so, we survived our annual kitchen st. patrick's day blow-out and now we're turning our sights to easter weekend and, hopefully, the end of the midwinter doldrums here at marigold. as is the case elsewhere in the f&b industry, spring brings with it increased business and an end to the months of cold, gray weather that tend to keep us northeastern ohioans holed-up in our caves.the picture at left was sent to me by our graphic design guru, dana, over at thinking cap design. i instantly loved it because it's sort of inappropriate, while not being wholly so, and also because i loved peeps when i was a kid. i don't know if i could eat an entire one anymore since any sweet tooth that i once had seems to be gone entirely, but, boy, when i was little, it was nothing for me to knock down a pack of these in a couple of days. making things stranger, yet, i only liked peeps when they were stale. as soon as i got them on easter, i would poke holes in the peeps' packaging and wait patiently for the little marshmallow delights to achieve the strange, rubbery texture that my youthful palate so appreciated. i suppose i always had my own thoughts on what made food better...i'm just not sure when those thoughts became normal. i like that whoever did this thought to make the furniture out of starbursts, too (strawberry was my fave, but that's probably enough information about the candy i liked as a kid). anyway, i hope your easter basket overfloweth and all of your hidden eggs are found.
