Tuesday, March 01, 2005
St. Claire's Truly Organic Peppermints
I tried these recently on the advice of someone who responded to last August's Altoids post. The comments on that page appear as if they were written the day of the post, which isn't the case. I may have to look into the settings and hopefully fix that.
Anyway, the mints arrived promptly enough; Two tins of peppermint and two of Wintergreen. Both are significantly more expensive than Altoids, but I figure they were worth a try. The Peppermint contained actual peppermint oil as well as cane juice and molasses granules, all organic. The Wintergreen contained the cane juice and molasses granules and then something called "natural Wintergreen flavor". What the hell is that? Where does natural wintergreen flavor come from?
How did they taste? Pretty damn good actually. I finished all three tins the day after they were delivered (last Friday - I gave one tin of Wintermints to my neighbor who watched my package for me). The molasses flavor (I think that's what I tasted) took just a little while to get used to, but overall, I enjoyed the taste. The mints were strong but not quite as strong as Altoids, and the texture was different as well; just a bit smoother. I enjoy the chalky texture of Altoids. I may order these again in the near future, probably Spearmint - how many mints actually contain spearmint oil? Not Altoids Spearmint. "Natural flavor", they say.
The expense plus shipping makes these a less likely alternative to Altoids, and while no gelatin is to be found in St. Claire's products, I don't expect to develop an addiction to them as I have to Altoids.
It's only Tuesday, and I've polished off four tins of the bad boys already...
Anyway, the mints arrived promptly enough; Two tins of peppermint and two of Wintergreen. Both are significantly more expensive than Altoids, but I figure they were worth a try. The Peppermint contained actual peppermint oil as well as cane juice and molasses granules, all organic. The Wintergreen contained the cane juice and molasses granules and then something called "natural Wintergreen flavor". What the hell is that? Where does natural wintergreen flavor come from?
How did they taste? Pretty damn good actually. I finished all three tins the day after they were delivered (last Friday - I gave one tin of Wintermints to my neighbor who watched my package for me). The molasses flavor (I think that's what I tasted) took just a little while to get used to, but overall, I enjoyed the taste. The mints were strong but not quite as strong as Altoids, and the texture was different as well; just a bit smoother. I enjoy the chalky texture of Altoids. I may order these again in the near future, probably Spearmint - how many mints actually contain spearmint oil? Not Altoids Spearmint. "Natural flavor", they say.
The expense plus shipping makes these a less likely alternative to Altoids, and while no gelatin is to be found in St. Claire's products, I don't expect to develop an addiction to them as I have to Altoids.
It's only Tuesday, and I've polished off four tins of the bad boys already...
Labels: Altoids, candy, peppermints
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Revisiting Old Comic Book Ideas...
In addition to everything else on my creative plate this year, I've decided I want to try my hand at comics again. Specifically I want to blend some recent ideas I've been having with concepts I started to develop about twelve or so years ago. I also have some other grander idea I wanted to explore, but I know I'm not ready to try that one. So, first I'll sorta retrain myself, starting with a couple of short works maybe 2-5 pages long, then move on to a 20-30 pager before tackling this particular project, about 100-300 pages (I like to think big), originally titled Gatecrasher, illustrated above and directly below...
this last one is a drawing from 1986, which just an example of how my old ideas resurface in current projects I'm working on.The various panels below are from a project maybe 15 years old...
That's it for now.
Labels: comics, non music projects, These pictures will come back to haunt me one day
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