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mentos, the freshmaker

by Jen at 5:41 pm on 10.07.2008 | 2 Comments
filed under: eclectica

one of the things i love to do when travelling is try different kinds of sweets. trust me when i tell you this has lead to some pretty bizarre taste sensations. (one hint: don’t buy chocolate in china, a country virtually devoid of dairy.)

right now, i’m eating turkish mentos… and they are without a doubt one of the strangest tasting things i’ve ever encountered.

imagine regular minty mentos. only smoked. yes, they taste like smoke flavoured mints. like eating a mento (is the singular of mentos, “mento”?) and licking an ashtray at the same time.

my first reaction was complete befuddlement, followed quickly by repulsion. never one to admit defeat, they’re growing on me though – i’m almost finished with the pack.

googling “turkish mentos” hasn’t helped determine what the flavour is actually *called*, but it did bring up two very strange videos.

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    Comment by Thomas Foolery

    11.07.2008 @ 16:04 pm

    If you draw nipples on them and put 2 together, they look like boobies!

    …sorry, it’s just that I realised I hadn’t said ‘boobies’ on your blog for a while.

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    Comment by Jen

    11.07.2008 @ 18:59 pm

    well we can’t let *that* happen!! -)

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