food items these past few years, healthy snacks have become such luxury items for some people. I thought to myself today: I won’t be repeating this for a few more weeks.

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    WHAT SNACKS DO YOU LIKE?

    Fresh fruit, especially cherries, berries, and Muscat or Hannepoot grapes. Also, mango, grenadilla, pineapple




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