Thursday, August 14, 2008

Kandy Kommentary -- A Sweet Start

Hi. Sparkina here. Obviously, that's not my legal name, but a nickname, because I like all things sweet and sparkly, and I decided to do a blog about something that just sparkles with sweetness.
This is a blog about just about everyone's favorite food -- CANDY!
Yes, ordinary food -- nutritious food, such as vegetables, fruits, dairy foods, starch, protein -- can be quite tasty. All right, it can be very tasty. Insanely tasty, even. But let's face it. candy has an-- I don't know, an appeal about it, a charm about it, a charisma, let's say -- that "food" food -- you know, the stuff with all the nutrients -- just doesn't have and never will.
Candy can evoke feelings and emotions and memories in people -- young, old, and everywhere in between -- in a way that Just Plain Food simply cannot. A Clark Bar or a Hershey's Kiss can make just about any Tom, Dick, or Carlos feel like a Tommy, Dickie, or Carlito again in a way that one just cannot get from something, like, say, a bean taco.
Here's how this thing works. The name of this blog is Kandy Kritique -- cutesy spelling and all. So, if you guessed that this blog is devoted to candy reviews, you win a gold star --no, wait, let's make that a Brach's chocolate star.
I know lots of people have candy review blogs, but I'm going to do something that no other candy blogger that I know of does. Instead of a scale of one to ten or a simple description, I am going to rate the candies I review in a similar manner as movies are rated (This is gonna be SO FUN!)
Here are the ratings, with a simple explanation, from lowest to highest.

NFC -- Not Fit for Consumption. The lowest rating a candy can get and still be called a candy -- or even a food product. The bottom of the barrel. Eating laundry lint would be more of a treat.
NFC-10 -- Not Fit For Consumption by Those Over Age 10 -- May be delicious if you're five years old and don't know any better, but would taste like dirt to anyone with even slightly mature taste buds.
ENO -- Edible but not outstanding. OK, so maybe it DOES taste better than laundry lint, but not the food of the gods by a long shot.
The next ratings are pretty self-explanatory:
T -- Tasty.
QT -- Quite tasty.
IST -- Insanely Tasty
And last but not least:
Wait for it. Wait for it.
D -- Divine. D is the highest rating I can give a candy. A D-rated confection is more than a candy. It is a sweet delicacy. A gem of the sweetmaker's art. A gourmet delight in the confectionary world. A sweet, tasty party for the mouth. A D-rated candy is one that sets one's tastebuds absolutely aglow and makes one's eyes sparkle like -- well, like sugar crystals!

And there you have it, all in a nutshell. Or perhaps a crispy, sweet candy shell, a la M&Ms.

Let the Kandy Kritiquing begin!

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