Sunday, March 20, 2011

Kyle's world famous trail mix

I call it trail mix, but it's really mostly candy. The basic idea is, “everything I can think of that’s peanut and/or chocolate.”

  • peanuts
  • peanut m&m’s
  • milk chocolate m&m’s
  • reese’s pieces
  • chocolate chips
  • double dipped chocolate peanuts
  • mini peanut butter cups

Those last two are the only ones that are remotely hard to find. Dipped peanuts can be found at any bulk candy store. The mini peanut butter cups, I get from Trader Joe’s. At my local Jewel, there are bags of mixed peanut butter and chocolate chips, and I’ve used those sometimes. It’s still good if you leave stuff out.

There are also peanut butter m&m’s. I’ve tossed in butterscotch chocolate chips in the past, just because they look right.

Proportions are highly negotiable. I shoot for about the same amount of everything. I get the big bags of m&m’s, etc., and then a gallon ziplock bag will hold about half a bag of each. Mix by rolling the gallon bag around.

I hope this inspires some of you to provide for the expansion of our work force (and I don’t mean with new hires).

Friday, March 18, 2011

I left my heart in San Francisco.

This homeless guy came up to me on the street, and he said he was hungry, but I didn't have any cash. I didn't want to give him anything I'd need later, so I gave him my heart. He looked at me with pity on his face, but he didn't give the organ back.