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I don’t think I’ve ever met an American who didn’t like Nutella. I’ve met plenty who have never heard of it, but chocolate & filberts (aka hazelnuts…I just like saying filbert) …what’s not to like?
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Instant migraine. Smeared it on a bagel once and, while the taste wasn’t offensive, the ice-cold steel bar smashing through my temples really put me off the stuff.
Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer.
I first had root beer in Connecticut, I thought it tasted foul, not unlike cough medicine
I first had Sam Adams beer in Michigan, same thoughts
I first had sarsparilla also in Michigan, not bad at all but not as good as dandelion & burdock
For the record I love peanut butter but not with jam/jelly. Just spread on bread and sprinkle with salt
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
Instant migraine. Smeared it on a bagel once and, while the taste wasn’t offensive, the ice-cold steel bar smashing through my temples really put me off the stuff.
Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer.
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Look for Cashew Butter in the stores you go to. It is an incredible product.
[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
Am I the only one in here who remembers Dad’s Root Beer? Must not be around any longer
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My daughter got me some for father’s day last year. Good choice!
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
Look for Cashew Butter in the stores you go to. It is an incredible product.
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We used to go to an organic grocery store where you could select a bunch of nuts and use a “buttering machine” to make your own fresh peanut butter, cashew butter, almond butter, or whatever. Yum.
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou]
I mentioned Dad’s earlier. I can only ever find it at Big Lots, an American chain of close-out stores, but it definitely isn’t sold at supermarkets, convenience stores, or other establishments.
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Sorry, missed that before. Dad’s was great, a relic of my childhood.
I agree that there are lots of different root-beer “flavors.” Of the two brands here, Mirinda is very sweet, A&W much less so, but only in the can. We have two A&W restaurants that I know of – one in Siam Square, another way down Sukhumvit Road – and what you get there seems much sweeter. Used to be more A&Ws, but they closed down.
I swung by Cost Plus World Market yesterday looking for Virgil’s because of this thread. They didn’t have any, but they did have six-packs of Bulldog. I forgot to try some last night, but I cracked open a chill bottle just now, and this stuff is just too delicious.
[QUOTE=BayleDomon]
I swung by Cost Plus World Market yesterday looking for Virgil’s because of this thread. They didn’t have any, but they did have six-packs of Bulldog. I forgot to try some last night, but I cracked open a chill bottle just now, and this stuff is just too delicious.
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Cost Plus usually only has the small metal kegs of Virgil’s. I have found 4-packs of the bottled stuff at Albertson’s supermarket, if you have that near you.
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer.
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Jump over to the Food Network site. IIRC, Alton Brown did an ep of Good Eats that included making your own ___nut butter.
I’d include a link, but I’m on a tight schedule right now.
[QUOTE=N9IWP]
Local drive in (with roller-skaing waitresses) makes its own - pretty good (a lot less carbonated than most commercial
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Oh yeah. I love roller-ska!
