Universal Yums: Greece!
Jul. 25th, 2021 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chuckroRoasted Garlic Bread Chips – These are sold in the States as “bagel chips”, and I credit the Greeks for acknowledging that they aren’t bagels in any way, just bread with holes in. They’re tasty, though, as little toast crackers with a strong garlic flavor.
Drizzled Milk Chocolate Wafer – This had to live in the fridge after getting a bit melted in the mail. It’s a KitKat bar. Like, not even a “Greek version” with a weird flavor or something. It’s just a KitKat bar.
Paprika & Tomato Potato Chips – I had expected these to be the “pizza” flavor again, but they actually do taste more like tomatoes and paprika! (They’re otherwise normal ridged potato chips.) It’s cool to try a potato chip flavor that’s actually new to me.
Grape Must Mustokouloura Cookie – Pretty good, though I’m not really sure what flavor the grape must was imparting. (Grape juice is also in the ingredients, but this doesn’t taste like grapes at all.) It reminded me of a soft, fat gingerbread. Jethrien likened it to pfeffernusse. Good, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it.
Pomegranate Jelly Candy – This is a jelly candy in the sense of fruit slices, though the pomegranate flavor seems more like imitation cherry to me. Tasty!
Almond Milk Toffees – Whereas these are super soft toffee, with a mild almond flavor that’s mostly just an accent on the creaminess. Also tasty!
Almond Baklava – While this was insanely sticky (the honey-syrup got all over the inside of the wrapper), it was also shockingly good for shelf-stable packaged baklava.
I think the big question with this entire experiment: If I went to any of these countries, would I be able to find these exact snacks being eaten by the locals?
Drizzled Milk Chocolate Wafer – This had to live in the fridge after getting a bit melted in the mail. It’s a KitKat bar. Like, not even a “Greek version” with a weird flavor or something. It’s just a KitKat bar.
Paprika & Tomato Potato Chips – I had expected these to be the “pizza” flavor again, but they actually do taste more like tomatoes and paprika! (They’re otherwise normal ridged potato chips.) It’s cool to try a potato chip flavor that’s actually new to me.
Grape Must Mustokouloura Cookie – Pretty good, though I’m not really sure what flavor the grape must was imparting. (Grape juice is also in the ingredients, but this doesn’t taste like grapes at all.) It reminded me of a soft, fat gingerbread. Jethrien likened it to pfeffernusse. Good, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it.
Pomegranate Jelly Candy – This is a jelly candy in the sense of fruit slices, though the pomegranate flavor seems more like imitation cherry to me. Tasty!
Almond Milk Toffees – Whereas these are super soft toffee, with a mild almond flavor that’s mostly just an accent on the creaminess. Also tasty!
Almond Baklava – While this was insanely sticky (the honey-syrup got all over the inside of the wrapper), it was also shockingly good for shelf-stable packaged baklava.
I think the big question with this entire experiment: If I went to any of these countries, would I be able to find these exact snacks being eaten by the locals?
