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trail food/general snacky things

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  1. So, a coworker introduced me to these things:

    larabar.comlarabar.com

    I find them pretty yummy and like the concept (and supporting locals with good ideas), so I thought
    I'd mention them here.

    I called their order number and spoke to Lara herself, who dissuaded me from ordering by pointing
    out the great deals I could get at various local stores. According to her, my local King Soopers
    (Boulder and Longmont, CO) will be carrying them by the end of the week.

    There are 5 flavors. All of the bars are ~200 calories, and they all have 6 or fewer ingredients
    (more often three, one as few as 2, and all of the ingredients are things you can buy in your
    grocery store's produce dept).

    Eric does point out that they all have nuts and dates as their binding agents, so some of the
    flavors do taste a bit similar ... otoh, cherry and banana are *very* distinctive. And of course,
    folks with nut allergies can't touch these (don't know about peanuts, though, since none of the bars
    have peanuts in them ...)

    Anyway, if you like the idea of a snack food that has fewer "weird" ingredients than most breakfast
    or nutrient bars, you might check these out.

    --
    monique

    My pointless ramblings: bounceswoosh.orgindex.php

  2. Quoted message said:

    I find them pretty yummy and like the concept (and supporting locals with good ideas), so I
    thought I'd mention them here.

    Certainly taste is a factor in choosing my trail foods, but more important to me is... being able to
    chew it and swallow without massaging my throat or consuming vast quantities of water.

    So tell me... how do these bars go down?

    -John Morgan
    --
    "I tried lube, careful prying, careful digging and even not so careful digging. Little chunks of
    rubber." --Sad Bob

  3. On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:50:14 -0700, John Morgan <[email hidden]> penned:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I find them pretty yummy and like the concept (and supporting locals with good ideas), so I
    thought I'd mention them here.

    Certainly taste is a factor in choosing my trail foods, but more important to me is... being able
    to chew it and swallow without massaging my throat or consuming vast quantities of water.

    So tell me... how do these bars go down?

    -John Morgan
    --
    "I tried lube, careful prying, careful digging and even not so careful digging. Little chunks of
    rubber." --Sad Bob

    Probably due to the nuts and dates, the bars tend more towards "oily" than "dry" or "grainy" --
    though only the cashew version is truly oily to the touch (but yummy!). I think they go down easier
    than powerbars, fig newtons, or trail mix ... but then again, I haven't particularly focused on how
    they go down when I've been eating them. I'll try to remember to look for that aspect specifically
    when I eat the next one.

    --
    monique

    My pointless ramblings: bounceswoosh.orgindex.php

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