It was a Cheezie Christmas. I, wanting to buy local (I'm such an environmentalist!), socked away a couple of bags of my favourite Hawkins™ to have on hand when my children came to visit. My daughter-in-law loves them, but the fact that I usually end up eating the lion's share I conveniently ignored. My sister sent a huge package, containing ten or more smaller bags: she called it "packing material". And they did work just as well as styrofoam beans.
I ate my first Hawkins™ cheezie when I was five, and I've loved them ever since. There was a moratorium on Hawkins™ for quite a number of years after my middle son nearly choked to death on one -- thank goodness for the Heimlich Maneuver! But after he grew up and moved away they would occasionally make their way into the house.And when I moved here to Ontario and realized they were made just down the road, it seemed to me to be my duty to buy them, if only to support a local business. I now wear a ring of blubber around my waist that I think I can attribute almost entirely to cheezies. Such altruism!
So after Christmas I made all the usual noises about cutting out the junk food and losing 10 pounds etc. etc. But yesterday as I cruised the grocery store I found myself drawn to the chip and cheezie aisle. "Stick to the outside aisles! Stick to the outside aisles!" I heard a small voice cry out to me, but I ignored it and snatched up two bags of Hawkins™.
So half the bag disappeared yesterday evening....and the other half....this morning.
And then I looked at the "nutritional information" on the back of the empty bag. Hmmmm. 270 calories per 50 g. A 210 g bag.....Hmmmmm. That's 1134 calories. Oh. My. God.
I think it's a great testament to my metabolism that I don't weigh 300 pounds!
So that's it. The second bag was opened and the contents ceremoniously dumped into the garbage.
And I found out something interesting this morning. Hawkins Cheezies™ make great firestarters.
Check this out:
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/to-eat-cheezies-or-not-to-a-cheezie-combustion-paper/
If anyone wants to join "Cheezies Anonymous" I'm starting an online chapter.
Great use of (TM) Jo! I also ADORE Hawkins Cheezies. I confiscate all the little single-serving bags that the girls collect in their Halloween haul. I used to give Krista money to pick them up when she was in Belleville for me, but now I can get them in the YIG in Stittsville. Mmmmm, I don't care how much fat they have, I just have them very, very rarely. I put a bag in the Christmas packages I sent to friends in Charlottesville VA and Rugby, UK -- a taste of Canada.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder they are good firestarters, they are almost all oil, lol.
I am completely addicted to them. I have to not have them now for a few months so my brain receptors can reset themselves.
ReplyDeleteLiked my TM did you? Looks like I might have overdone it -- what do you think?
You probably only needed to put it at the 'first or most visible mention'. Not that I'm an expert or anything. :-)
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