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Jun. 27th, 2003 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyThe Cause: Boredom
The Experiment: Purchase one (1) American-made Twix bar, and one (1) Twix bar from Dublin, Ireland. Compare.
Preliminary Notes: American product lists 21 ingredients; Irish product lists 14. (Irish ingredients are listed in nine different languages, don't include nutritional information). Notable that American product lists chocolate as an ingredient in its milk chocolate; Irish product contains milk fat.
First look: Irish product has a stronger scent, more uneven pattern, possibly indicative of thicker chocolate. Same color, same size.
Taste: Biggest difference in the caramel--American product has less cookie, more caramel, and the caramel is sweeter and gummier than the Irish. Heavy aftertaste, some stickymouth. Irish cookie very pleasant, slightly buttery-tasting
Conclusion: I need a hobby.
The Experiment: Purchase one (1) American-made Twix bar, and one (1) Twix bar from Dublin, Ireland. Compare.
Preliminary Notes: American product lists 21 ingredients; Irish product lists 14. (Irish ingredients are listed in nine different languages, don't include nutritional information). Notable that American product lists chocolate as an ingredient in its milk chocolate; Irish product contains milk fat.
First look: Irish product has a stronger scent, more uneven pattern, possibly indicative of thicker chocolate. Same color, same size.
Taste: Biggest difference in the caramel--American product has less cookie, more caramel, and the caramel is sweeter and gummier than the Irish. Heavy aftertaste, some stickymouth. Irish cookie very pleasant, slightly buttery-tasting
Conclusion: I need a hobby.
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Date: 2003-06-27 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-27 09:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-27 09:50 am (UTC)we must do more experiments!
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Date: 2003-06-27 10:15 am (UTC)Conclusion: you're not alone.
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Date: 2003-06-27 10:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-27 10:54 am (UTC)You should come over to my house to play.
Where are you finding Irish candy, and why did you pick something so banal as a Twix?
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Date: 2003-06-27 12:13 pm (UTC)The convenience store next door sells a whole array of Irish candy (mmmm, Lion Bars...), but most of them don't have counterparts here in the states. By trying the Twix (Twixes? Twux? Twoos?), I got to start out on a fairly even playing field.
here via apocalypsegirl....
Date: 2003-06-27 11:00 am (UTC)oh. my. dog.
And Coca-Cola tastes weird in England. Off, somehow. It's apparently all to do with the water.
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Date: 2003-06-27 02:49 pm (UTC)also here via apocalypsegirl....
Date: 2003-06-27 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: also here via apocalypsegirl....
Date: 2003-06-27 06:33 pm (UTC)