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July 12, 2005
Fatty-nation
So I have this incredible craving for peanut brittle. Being the lazy sod I am, I don't walk downstairs to look in a recipe book, I stay up in my room and use the trusty Google-meister. I type in "peanut brittle" in the hopes of finding a decent recipe, as I know there are some peanuts in the pantry screaming to be boiled alive with hot, sticky, sugary goo.
But, alas, there was only one link to a peanut brittle recipe , which, no offense to anyone, was an American site (American's use different temperatures, and measurements and actually measure the temperature of the boiling sugar-now I don't want to go downstairs to get the recipe book, I'll be damned if I'm converting anything).
The other 10 pages seemed to link me to online sweet shops, that posted sweets to you. Not fancy sweets you can't get anywhere else....no flake bars, and crunchies, and "happy world of " Haribo sweets. Now, I'm thinking, in the this day and age of obesity killing the young and the elderly being robbed and beaten, surely walking to the shops to get your sugar fix is a little better than having it delivered to your door? Should we not be promoting fitness and healthy living?
Well, i suppose this is coming from someone who can't be arsed to go down the stairs to fetch a book. In my defence though, I did get the wrong bus home today (not used to public transport) and ended up walking an extra 20 minutes so I'm justified.
Do us a favour and type in your favourite sweet and then next to it "buy", see how many sites will deliver them to your door? Now to go downstairs and find me a British recipe.
Posted by kat at July 12, 2005 9:23 PM
