Thursday, August 28, 2008

Stick-to-it-iveness


















Fruit Stickles Tropical Flavored Skewers allow you to add tropical flavor to anything you opt to stick them into, presumably fruit, although we beg you not to limit yourself in any way. Tropical combines well with many other flavors, such as natural, ocean, and “not cat box.” Made of natural ingredients and tocopherols, they contain no calories, but loads of flavor. Also wood, one assumes. Mostly wood.














Their companion, Seasoned Skewers, flavors meat from the inside out, and is available in irresistible combinations such as Honey Bourbon and Mexican Fiesta. Marinating meat is like giving it a cold, flavorful bath, but nothing adds flavor the way puncturing, piercing, pricking, perforating and penetrating all the way to the core does. These skewers are 100% natural, largely because they’re made of wood with some spice on it.

Coming soon, before the end of the year, there will also be flavored sticks for your coffee, tea and cocktails, called Minglirs.

I like to think of all of them as oversized flavored toothpicks, allowing me to combine the sensory pleasures of food consumption with the dental benefits of tooth-picking (and wood gnawing). And since they’re all natural and fat-free, there’s no guilt involved. In the morning, I’m a stickler for Fruit Stickles (with pickles). Later in the day, there’s nothing truer than a Seasoned Skewer to make me a chewer (with a small shot of Dewar’s). And before bedtime, make me a tingler by handing me a Minglir (and maybe some Pringles). You are what you eat, and I’m feeling good with all this wood.