"Lexington Coop Chocolate Nut Butters" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: food

05/15/11 07:53 - ID#54294

Lexington Coop Chocolate Nut Butters

I was at the coop picking up more raw honey and they had two nut butter options. One was a clearance discontinued chocolate peanut butter. The other was very similar to nutella in consistency. I got the ingredients of both.

They also had nutella but I forgot to check the origin. Sorry tiny.

tinypliny writes at 11:10:18 05/15/11 - Comment #62358: I am going to check it out tomorrow on the way back from Ballet class.

tinypliny writes at 11:09:44 05/15/11 - Comment #62357: I think any Hazelnut chocolate creme spread is nutella anyway... I bet they bought their "Nutella" from Guercios (just as every 2nd thing in the coop), hiked the price up a couple dollars and out it on their shelves. In that case it will also be the NJ variety.

paul writes at 10:38:35 05/15/11 - Comment #62354: That was not the nutella. It was the stuff in the red topped jar to the left of the chocolate peanut butter.

tinypliny writes at 10:24:40 05/15/11 - Comment #62353: I have noticed a very large number of discontinued things in the coop lately... I don't think I have ever seen that many orange labels all together. But unfortunately, so do the other people. By the time I spot the orange label, there is wide gaping gap where that discontinued thing was supposed to be.

Gaping Gap.. hahaha

tinypliny writes at 09:28:55 05/15/11 - Comment #62346: But you did - it says "Product of Italy" under the ingredients... Over the last year, I tried out nearly 7 different types of hazelnut butter/nutella and didn't like any of them quite so much as justin's. There was this nutella called "Nocciolata Rigoni Organic" from italy (http://fiordifruttausa.com/nocciolata.shtml) that was somewhat better than the rest (but still worse and way too sweet compared with justin's). Nocciolata had:
Organic raw Cane Sugar, Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Hazelnuts, Organic Cocoa, Organic Milk, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Vanilla, and Lecithin.

Justin's has:
Dry Roasted Hazelnuts, Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Palm Fruit Oil, Natural Vanilla, Sea Salt.

I think I am ready to make my own real "nutella" at this point.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: pets

05/15/11 07:49 - ID#54293

New Hamster

We got a new Teddy Bear hamster. This one is quite feisty which resulted in (e:matthew) being injured before we even got it home.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: food

05/15/11 05:31 - ID#54292

Target Grocery Store

At the target store on Niagara Falls Blvd they gave a pretty good sized grocery store inside. I was surprised at the number of natural/organic things. They even had the Justin's hazelnut butter that (e:tinypliny) loves for $10. I bought it but I couldn't remember if that was a good price or not.

metalpeter writes at 04:59:07 05/16/11 - Comment #62366: I was in some target once and found this huge food section and was shocked at how much they have... The one on Elmwood is going through all kinds of Changes cause they are doing the fresh or is it local produce thing.... Also they sell beer now I heard it started maybe is it 3 or 6 months ago....

Guerico's as I was traveling by bus I saw one of there produce trucks well assume it was since it was the same name parked on the side street of the co-op does that mean they get there produce from them?

paul writes at 10:06:54 05/15/11 - Comment #62351: It was the maple one.

tinypliny writes at 09:30:26 05/15/11 - Comment #62347: It had to be either honey almond or maple almond then. Take a look: :::link:::

or maybe the wrong label.

paul writes at 07:47:52 05/15/11 - Comment #62343: It wasn't chocolate drip. Its just nut butter color I swear. Otherwise I would gave bought it.

tinypliny writes at 06:09:25 05/15/11 - Comment #62342: I think I am going to slow roast my almonds (200F for 2 hours) and pour melted 88+% dark chocolate on them to make a fun snack.

tinypliny writes at 06:06:37 05/15/11 - Comment #62341: But there is a chocolate drip over the almond in your photographs - almond butter boxes come with a plain almond photograph - I think... atleast, that's how it is on their website.

tinypliny writes at 06:05:15 05/15/11 - Comment #62340: Actually, the one at Guercio's is also from NJ. I checked... and complained. I think even Mr. Guercio didn't realize all of it was from NJ. The NJ-made Canadian-marketed nutella is waaay more sugar than nutella should ever be. Its wayyyy to little hazelnut. So it's more like a cloyingly sweet chocolate spread with minimal nuts.

paul writes at 05:47:38 05/15/11 - Comment #62339: The almond butter was not chocolate just plain almond butter. I didn't check the nutella point of origin but I bet the one at guercios is from Italy.

tinypliny writes at 05:35:38 05/15/11 - Comment #62338: Is the nutella the one made in italy or nj (marketed by canada)?

tinypliny writes at 05:34:51 05/15/11 - Comment #62337: Looks like they have almond chocolate butter too!! Man, now I want that as well!

tinypliny writes at 05:33:56 05/15/11 - Comment #62336: That is $3 more than Amazon.

BUT WOW. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I actually ordered one more case of it secretly on amazon..

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: android

05/15/11 05:16 - ID#54291

Moto Xoom tablet

This is pretty nice but its still too heavy for me.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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05/15/11 11:18 - ID#54289

Matthew's Toe Continued

Its looking better. You can see the burn hole in the nail and the deflated blister. I wonder long it will take to heel.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/15/11 11:18

Category: parties

05/15/11 11:14 - ID#54288

Bachelorette Party

Last night was the bachelorette party for (e:matthew)'s cousin (e:Indo). It was interesting to see it from the inside. One of the highlights was playing pin the junk on the hunk but my favorite part was the spinich dip. One of the girls made the best spinich dip I ever had.

The party started here and then headed down to brick bar. Strangely, enough my brother (e:Mike) was at a bachelorette party for (e:mk) and we saw them out on Allen.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/15/11 11:14

Category: food

05/14/11 05:29 - ID#54285

Blue Cheese and Comments

I was reading about blue cheese on a website when I found this gem:

All the penicillin from Blue Cheese and other shits you french FAGGOTS eat wont cure your AIDS, retard.

I also found what I think to be the sickest food ever.

Casu marzu (also called casu modde, casu cundhÃdu, or in Italian formaggio marcio) is a cheese found in Sardinia, Italy, notable for being riddled with live insect larvae. Casu marzu means "rotten cheese" in Sardinian and is known colloquially as maggot cheese.

Derived from Pecorino Sardo, casu marzu goes beyond typical fermentation to a stage most would consider decomposition, brought about by the digestive action of the larvae of the cheese fly Piophila casei. These larvae are deliberately introduced to the cheese, promoting an advanced level of fermentation and breaking down of the cheese's fats. The texture of the cheese becomes very soft, with some liquid (called lagrima, from the Sardinian for "tears") seeping out. The larvae themselves appear as translucent white worms, about 8 mm (1/3 inch) long. When disturbed, the larvae can jump for distances up to 15 cm (6 inches), prompting recommendations of eye protection for those eating the cheese. Some people clear the larvae from the cheese before consuming; others do not.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/14/11 07:18

05/14/11 01:40 - ID#54282

Pre and mid surgery

A very heavy ice cream maker fell on (e:matthews) toe last week. Today we needed to release the pressure and set up a home surgical theater. It was super fun, Victorian style.

Sterile table drapped in cotton, alcohol, peroxide, washclothes, razor blade, daylight lamp, paper clip, lighter, neosporin, gause, and gloves.

We first tried to heat up they paperclip and burn a hole through the nail to release the blood via nail without breaking the skin. Once we sizzled through the nail we realized the blood under the nail had coagulated and very little blood was released.

After that we resorted to plan B which was a small nick of the blood blister near the base - followed by careful draining of the oldish brown blood trapped inside into gause.

It was successful. Luckily so because plan C was the rusty saw, a torniquete, some whiskey and a stick to bite down on... and I was out of whiskey.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/14/11 01:40

Category: garden

05/14/11 12:14 - ID#54280

Fire

We had a nice fire in the yard tonight to burn some of the pear tree scraps. It was so nice and warm in addition to bug free.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
Last Modified: 05/14/11 12:14

Category: garden

05/13/11 03:39 - ID#54278

Building a food garden

We are building a food garden although it's a little late because of the weather. (e:matthew) and (e:terry) went to home depot last week but were too shy to ask to get the wood cut so I went to ask today. The Guy cutting the wood had a real hard time with measurements. e.g. "Can you cut this 12 foot board in half?" "Sure, you want two 8 foot sections then?" etc.