I don't get it, but I did want to try it...

some things I understand right of the bat, others take a little more time, thought and pondering, some need to be translated by Andrew into me speak and then there are others which just fly straight right over the top of my head without passing Go, this week I had two head topping experiences. 

The first is: J&D's Bacon Flavoured Lip Balm US$3.99 available from the store at http://baconsalt.com

"Now you can make yourself taste like bacon! A great stocking stuffer, J&D's Bacon Flavored Lip Balm will keep your lips from chapping while constantly reminding you why bacon is the king of meats. Free shipping"

Pig... in a lip balm? hmm. odd. strange. Do I want to taste like bacon? Does it make you smell like bacon? Will animals chase me down the street hoping to munch on my face? When I skip lunch will I be tempted to chew on my own face? It wasn't enough to be deter me.. what did in the end was the US$20 shipping to New Zealand for one stick! I guess for now at least, I shall never know what it's like to be bacon, if only unless the end of the first lick. 

The second perplexity of the week was, and still is, Marshmallow Fluff®

 Which, after spending far too long on the brand website still confused me to what it actually is. I gather it's a sweet creme / fluff, which in itself makes sense, that is until you find out it's used in, and with, everything from potatoes to peanut butter sandwiches (the famous fluffernutter) through to salads, cheesecakes and desserts.

I browsed the recipe section for quite some time (I'm swear I gained a kilo from just reading) before moving onto the pdf recipe book download, which reiterated the following:

"Marshmallow Fluff is a marshmallow creme of the finest quality. Its unusual, light and fluffy texture makes it ideal as a topping, spread or ingredient. Use it on desserts and salads. Use it in recipes for candies, cheesecake, frosting, meringues, cookies, sauces, salads and sweet potatoes."

It was something that clearly called for further investigation so off I trotted to pantry where I pulled out a bunch of pink and white marshmellows which I then threw in the microwave until soft and squishy in the middle, I let them cool a little, then mixed with peanut butter. OMG! If my jaws had not have been so firmly logged together I would have immediately hurled the main fluffernutter ingredients along with my breakfast, lunch and days worth of coffee. For this reason, and this alone, ignoring the fact that it turned to sticky cement on the knife, I have decided that the true Marshmellowfluff is in fact not, and can not, be akin to the middle of a stock standard melted marshmellow. But what exactly it is, and how one would get it out of the container, I have no idea so clueless I shall remain.   

More so as despite Marshmallow Fluff® being available for purchase via Marshmallowfluff's online store (one case of 3, 16 oz.plastic tubs of Marshmallow Fluff for US$15.00) shipping is limited to the 48 contiguous United States so that rules me out... I suspect it's best, for both of us.