Saturday, May 13, 2006

Not your father's bridge mix, or, how's that diet coming, anyway? Trader Joe's, are you listening?  Because like Kathy Bates to James Caan, I am your biggest fan. But I won't cut off the leg that feeds me.  (If you don't get that reference, you are too young or too fancy to watch a Stephen King movie.  Go on, off to IMDB with you.) Now, on to more important things.  Do you remember bridge mix?  It seems like the kind of thing that disappeared in a 1977, though according to the internet god Google, it's still around.  It was the kind of thing I always longed for in the Brach display in the candy aisle at Kroger, and my mother never bought, because she read labels.  Like breakfast cereal.  And Tang.  But I digress. A mix of sweet and salty, basically, something yummy and addictive to munch while playing cards and genteely getting hammered.  Sounds good, right?  Here's my version, all TJ, of course, because I'm a freak. Mix: TJ Thai Peanuts (do yourself a favor, and pick out all the chilis before you mix this up.) TJ Wasabi Peas TJ dark chocolate chips TJ dried cranberries with orange flavor Proportions are up to you.  I'd probably use two parts each salty to 1/2 or 1 part of each sweet. Thank me when you taste this with a drink, and curse me when the drinks start making you lose at cards. Poker, not bridge, probably. 2:17:14 PM     comment [] trackback []