Hello, my name is eldub and I am a ginger-chew-aholic

Recently, someone had offered me a chewy ginger candy. I loved it. It was better than the chocolate covered dates that were given at the same time. Not that the dates weren’t good, just that the ginger chews were awesome.

I have always been fond of ginger. Really any of the “autumnal” spices are my friend, nutmeg, allspice, and of course cinnamon. I consider those autumnal because they are the spices I use in my kick-dupa gingerbread (not the cookies – the bread!). And while I am not a sushi person, when I go to Japanese restaurants with friends, I always eat the pickled ginger that accompanies the sushi that they order and I avoid. Oddly, my friends that like sushi aren’t big fans of the ginger. It works out nicely.

I digress…yeah, I know, I do that often…

So, I was visiting Madison, Wisconsin this weekend. I was going up to bed at my sister’s place and low & behold, sitting in a little candy dish at the bottom of the stairs, she has the same ginger chews that my International guest had brought! She had purchased them at Marshalls. Not really going to help me…Marshalls never has consistent stock. Bummer. But, at least I had the dozen or so of my sisters that I could polish off :).

The next day, we stopped off at a Trader Joes. I don’t have one close, darn it, so my sister let me go in to pay homage to Charles Shaw. I grabbed a snack. They have good snacks there. Especially at Christmastime. As we are standing at the checkout, my sister nonchalantly points and grunts (it’s obviously a family trait…) to some bags of candy hanging on hooks. It’s the ginger chews! Yum. And they were way cheaper than I would have expected. I bought 3 bags.

Once/If you get past the carnivorously oogy logo that is enjoying eating it’s own kind way too much, the pleasure begins. They are sweet and hot. Full of flavor. Holy crap, they are good! If you ask nicely ~ and if I have any left ~ I might let you try one. Better ask quickly though; I ate 2 while typing this short blog…

Here’s the website if you are interested…or want to see anymore illunstrations of tumorous gingerroots: http://www.gingerpeople.com/ginger-chews/original-ginger-chews-3.html