Ramblings of a writing mom

Here Comes Peter Cottontail…

Posted on 17th March 2007 by Kristy in Uncategorized,food and drink,holidays

Easter is coming up. Are you ready for it?

Of course you need to get Easter baskets for the kids, but have you thought about the other people who are special to you? Parents, brothers and sisters, friends… Wouldn’t it be nice to send them an Easter surprise?

GourmetGiftBaskets.com has some scrumptious Easter gifts that you can send to anyone you choose. They have a variety of themes, including an Easter breakfast basket and a chocolate gift basket that’s to die for. Best of all, they will let you put anything you want into a basket so that it is tailor-made to suit the recipient.

If you want to send someone a special Easter gift, see what GourmetGiftBaskets.com has to offer. You’re sure to find something that’s just right.

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For The Tea Connoisseur

Posted on 20th February 2007 by Kristy in Uncategorized,food and drink

I love good iced tea. It has to be made just right, though. I don’t like it too sugary or not sweet enough, and it can’t be brewed too long. Non-tea drinkers just don’t understand what a difference such simple things can make.

I don’t even pretend to be any kind of tea connoisseur, though. I’m content with the store brand as long as it’s made correctly. There are plenty of people who won’t have anything but the finest tea, and that doesn’t come cheap. Take Uji Matcha green tea, for example. It costs $59.95 for twelve servings! But if you take the time to read about all that goes into it, it doesn’t sound all that unreasonable.

The Uji Matcha tea is made from leaves from one small grower in Japan. The grower will not increase production, and only makes the tea available to local sellers. O-Cha.com is the only place you can get it outside of Japan.

O-Cha carries many varieties of green tea. I was surprised to see just how many there are! Take a look and see for yourself.

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Nothing is Sacred, Not Even Peanut Butter

Posted on 16th February 2007 by Kristy in Uncategorized,food and drink,home life,kids,shopping

Have you heard about the big peanut butter recall? My neighbor came up last night and was telling me about it. She mentioned that it involved Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. And it just so happens that Peter Pan is my family’s brand of choice. I took the half-empty jar out of the cabinet, and sure enough it had the serial number of the jars that were tainted.

The peanut butter has been causing salmonella poisoning. I wonder if that’s what could have caused Pumpkin to get sick? She was the one who had eaten most of the peanut butter from that particular jar, but she hadn’t eaten any of it in probably over a week when she got sick. I don’t know whether that could be the culprit or not.

It kind of makes me leery of buying Peter Pan again, but I don’t like the taste of any of the other brands I’ve tried. Maybe I’ll just quit buying peanut butter altogether.

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