chris's random thoughts » Stuff I’ve Put in my Mouth http://www.ciulla.org ...a geeky free-association... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Marmite http://www.ciulla.org/2005/04/12/marmite/ http://www.ciulla.org/2005/04/12/marmite/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:54:44 +0000 Chris Ciulla http://ciulla.org/wordpress/2005/04/12/marmite/ A picture’s worth a thousand words:

]]> http://www.ciulla.org/2005/04/12/marmite/feed/ 0 Kaju Burfi http://www.ciulla.org/2005/04/01/kaju-burfi/ http://www.ciulla.org/2005/04/01/kaju-burfi/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2005 20:34:43 +0000 Chris Ciulla http://ciulla.org/wordpress/2005/04/01/kaju-burfi/ The Indian guys who share my office made me eat “Kaju Burfi”, which is a candy-like substance made from sugar, ghee, cashews, and bison milk. It is covered in silver foil, which gives it a fish-scale appearance. Apparently, silver foil is good for your health. “It makes you younger,” said Raju. I think this is Hindi equivalent to “it makes you strong,” ala Tony Bordain’s “A Cook’s Tour.”

Bison milk.

I shit you not.

As it’s pronounced “Ka-jew Barfy”, I don’t think it’ll catch on in the states. “Hey, Billy Bob, pass me that there box of kaju burfi.” Some marketing weenie will rename it “Super Mega Cashew Power Bar…” I can just see the packaging: a starburst pattern ejaculating, “Energized with Bison Milk!”.

It wasn’t bad.

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