Melissa Snyder

Recent Comments

• Wine Vending Machines Debut in Pa. (Slashfood)

  Jul 11th 2010 9:53AM I'll gladly jump through their hoops to avoid having to make a separate trip to the state store for a bottle of wine.

• 66,000 Pounds of Bison Meat Recalled for E. coli Contamination (Slashfood)

  Jul 7th 2010 1:43PM Holy poop! A handful of weeks ago, I ordered some of this for my butcher shop and was really ticked off when it never showed up. My supplier said it was on back order. Thank all that's good and holy that I got shorted on this order!

• It's the Great Pumpkin (Ale) Charlie Brown! (Slashfood)

  Oct 22nd 2008 8:32AM This sounds great, but what you don't want to try is Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale. I bought it on impulse and only later realized it was made by Michelob. It wasn't horrible, but it had almost no taste of spice. Very disappointing.

• Mmm ... Malaysian mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival (Slashfood)

  Sep 16th 2008 6:25PM But the salted yolks are the absolute best part!!! The only thing keeping me from the double or quadruple yolk ones is the expense. Luckily, my four-year-old son loves the lotus paste and wrappers but hates the yolks, so I get them all. Yea!!!

• The meal that will make your children cry (Slashfood)

  Oct 23rd 2006 6:49PM Salty licorice is the most terrible food I have ever tried. While in Denmark, a friend handed me a candy and said it was her favorite. I asked what it was and she said she couldn't describe in English for me. Well, it was a brand of salty licorice named "Dracula". I have never tasted anything so foul in all of my life. Being painfully polite, I kept myself from gagging and quickly swallowed it so I wouldn't have to taste it anymore. I would eat mountains of reindeer meatballs and barrels of fish balls (both of which sound quite yummy to me), but the very idea of salted licorice will turn my stomach as long as I live.

• Slashfood Ate (8): Best peanut butter sandwiches (Slashfood)

  Sep 21st 2006 9:51PM No pb sandwich is complete without a sprinkle of curry powder!

• PepsiCo takes potato chips global (Slashfood)

  Sep 9th 2006 9:45PM Where can I get my hands on a bag of each? I seriously love potato chips, and I would love to try these flavors, especially Tandoori Masala!

• Which wines go with curries? (Slashfood)

  Sep 5th 2006 1:14PM If I'm going to have wine with curry (though why I wouldn't have beer, I don't know), I would choose the gewurztraminer for the crisp, light taste, especially if the curry was hot. Zeller Schwartze Katte is very inexpensive and it's not my first choice for wines, but it seems to match very well with spicy foods and also with a variety of Asian foods that are otherwise hard to pair with wine.

• Slashfood Ate (8): Favorite school lunch items (Slashfood)

  Sep 5th 2006 1:10PM I'm ashamed to admit it, but I really loved those processed breaded chicken cutlets and instant mashed potatoes in the cafeteria.I'm not entirely sure why, because they couldn't have actually tasted very good.

• Food banks and junk food (Slashfood)

  Aug 29th 2006 5:20PM Thanks, Barbara, for mentioning how helpful the WIC system can be. When my son was born two and a half years ago, we benefitted from the WIC program. I was not asked the any questions similar to those mentioned by Vesna, though they did ask me some questions about my nutritional habits. My answers did not affect my eligibilty but enabled the organization to provide nutritional counseling when appropriate. I also received funds to use at the farmer's market for fresh produce that had been locally grown. If your taxes are paying to feed women and children who need help, aren't you glad to know that the money is being used to purchase nutritious foods?
  As for the food banks, I can understand thier quandary. Though a person in need is grateful for any assistance, I'm sure they are just as grateful to have healthy foods to feed their families. When donating, people should be thinking about the benefit they are conferring. It's the unfortunate truth that some families are getting the majority of their nutrition from food bank provisions. Donations should be made with nutritional benefit in mind.