Something Seedy Going On
Yesterday’s meals were good, if uninspired. The usual oatmeal breakfast was followed by leftover corn and bacon soup from dinner Monday night. Dinner was opening night for our favorite grilled hot dogs (Boar’s Head all beef) accompanied by roasted potato wedges and kale. But the high point for me may have been the Seriously Seedy crackers I had as a snack in the afternoon. I discovered these during a recent trip to Trader Joe’s where I ran into a fellow parent from Louisa’s school. She raved about these crackers and I can see why. They’re crispy, honey sweetened and topped with nuts and seeds for protein. I usually have 2 or 3 of them for a snack, though I could eat more because they’re so good.
Watch Your Waistline and Your Wallet
My husband sent me an interesting article on the tricks embedded within restaurant menus. Professionally designed menus (not your independent operator variety) are loaded with visual and psychological tricks to sell the customer on buying a more expensive or higher margin item. From the placement of the food on the page, to the way prices are written, be aware when you look at a menu and how your eye is drawn around the page. Elaborate descriptions such as Applewood Smoked Bacon (is there any other kind used in restaurants these days?) instead of plain Bacon are designed to pull you toward specific items. Therefore, when you head out to eat, first think about what you’d like to eat, then figure out your budget, that way you can tour the menu on your own terms.
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It’s always been the misspellings I find on the non professionally prepared menus that attract my attention, but the prices are usually never in error.
Also I think the cracker you describe, and picture, is pushing the edge, if not outside, of the cracker envelope.
Well, it’s a sweet cracker more than savory. So perhaps you’d disqualify for that.