Alas, not everything in California was tasty & good.
California Lowlight #1
Perhaps I got a little excited at Trader Joe's. It is, after all, a fun place to shop, and by the time we got to the register, the basket had good things like kettle corn, pumpkin butter, and chocolate-covered cranberries. But then I saw the new, hard-to-find, and much-sought-after Ginger Altoids. I'm not a big fan of Altoids, so I don't know why I thought Ginger Altoids would be good.
Because they're not. They're awful.
The ginger flavor is really, really strong. And I'm not sure I even think any candy, even of the curiously strong mint type, ought to be so spicy, especially without a little more sweetness to balance it out. It doesn't seem so bad at first, and then ... it hits you. Hard. Add to that the Altoid-typical powdery texture and on the whole it was like eating a ginger pill and not a fun food adventure. None of us liked it. Yet another painful lesson of "don't buy the hype."
Gently hand over the tin of ginger altoids to one who will appreciate them. Spicy is subjective; and if you love spicy, ginger altoids are a yummy little tease. Please give them to someone who understands this, as they are very hard to find on the market shelves these days.
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