Have I mentioned I love Nutella? …on everything!
September 28th
2007
I’ve always loved flavor combinations. As a child, I didn’t think they got much better than mint and chocolate.
Admittedly, this notion of mint/chocolate being the be-all, end-all followed me to adulthood - to the moment I discovered Nutella.
For all you Blake Makers that have never heard of it, much less tasted it, it’s a luscious, creamy chocolate-hazelnut spread. They eat it a lot in Europe. I compare it to peanut butter. It’s got the same consistency, but much more rich.
One of the best meals I ever had was sharing a Nutella crepe with Beez in Paris. It was our last day there, and it was freezing. We bought the crepe on the street, walked to the Louvre, and ate it in the park. It was warm, decadent and the perfect way to end our trip.
Last weekend, I smeared a ton of the stuff on some big, fluffy pancakes. I bought the jar on Friday. It was gone by the following Wednesday. I usually pour myself a glass of milk and eat it right out of the jar.
For those times when I feel too guilty to do that, I’ll slice an apple and eat it that way.
Just to be clear, I LOVE NUTELLA!
Oh my Maude. Nutella. I had it first as a little girl, living in Italy in the late 1960’s. Of course, I came back to the states and no one had heard of it, and I forgot all about it until just a few years ago when I noticed it on the grocery store shelves and just about swooned. I limit myself to one jar every 2-3 months, because once it’s in the house I have no self control with it whatsoever. And as much as I love Trader Joe’s, their “chocolate hazelnut spread” just has nothing on nutella.
Posted by Leslie on October 15th, 2007 at 8:13 pmI’m totally with you on limiting my Nutella intake to 1 jar every 2 or 3 months. Once I get it in my house, it’s gone within 48-72 hours.
Posted by Blake on October 16th, 2007 at 5:37 am