Month: March 2019

I’ve read very briefly about the positive benefits of okra for diabetics and cancer patients, so I don’t know how much of it is true. But I just tried dried okra “chips” for the first time, and I would eat these delicious bastards even if I wasn’t diabetic. These things are fantastic!

Look for them in the candy and nut aisle. For whatever reason they appear to be associated with and sold alongside salted nuts, even online.

Just finished these, so if I’m dead anytime soon, you all know why. It was a brand new tin, or so I thought. I took it out of my kitchen cabinet and took the shrink wrap off of it the Friday before the Super Bowl. I wondered why the flavor was so mellow. It was an improvement, actually, so I assumed Altoids had done some R&D. No, turns out I’ve just had these things laying around for fourteen fucking years.

The one on the bottom is an actual new tin. The ones I just finished even look old fashioned by comparison. I may need to contact a poison control center. I’ve been sick and stuffed up, and have therefore been mouth-breathing. That’s not so good for the fresh breath. Plus, Altoids are super tasty. Sometimes I just want candy.

Just did the math. A tin of Altoids has an expiration date of about a year and a half. I don’t remember buying these, but my mom usually gives me some kind of minty stuff for Christmas to feed my peppermint sweet tooth. Smart money says I got these for Christmas in 2004. I’ve lived in FOUR HOUSES since 2004, including the one I lived in then. That means I have packed these fucking things up THREE TIMES and moved them with me, yet somehow forgot all about owning them. I don’t even remember putting them in my current kitchen, let alone any of the others. Also, I can’t believe I ate the whole tin before I noticed the expiration date. It is shocking that I’m still alive.