> > > > > All this talk of forign candy reminded me a treat I enjoyed overseas that just isn't avaliabe here. They are called Kinder Egg, hollow chocalet eggs made of an inner layer of white chocalet with milk chocalte on the outside. In side the hollow egg is a smaller plastic egg with a cheesy toy suprise (around the quality of a cracker jack prize) on the inside. Do any of my fellow ex-military-brats know of these things, or were I can get them?
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> > > > You just had to bring those up. I remember those. I don't even remember if I ever ate one, but I know they were popular. Now I want one purely for sentimental reasons.
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> > > Ooh yeah! We have those here. They're weird but good. We also get an Australian version called Yowies which has better tasting chocolate and better toys.
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> > Hmm. Those (or a facsimile thereof) used to be avalable in the United States, but are now illegal due to some obscene FDA regulation against putting non-food inside of food (that is, the plastic ball). Nestlé made a version of that a couple years back (I believe it was called "Nestlé Magic") but was forced to retire the line due to that particular FDA regulation.
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> I now loath and despise the FDA. I want a bloody Kinder Egg gosh darn it.
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I suppose the FDA considered that to be a choking hazard or some other such nonsense. WHATEVER!
What kills me is the nutritional information required on *everything* injestible. It's all based upon a 2000 calorie diet which is ideal for exactly what percentage of the population?? A small percentage I'd wager. So, most companies try to make their product look more healthy by decreasing the serving size down to an amount that would only suit a fasting supermodel. I'm sorry...3 crackers is a serving??
In the U.S., we have a cooking spray called PAM. It's basically used to grease a pan prior to cooking/baking. Anyway, there's actually a nutritional info label on the can. With a serving size of 1/3 second spray. Gee, my heart cries out for the poor calorie counter who's not sure if their spray was 1/3 of a second, or closer to 3/8. Oh, the humanity.

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