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The Chase
The Chase
O'Hare and Fox Series, Book 2
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERJanet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI...More
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERJanet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI...More
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Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg, bestselling authors of The Heist, return in this action-packed, exciting adventure featuring master con artist Nicolas Fox and die-hard FBI agent Kate O'Hare. And this time around, things go from hot to nuclear when government secrets are on the line.
Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, and the only woman to ever capture his attention, Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Together they'll go undercover to swindle and catch the world's most wanted--and untouchable--criminals.
Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private security agency. Grove has stolen a rare Chinese artifact from the Smithsonian, a crime that will torpedo U.S. relations with China if it ever becomes public. Nick and Kate must work under the radar--and against the clock--to devise a plan to steal the piece back. Confronting Grove's elite assassins, Nick and Kate rely on the skills of their ragtag crew, including a flamboyant actor, a Geek Squad techie, and a band of AARP-card-carrying mercenaries led by none other than Kate's dad.
A daring heist and a deadly chase lead Nick and Kate from Washington, D.C., to Shanghai, from the highlands of Scotland to the underbelly of Montreal. But it'll take more than death threats, trained henchmen, sleepless nights, and the fate of a dynasty's priceless heirloom to outsmart Fox and O'Hare.
Praise for The Chase
"Fast and entertaining . . . new thrills and adventure on every page."--Examiner.com
"The action never stops . . . and a humorous tone keeps everything moving at a fun clip."--Associated Press
"Great fun, with plenty of twists."--The Sacramento Bee
From the Hardcover edition.
Chapter One
It was 10 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning when the bomb exploded at the First Sunland Bank in downtown Los Angeles, setting off alarms in every parked car and building within a square mile.
The bank occupied the ground floor of an office tower on the north side of Wilshire Boulevard, midblock between Flower Street to the east and Figueroa to the west, in the heart of the financial district.
LAPD headquarters was just a few blocks away, so the dust, shards of glass, and chunks of mortar had barely settled on the ground when the bomb squad, a SWAT team, and scores of uniformed officers swarmed onto the scene.
FBI Special Agent Kate O'Hare got the call ten minutes later from agent Seth Ryerson. Kate was pulling away from the drive-through window of a McDonald's in West Los Angeles.
"A bomb just exploded at a bank downtown," Ryerson said. "We're up at bat."
"Was anyone hurt?" Kate asked, setting her Coke between her legs and the bag with her two hot Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuits on the seat beside her.
"Nope. The bank was closed, and the financial district is a ghost town on Sundays."
"I'll meet you out front in two minutes."
Kate sped east on Wilshire Boulevard. The Federal Building was in Westwood, only a few blocks away, just past the San Diego Freeway overpass.
Ryerson was waiting for her on the sidewalk when she got there. He wore a blue dress shirt and red-striped tie under a blue FBI windbreaker. He was in his early thirties, tall and pale with a rapidly receding hairline. She'd noticed that the faster he lost his hair, the more he lifted weights. Soon he'd be a bald man with grossly inflated biceps.
Kate was about the same age as Ryerson but a lot less concerned with her hair, partly because she had a lot of it, and partly because she could care less. At the moment, her shoulder-length chestnut brown hair was pulled into a ponytail, and her slim, athletic body was appropriately clothed in a dress-for-success dove gray pantsuit, the jacket left unbuttoned to allow her easy access to her Glock 9mm. Kate was ex--Special Forces, she believed in law and order, God, and her country, and she suspected that through no fault of her own she'd lost control of her career and her life.
Ryerson opened the passenger door, picked up the McDonald's bag, and wiped the seat to check for grease before he sat down.
Kate made an illegal U-turn across Wilshire Boulevard and minutes later made a sharp turn onto the southbound San Diego Freeway. She steered onto the transition to the eastbound Santa Monica Freeway and could see that traffic was backed up behind an overloaded, rusted-out truck that had spilled wooden crates across three lanes.
"There's no rush," Ryerson said, nervously tightening his shoulder harness, sensing that there was a maniac behind the wheel. "We're just along for the ride. The police will already have everything locked down."
"Blowing up a bank is a federal offense."
"True, but we're a formality. We're only answering this because we're on call this weekend. Someone else will pick this up tomorrow morning, and you'll be back chasing Nick Fox."
Kate mentally rolled her big blue eyes. If only Ryerson knew! She'd be chasing Nick a lot sooner than tomorrow morning. This whole bank event was a fake. A sham. A gigantic waste of taxpayer money, and God knows how many police officers' time. And she was involved! The very thought made her cringe. All her life she'd tried to do the right thing and uphold the law. And now it was a confusing mess. And it was all Nick Fox's fault.
"I hate him," Kate said.
About the Author-
Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Trouble Maker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, as well as the Fox and O'Hare series with co-author Lee Goldberg.
Lee Goldberg is a screenwriter, TV producer, and the author of several books, including King City, The Walk, and the bestselling Monk series of mysteries. He has earned two Edgar Award nominations and was the 2012 recipient of the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Ball Gum Balls (Football & Tennis)
I hear there's this bunch of football (soccer) games going on halfway around the world. When I say hear, I mean, hear. Literally, there are people in my neighborhood of have been watching it live and I can hear it in my house.
Fini is a Spanish confectionery company who makes mostly sugar candies like gummis, jellies and novelty gumballs. These World Cup themed gumballs are shaped like a football and feature a flavored liquid filling. They're just called Bubble Gum Football - Liquid Filled.
The package has just four pieces in it, but each is a good mouthful for chewing, not quite enough for adequate bubble blowing (which is probably preferable to vuvuzela blowing even if it means people will step in gum, they'll still have their hearing).
Each piece is .75 inches in diameter. I'm accustomed to soccer balls that are black and white with a hexagonal pattern. These are white (well, pink) with a red (well, darker pink) concentric circle pattern.
The flavor, I believe, is strawberry. The gum part has a light sugar coating, but it's only barely crunchy. The grainy sugar of the gum itself is overshadowed by the tangy berry goo in the center. It's a nice combination and the chew is soft and pliable for quite a while. When all that fades the bubble blowing can begin, but by then I've lost interest and have to toss that piece in favor of a new one.
Since Wimbledon is around the corner I thought I'd include another more convincing faux sports ball gum that I got. This was a little Tennis Ball Bubble Gum. The gumball is the one on the left, the one on the right is an actual tennis ball. Even though it doesn't have a coating of fluffy fuzz, the surface at first glance has that texture and a dead on match for the color. The Fini website shows that these are sold in tubs that look like something a Tennis Club would buy to feed the ball machine. I'm sure they're also in bulk and seen in vending machines for a quarter.
Because the piece is so large at 1.25 inches in diameter, I couldn't just pop it in my mouth and chew. It was more of a bite/gnaw in half and then chew item. The innards are not a goo (though that's what their website shows), it's a little pile of sour crystals. At first when I opened it, it was like a little confectionery geode.
The flavor is a mild lemon-lime, almost like a Mountain Dew but sometimes I thought it had a green apple note. The chew was fresh and soft, and it got even softer as I chewed it before the sugar dissipated and it became stiffer. The bubble blowing capabilities were okay, not the best I've ever had in a gumball, but passable. The flavor didn't stick around very long, but my style of gum chewing is to discard it after the sugar is gone anyway.
These are adequate as gum, but probably more attractive as a novelty item. For less than a dollar I'd probably pick up the World Cup themed ones, just because they did seem like descent quality and a little special for the event. The tennis ones are just amazing to look at, and for decorative purposes alone they will get many customers.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Mike and Ike Fruit Flavored Bubblegum
You've probably noticed by now that I'm not a big gum chewer. But I've had to do a lot of thinking at work lately, and there have been studies that show that chewing gum enhances learning and reduces stress.
I found this bag of 75 pieces of Mike and Ike Fruit Flavored Bubblegum in my package of samples from the National Confectioners Association that arrived in advance of the Sweets & Snacks Expo later this month. I've seen these on store shelves already. They're little bubble gum pieces in the same five flavors as Mike and Ike: strawberry, lime, lemon, orange and cherry.
The bag is an odd portion, it's 4.25 ounces but a serving size is 2 pieces. Of course that's just a recommendation. My mode of gum consumption is to chew it quickly until it loses its flavor, toss and start with a new piece/pieces. A portion for me is about 20 pieces for a session. (There are 5 calories per rod.)
The gum itself is made by Ford Gum under license from Just Born, makers of Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales and Marshmallow Peeps.
The rods are just about the same size as the classic Mike and Ike. The only differences are that they're opaque and more regularly shaped. The outer coating was a light candy shell, not completely crunchy but it had a satisfying grain that created a good texture at the start of the chew and it also released a lot of flavor into the mix.
Orange was better than I expected. I was afraid it would be too tangy and reminiscent of Aspergum. It is a nice citrus flavor, tart at first but then a sweet orange flavor. It hangs onto the zest notes the longest, though it's not as though it's a long time at all.
Lemon started out sweet, then got a nice tangy lemonade vibe going on, then all the flavor just up and left.
Lime is all the things I love and hate about lime. It's metallic and bitter but also zesty and tangy. The lime flavor is rather realistic but part of me is wondering why I'd want to chew lime gum.
Strawberry is fun because it's sweet and a little like lemon with its tart bite. It seemed to be the one with the best bubble blowing, but that might have been because I chewed it the longest.
Cherry looked a lot like Strawberry much of the time, just a smidge darker. It was like a LifeSavers Wild Cherry gum rod. I liked it, even though it was medicinal, syrupy and rather bitter towards the end. It was also thin and soupy in parts and never really made good bubbles.
I liked chewing mine in pairs. Two pieces made a perfect portion for later bubble blowing. I was mostly a purist, but occasionally mixed the flavors together. Of course all citrus go together and strawberry with lemon is good.
I'd say I liked these better than actual Mike and Ike, but that's not saying much as a I find the jelly rods a bit bland. Fruit flavored gum made with actual sugar isn't that easy to find.
They also make a Hot Tamales version of the gum, but it's made with artificial sweeteners, so I gave it away for a cinnamon gum fan.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Jumbo Gum Ball Eggs
In my attempt to try everything this Easter I bought some pretty stupid candies. The Jumbo Gum Ball Eggs are pretty high up there. It wasn't so much that it's a stupid purchase (it was only 99 cents) but that it's a stupid product.
But let me go backwards a bit. I have a definition for candy. It's kind of long and includes a list of criteria. One of them is that the product needs to be ready-to-eat. This means it doesn't need assembly (though might benefit from it) and doesn't require implements or tools, especially ones not provided.
They are 2.25 inches tall and weigh about 1.75 ounces each. Yes, they're hollow but they're about a third of an inch thick.
A gumball the size of a small chicken egg requires tools. I used a saw.
I was able to stand on one of them without smashing it. After chewing the slice I'd cut off the top I did manage to smash and pull apart the larger piece by stomping on it and then prying it apart. It's tough stuff. The package says that a single serving is half an egg, but of course gives no clue about how to sever it yourself.
The candy shell is thick and crunchy and the gum inside is rough and leathery, kind of like playing with thick rawhide. It smells slightly like Juicyfruit gum. The overall flavor is sweet with a light fruity and tangy note that disappears quickly as the sugar dissolves with chewing. The flavor is inconsistent and has cinnamon and bubble gum notes from time to time. It's an all sugar gum, which tend to lose their flavor quicker than the artificially sweetened ones. That's fine with me, I like to chew mine up, make a few bubbles then toss it out and put in a new piece.
It does work as a bubble gum, but certainly not very well.
They're fun to look at and would make nice decorations. For a child they'd be a frustrating mess. If you lick it the blue colored shell will run (and could stain clothing or upholstery). A parent or older child would need to help with creating manageable bites - so really I don't recommend this for anyone under the age of 14 and of course must caution folks when using tools like saws or a serrated knife to cut this open.
Again I come back to saying that these are probably better than plastic stuff for decorating, though obviously they're not waterproof.
They're made in China under the house brand of CVS. They also came in pink (photo of them on store shelf here). I admit that I'm concerned about the safety of the food colorings because of the origin of the product but I have no facts to support that.
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Shakespearean Insult Gum
Sometimes I pick things up to save you the trouble. Because I know that you're the babbling ill-nurtured ingested-lump that'd be tempted to buy Shakespearean Insult Gum. The little "shelf" of "books" is actually a set of boxes that hold two gumballs and a line from one of the scribe's plays.
William Shakespeare was the master of the witty insult and now you can amaze your friends with these highbrow putdowns!
It's like an episode of Frasier, but with gum!
The assortment of boxes feature names of Shakespeare's tragedies on the spines: King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Henry V, Hamlet, Richard III and Othello. My fobbing idle-headed whey-face couldn't remember that many insults from the great dramas, figuring that just a transcription of The Taming of the Shrew is probably all the insults one would need for any novelty product. (You remember the wildly popular Katherina doll called the Spewing Shrew that you pulled the little cord on the top of her head and she would animate and push you out of your chair and call you names ... they were pulled from the market pretty quickly so they're quite the collector's item.)
Each little box contains two gumballs. They came in a variety of colors, though four of the boxes had one green and one white. I feared, knowing they were made in China that I would end up with spongy long-tongued botch.
The gum itself are solid little balls (though not quite spherical), not those hollow ones that slanderous flap-mouthed skainsmates try to pawn off on unsuspecting gum-chewers. They were pretty small, so it'd probably be more of an engineering issue to make them any lighter. Even two pieces didn't make a decent chewing amount.
Pink was cherry. A little tangy, rather soft but mercifully free of bitterness. Yellow was lemon which was a soft flavor that dispensed some tartness as I chewed it. Green was probably supposed to be apple, but it didn't taste like much. White was watermelon, and while it was no spongey hell-hated odoriferous stench it did remind me of an Avon lady's neck.
Really, it wasn't bad so much as it was pointless. What do gumballs have to do with Shakespeare?
There are quite a few things wrong with this, besides the price of $1.99 for 14 Chinese gumballs.
First, I'll spoil the surprised and show you 7 out of the possible 25 quotes you could get:
Macbeth = Dissembling harlot, thou are false in all (Comedy of Errors)
King Lear = How foul and loathsome is thine image (The Taming of the Shrew)
Henry V = Bless me, what a fry of fornication is at the door (King Henry VIII)
Richard III = A plague on both your houses (Romeo and Juliet)
Romeo & Juliet = Base dunghill villain and mechanical, I'll have thy head (Henry VI Part 2)
Hamlet = Thou art likest to a hogs head (Love's Labour Lost)
Othello = Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets (Romeo and Juliet)
Two of them, I'd reckon, are not insults but actually curses.
What's sad about this is how completely hobbled it is by its own parameters. Only 25 insults? They'd better be the best ... but they're not! Here, have some fun with this random Shakespeare insult generator (where I got the ones peppered in here ... you don't think I actually remember that much from college, do you?).
Why are they tucked into these little volumes like this? They don't match the spine, so there's no way to even chose what you think might be the right one for your occasion. And then, why do I have to tear the little boxes apart to get at the insult?
The website says Sure to offend the intellectuals and confuse the dimwitted!. Yeah, I'm not sure I'm an intellectual, but I'm certainly offended that this was such a dimwitted product. What do they take me for? An unmuzzled tardy-gaited hedge-pig?
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Dubble Bubble Chewola Bubble Gum Crayons
I spied these at the check out aisle of the 99 Cent Store and figured they were Dubble Bubble ... and they know gum. The Chewola Bubble Gum box looks like it holds a small set of crayons like you'd get in a favor bag at a party or at a restaurant with your "shut up and let the parents enjoy food they didn't cook" meal.
The problem with the package right at the start is that they look even more generic than Prang. Ever get generic crayons? They're filled with pebbles, floor sweepings and smell like rendered road kill. (Non-toxic? Maybe, but not even the weirdest kids would eat those.) Happily these smelled like powdered sugar.
First real issue: they're not fully styled as crayons (as the box depicts). I mean, what sort of twisted & cruel adult would give kids unsharpened crayons? 90% of the fun of a pristine box of crayons is the fresh point. How many of us eschew the colors that have the tips broken off before you even opened the box?
Instead they look an awful lot like candy cigarettes. They even have that satisfying "smoke blow" when you puff against one end to get the waft of corn starch through the wrapper.
Two of the crayons were red. That means 40% of the package is one color. How would you like it if you opened your box of 264 Crayolas and 105 of them were the same shade of red? How creative would you feel? Especially when you did those drawings for the nice talking doctor that your parents sent you to, don't you think he'd be inclined to think you were abnormally angry because you used so much red in your drawings? Do you think he'd understand that it's not your fault, that you can only use the tools you're provided ... and if you're given angry colors, then well, you're going to make angry looking drawings? (But look at the box, it has happy kids that say happy things in red like "A TIME TO LOVE.")
So packaging & childhood traumas aside (not my traumas ... those were for hilarious effect, right, you get that, right?) they're just rods of gum.
Purple is an extremely mild grape. A kind of stiff chew at first with a vague fake grape flavor. It was sweet, very very sweet. So sweet that I reread the ingredients because this couldn't possibly be just sugar. But it was.
A single crayon makes for a good sized piece for bubble blowing. It took a while to chew away enough sugar. The gum wasn't grainy like many gums, so it was hard to know quite when it was ready without some trials. The final bubbles were decent, not huge but satisfying.
The gum didn't stick to my dental work, so that was a plus.
Red is cherry. Again, very sweet but at least a bit stronger in flavor.
Orange was orange. It was really chalky and messy with all the corn starch on it, but after that it was pretty flavorful ... it reminded me of Froot Loops. Mmm, why didn't they ever make a Froot Loops gum ... the little pieces could be shaped like little Froot Loops.
Green was a surprise. I thought it'd be lime or green apple, instead it's wintergreen. Rather pleasant, the best of the set of flavors.
The gum was decent, the theming was pretty good. (Ultimately I think putting two reds in there is probably a good plan, especially when kids are supposed to share and then there are no fights.) I wish it was a bit fresher, but I bought it at the 99 Cent Store, so I give a little bit more leeway. They would make a nice themed favor or decoration at a party. There's also a lot of gum in the box for the price.
Special Bonus: because it's a tuck-flap box, when emptied it works spectacularly as a noisemaker.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Short & Sweet: Tropical Flavors
As I was on my little candy walkabout late last week I noticed a lot of popular candies have a tropical flavor mix. So I decided to start picking them all up and do a little roundup.
For the most part I consider the tropical flavors to be pineapple, mango, papaya, durian (not that I advocate its use), carambola (starfruit), passionfruit, banana, lychee, guava and coconut. Citrus goes in there but things like strawberries and melons are definitely not a tropical fruit (my rule is if it can be grown in Ohio, it's not tropical).
First, I have to say that I've never had Nerds Rope before. It arrived on the scene sometime after my candy experimental days (you know, when you're a kid) but before it was launched as a new product during my Candy Blog phase.
But the concept is simple, a sticky gummi rope is rolled in Nerds. In this case it's a Tropical Nerds Rope.
The candy is kind of odd in that it's rather over-packaged and overpriced (look how long the rope is compared to the wrapper). It's less than an ounce but costs the same as a regular candy bar. But then again, it's a 100 calorie snack! (90 to be precise.)
There are no flavors actually mentioned on the packages, just eensy images of Nerds in swim trunks and flower leis. In this case the gummi cord at the center is a sparkly green. The tangy Nerds are mostly pineapple tasting.
The chewy center and excellent Nerd stickage makes this much less messy than I had anticipated. The combination of textures and flavors is really nice. I enjoy the pineapple quite a bit (maybe some papaya in there) and don't really feel the need to try any other flavor after this. (I could see a build your own rope kit too, a little length of gummi and kids could roll their own.)
Rating: 7 out of 10 (Made in USA by Wonka/Nestle)
Now and Later were off limits to me for a long time, mostly because I thought they were too risky for my teeth. But now that I have a good dentist, I'm not as apt to give into such unfounded fears.
Tropical Now and Later has a flavor assortment that's right up my alley: Mango Melon, Pineapple and Banana. (I've never met a yellow flavor I didn't like.)
Often mango flavored candies taste a lot like peach to me. And peach flavored candies often taste more like over-syruped peach pie than actual peaches. This was pretty much like that. The dominant flavor was of the musky mango with a little cantaloupe thrown in.
It got tangier the more I chewed, which I enjoyed, because that took over the flavor profile for the most part.
These are everything you'd expect from a banana taffy. Bold and artificial tasting with a strange blast of dry cleaning smell in the back of my throat and the old standby - fingernail polish remover.
Still, I love banana taffy.
This is only slightly lighter than the Banana, but luckily they print the name of the flavor on there.
Tangy and fruity but with a strange, warm Play Doh note in the middle.
I found them pretty much irresistible even if they were rather fake.
Rating: 6 out of 10 (Made in Mexico by Farley's & Sathers)
On the back of the box of Mike and Ike Tropical Typhoon is a flavor guide. It includes little images of fruits: banana, kiwi, lime, mango, strawberry and pineapple (also on the front).
The flavors, on the other hand, don't quite match up.
Blue = Caribbean Punch: the initial flavor is a bit green & pine-ish. Then it becomes more punch-like. It's all sweet and no tangy.
Peach = Mango: a little tart at first, then rather floral. Not exactly mango but definitely not peach and the longer I chewed the closer it got to the rosemary notes that mangoes have.
Red = Strawberry-Banana: the initial note here is sweet banana, then a little strawberry bobs by for a little floral note.
Green = Kiwi-Banana: it starts like the strawberry banana but then just stops ... it's not that it's an all banana flavored Mike and Ike, but just half-flavored. Some of them had a slight tangy melon flavor on the shell, but not all of them and it certainly didn't taste like kiwi to me.
Pink = Paradise Punch : just a slight tingle of tangy in there, but it's mostly a sweet punch flavor ... like the Caribbean Punch but without the strange balsam notes.
Overall, too much like the original Mike and Ike - too bland and not enough real punchy flavor in there. I really wanted some pineapple flavor in there, too. I'll stick to Tangy Twister (which has Pineapple) or the Alex's Lemonade Stand mixes.
Rating: 6 out of 10. (Made in USA by Just Born)
I have to say that I've always regarded the Tootsie company as rather traditional and slow to adopt to changing American tastes. But then it's like they have this strange rebellious group known as the Dots Makers. They're fully encouraged to do bizarre flavor assortments from the crazy Ghost Dots at Halloween (to be paired with Bat Dots this year which are Blood Orange flavored - which I would have called Blood Dots) then the Yogurt Dots but the real innovation came in the limited edition line called Elements that came in single flavor packages of Cinnamon, Green Tea, Wintergreen and Pomegranate.
So Tropical Dots are kind of tame in comparison, but they must be popular because they've been around since 2003.
Bright Pink = Tropical Nectar: it tastes like Hawaiian Punch with a strong bitter aftertaste. Sweet, tangy and definitely with that "tropical candy flavor" that I think is papaya.
Orange = Wild Mango: tart and rather citrusy with a pretty good imitation of mango flavor in there. Still tastes like the mango version of Tang.
Turquoise = Paradise Punch: an insane color for a candy, it's rather similar to the Tropical Nectar but with more of a citrus twang to it and less aftertaste.
Yellow = Grapefruit Cooler: why didn't someone tell me there was a grapefruit Dot? These are fabulous and I want to buy them by the box. The first notes are tangy then there's a deep zesty flavor that has a black cherry note to it that dissipates and then it's just a nice grapefruit & citrus flavor.
Green = Carambola Melon: - when my mother came to visit last time we went to a new Korean market in Little Tokyo (that replaced my favorite market, Mitsuwa). They had these little melons called Korean Melons ... they were small, about the size of a papaya or mango. Bright yellow with some mild bumps and distinct ridges. I bought two. I cut them up and was rather unimpressed with the flavor - like weak Musk Melon. The problem was later in the evening I kept smelling something like garbage. I turned out it was the melon. (I really like the idea of a one-serving melon though.)
Anyway, this one is supposed to be starfruit and melon. I don't know starfruit that well. I usually eat it off of garnishes at dessert displays, but I've never actually bought my own from the produce department and tasted it. It had a rather musty taste to it that was also on the violet side of things ... it was just weird, but not in a terrible way, just in a "this is new to me" way.
The box was wrapped in cellophane so the Dots were soft and fresh. This didn't stop them from sticking to my teeth, but still, it's worth it for their smooth texture.
Rating: 7 out of 10. (Made in USA by Tootsie)
The final item on my list is Tropical Razzles.
Like all Razzles, they look terrible out of the package.
Yellow = Pineapple: Nice tangy burst but with a light flavor & texture of a chewable vitamin C tablet. It holds its flavor pretty well, though becomes less tart and more sweet towards the end when it becomes as appealing and chewed paper.
Pink = Strawberry-Banana: nice mix of strawberry & banana notes, almost reminds me of the old Wacky Wafers at first. Chewing too long just disappoints, I vote for spitting out when it become sweet but the grain wanes.
Red = Tropical Punch: definitely like Hawaiian punch. Strong bitter aftertaste & cherry notes towards the end. The gum was much tougher on this one too.
Orange = Tangerine: more orange than tangerine. The tangy notes aren't as forward as some of the others. When the flavor is gone there's a weird metallic aftertaste.
Green = Kiwi-Lime: if there was kiwi in here, I missed it completely. This was lime. Very lime, nicely tangy with a little bitter zest note (or maybe the food coloring).
Overall, I think that Razzles suffer from too much artificial coloring. After chewing the pieces they're extremely dark & vibrant ... that's a lot of food coloring. If I wanted to treat it like candy (which I do), it means a lot of sticky leftover bits in a very short period of time.
Rating: 4 out of 10 (Made in Canada by Concord Brands)
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Classic Gums: Black Jack, Clove, Beemans & Teaberry
The world of gum is huge these days. No longer is it just a world of soothing mint & peppy cinnamon. There are at least a half a dozen formats: sticks, gumballs, nuggets, chicklets, tape & goo filled pieces and the flavors are all over the map with the general array of mints & fruits but now there are sour gums, exotic flavors and even more combinations & special ingredients than ever.
Chewing gum started out, early on, as a simple little stick of chicle base with sugar and a little flavoring. Some of the earliest varieties, launched in the late 1800s still survive today in pretty much the same format. For your chewing enjoyment I have a few classic gums: Black Jack, Clove and Beemans plus Clark's Teaberry.
First is my favorite gum of all time: Clark's Teaberry.
Teaberry is a regional name for wintergreen (also known as Canada tea, which may explain the name of Canada mints which are also wintergreen flavored).
The D.L. Clark Company used to be a rather large & diverse candy manufacturer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which made both candy bars and gums starting in 1886. At one point the company was making 150 different kinds of confections. In 1921 the gum side of the business (which was made in a separate factory anyway) was spun off into its own company: Clark Brothers Chewing Gum Company (later shortened to Clark Gum Company). They were best known for two flavors: Teaberry and Tendermint.
Though Tendermint is no longer produced, Teaberry is still available.
The gum is rather simple and mild. The wintergreen flavor is mellow, not too much like some sort of analgesic balm or Pepto Bismol. The flavor lasts for a while as well, long after the sugar is gone.
The biggest issue I've had with purchasing Teaberry gum in the past 10 years or so, besides it being rather difficult to find is freshness. The pieces, first of all, seem a bit thinner than I remember them. Second, they're often stale & crispy instead of soft & pliable. (Yes, sometimes I like to roll up my sticks.)
Even so, I've never felt that gum needs to be "fresh" in order to be enjoyed, though sometimes the flavor isn't quite a vibrant.
Like all the gums profiled in this review, Teaberry is still made with sugar and no other sweeteners. (Though it's now made in Mexico.)
Here's an old commercial from Teaberry's heyday in the 60s called the Teaberry Shuffle performed by Herb Alpert.
Though the Clark's Gum Company is only a vague shadow of what it used to be, Adams is the oldest gum company and some of the classic flavors are still produced today now that it's part of the Cadbury Adams company. The Adams nostalgic line is still made sporadically (in Colombia), in fact, the gums are back on store shelves presently (and when the inventory is gone, it's pretty much gone until they make more in a year or two). I got mine at Cost Plus World Market.
The Thomas Adams gum story is pretty interesting. (If you want to know far more than I'm prepared to cover, please read this great page.)
Black Jack gum is the first flavored gum in the United States, starting in 1871.
The package doesn't even say what it is, but I found the flavors are anise, ginger & green woodsmoke.
If I've had Black Jack before this, I'd forgotten (for the most part all I chew is Peppermint Chiclets, Teaberry and bubble gum balls). It's much more mellow than I would have expected after the scent. Caramel, molasses & licorice but it also reminds me of the woodsy ginseng gum I pick up in Chinatown from time to time. A little weird bitter metallic taste to it but also a very, very sweet note that doesn't go away even when the sugar is gone.
The scent is pure clove, just like sticking my nose in a bottle of the spicy, dried flower buds.
The chew is soft and mellow, the clove also has a hint of cinnamon to it, making the whole thing reminiscent of spiced cider and a baked ham.
My biggest issue with clove is its association with dental problems. Clove oil is a natural analgesic and one that can be applied topically in the mouth without worry of poisoning. So the mere scent of it reminds me other teething issues ... probably not my own, probably more of an association with other screaming toddlers.
The numbing quality is a bit evident as I chewed it, I could swear that my tongue felt a little like putty towards the end. Overall, this kind of changed my mind about the clove flavor, it wasn't as medicinal as I expected and the flavor certainly lasted a long time for a sugared gum.
The final in my assortment is simply called Beemans Chewing Gum without any further description.
Because of the white package I always assumed that this was peppermint flavored gum and I saw no need to switch from Wrigley's Spearmint of Doublemint gum for this niche product.
Even though the sticks were white, once I opened the package it became apparent that this is a wintergreen flavored gum.
A little backstory about wintergreen & Beemans.
The gum was developed by an Ohio physician named Dr. Edward E. Beeman. Pepsin was a common treatment for digestive issues and working it into a gum was a good solution for delivering it in a slow dose. The Adams company purchased it from Beeman in 1898.
The flavor is a bit more intense than Teaberry. Actual pepsin doesn't appear as an ingredient on the label. The chew is soft and smooth but after the sugar is gone it has a bit of a warming quality, like Ben Gay for the tongue. (Which may or may not be a selling point.)
I prefer Teaberry ... though I like the fact that the Beemans and Clove have no artificial colors in them.
They're all rather simple gums and lack a liquid center, fancy graphics and huge marketing campaigns. They're quiet and contemplative ... comforting and a rather cheap little way to buy some nostalgia.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Short & Sweet: International Flavors
Flavored white chocolate is kind of a strange thing, not something I cared much for as a kid, but as an adult I'm warming up to it. Perhaps because there are some really good options out there.
Meiji, one of Japan's major candy & snack companies uses white and flavored white chocolates in many of their confections. The flavors range from berry and flower flavors (sakura) to green tea and caramel.
I found this Meiji Rich Strawberry Chocolate bar in Little Tokyo at Murukai Market, but every store seemed to carry them.
The bar is much deeper in color than the KitKats or even the limited edition Hershey's flavored white chocolate bars that I've had. And the intensity of the color matches the flavor. It's much more in the berry range than the "light touch of berries". It's both tangy and sweet, with that woodsy flavor of seeds in there as well.
I wasn't as fond of it as a I'd hoped. Something about the tangy mixed with the sweetness and a bit of grain from the real berry in there made me miss the cocoa butter and milk base. But for $1.29, it was a great buy for a little more exotic taste than the ordinary.
Rating: 6 out of 10
For Licorice Fans, the Klene Krokantjes are all licorice, but three different "jelly bean" style varieties in one bag.
I wasn't sure what these would be, I thought something like the Skoolkrijt that I've come to love. I assumed it was a licorice center with a candy coating. I found a description online that said, "Salty Salmiak & Mint Flavor with a crunchy outer shell" which didn't really capture it all (except that it included that it was salted licorice, not the straight sweet kind).
There are three shapes, a dark and a light jelly bean style and a larger, um, rock. I didn't even know there was a third shape at first, as there were only two in the bag so I didn't photograph it.
The candies look like little granite pebbles. Black and white and gray, they're speckled and natural looking. They don't smell like much, just a bit sweet with a slight anise note.
The beans are two different flavors. The light one is a peppermint, menthol and licorice mix of flavors. There's a lot of crunch outside, it's a bit grainy. The inside isn't a molasses/wheat chewy licorice. Instead it's a gelatin gummi flavored with licorice (and salt). The combo isn't bad, a little metallic but the mint helps kind of smooth it all together.
The gray ones were similar but more on the straight licorice side. (They might not have been minted, but the proximity made them so.)
The lumps were a piece of the wheat based chew, again a little salted and covered with the minty crunch. That was my favorite.
They're a little confusing for me. Not enough of one thing or another and the lack of the molasses punch to go with the licorice (my favorite combo) just didn't make me want more and I never finished the bag.
Rating: 4 out of 10.
My favorite gum is Chiclets. They're not easy to find but are one of the few gums that is still made with sugar and not artificial sweeteners (and no coloring either, for whatever that's worth).
I was saddened several years ago to see that Wrigley's altered their time-tested favorites: Wrigley's Spearmint, Doublemint, Juicyfruit and Big Red gums to include those sorts of things. But then at Munchies in Los Angeles I stumbled across this little treasure - Juicy Fruit Gum, not only is it Kosher (which I don't really need) but it's also made with sugar and on top of that, they're candy coated chicklets!
The box was cute and held 20 pellets. I usually chew three pieces at a time, so at 50 cents it's no different in price than the regular pack.
I liked the crunch of the sugar shell and the indeterminate mellow fruity flavor of the chew. The flavor doesn't last very long, but I don't usually chew gum for a long time, just long enough to get most of the sugar out then I rinse and repeat.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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Both Obama and Wintour wore dresses.
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While there are surely more evil men in this world, one less is always better.
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A large gap in available wirelines covers much of the western half of Frederick County, even as close as a short distance to the west of Winchester.
By comparison, wireline broadband covers much of the developed part of Shenandoah County, with the bulk of the coverage area focused along Interstate 81 and spanning in either direction.
But sections of the county remain without broadband access, according to online mapping program. Some areas remain undeveloped. Others may not ever see houses built because of the terrain or other reasons.
Efforts continue to spread broadband access and localities have some backing by the state and federal government.
"We all realize at this point how important it is," Walter Banks, information technology director for Frederick County, said Friday. "We want to make sure that the community can take full advantage. From a business-economic standpoint, I think it makes a lot of sense for us to make sure that there's some equality throughout the entire county."
Banks noted much of the county's undeveloped "prime" real estate may not attract potential businesses or industries or homes builders without readily accessible broadband.
Spreading wireline broadband access to rural areas remains an issue for Frederick County and officials recently held a meeting on the subject. Organizers of the meeting invited residents and representatives of area service providers to talk about areas where broadband has not yet been made available.
"Support has come out from all areas -- from the federal government, from the state level, at the local level," Banks.
Many of these supporters appeared at the meeting. Not all service providers in the area sent representatives to the meeting but those that didn't have expressed to the county a willingness to become involved, according to Banks.
Officials and elected leaders had been hearing complaints for years from constituents about spotty service, caps on data speed rates, according to Walter Banks, information technology director for Frederick County.
Areas with no or spotty broadband service include Gore, Shawneeland, Mountain Falls and Star Tannery, Banks said.
"It really handcuffed a couple of areas," Banks said Friday.
Access goes beyond surfing the Web. Discussion about the use and need for broadband access delved into "distance learning," or online educational classes.
"When you talk about public safety, we want to make sure our sheriff's deputies, fire and rescue folks throughout the field, they have good communication back to our public safety building and back to the data they use to do their job," Banks said.
The director said he didn't know exactly how many households in Frederick do not have access to broadband. Determining those residents who could not receive access -- even if they want it -- remains a part of the county's efforts to bring broadband to all homes.
Frederick County continued to fine tune the process by using the broadband mapping tools offered by the state, Banks said. The county officials working on the process decided to follow what other localities have done to tackle the issue.
Frederick County has receive a $25,000 planning grant -- the same amount awarded to Warren County for its broadband access efforts -- and are continuing to work through the steps to qualify for funding related to the national and statewide initiative. Steps include forming a management team for the county and Winchester, Banks said.
Now the county plans to hire a consultant who would vet the information already gathered and look at potential solutions to expanding service, Banks said.
"What makes sense to serve the community because we realize one solution that works for one area might not work for another area," Banks said.
Shenandoah County, by comparison, may have easier access to broadband, though some areas still remain unserved. Shentel remains the sole provider for broadband DSL in the county. But as Earle MacKenzie, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the company said Friday, 100 percent of Shentel customers in Shenandoah County have access to broadband.
"We have built the network in order to provide service to all the homes past, granted not every home past is using service from Shentel, but if somebody wanted a broadband service in Shenandoah County they could get it from us," MacKenzie said.
Shentel began efforts in the late 1990s to make broadband available to all its subscribers and completed that work in 2005, according to MacKenzie.
"We've been very aggressive and made the investment early on in order to be able to provide a suburban-urban type of environment for our customers," MacKenzie said.
Shentel customers who own a second home at Bryce Resort, as an example, likely have better DSL service than they have at home, according to MacKenzie.
Shentel, as a Sprint affiliate for the area, built a 3G network but are in the process of upgrading with a 4G network to provide wireless data option, MacKenzie said. As the Shentel executive explained the company has customers further north into Frederick County who use Sprint wireless as a substitute for wireline broadband because they have no cable or DSL modem options.


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Re: Dress code questions
IMO, comparing people who I describe as the "Fashion Police" to Nazi's is like comparing a garden snake with a rattlesnake. And I didn't like Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi", either. The thing is, you don't know who may be reading your posts, and I'm sure you wouldn't want to offend anyone. You just don't know-they might be a survivor of the Concentration Camps or maybe most of their relatives were killed in the Camps.
Just so I don't avoid the subject, I think that people should make an effort to dress according to the dress code on formal night if they are going to eat in the main dining room. I'm not saying you have to bring out the prom dresses or bridesmaid dresses (as if anyone would!), I'm just saying wear something appropriate. Personally, I wear nice black pants, a "sparkly" top, and black flats, and have never felt underdressed.
It's not like it's a big surprise that there is a formal night. Everyone knows about it and if they don't want to get dressed up, there are other places to eat.
At ANY function, it's just good manners to dress as requested.
Post Edited (08-29-05 18:42)
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Oct 13, 2010 at 12:05AM EDT
I couldn't help but notice you're from New Jersey.
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