Product review - Chrupki

Product Review.

Chrupki.

"What the heck is chrupki?" I hear everyone who is outside of Poland ask. Even when visitors come and try them, it is hard to explain. It is also hard to explain why they are crazily addictive.

So what do you get for 4.50złoty (1.65AUD, 1.48USD, 0.91GBP)? Well, a metre of these yellow morsals. These, are chrupki (pron. hroopkey).  Chrupki means crunchy, and could be used to other foodstuffs that display such a texture. But these are something that are very popular with children and so when as an adult you walk out of your local sklep and carry out a metre of these babies people look at you a little odd. Even stranger when you carry them into a party along with whatever it is you are drinking.

 Then in half an hour when everyone has eaten the packet you wish you had of brought two. You can see that this size is only 300g! And it comes up to my waist. They are basically puffed corn grits, and like corn chips you can't stop at one, even though it is like eating styrofoam at first.

Chrupki ratings:
Taste:                    3/10 as there really is none.
Appearance:         7/10 they look fun, for what they are
Addictiveness:     9/10 some how they hook you in.
Value for money:  10/10 you can't argue with the value here.

New Years bit

A stroll around the hood on New Years Day.

Waking in Warsaw, hangover free,
I am expecting a day cold and icy.
However, to my grateful surprise,
The day is clear, and I feel energised.
Now to assess my part of the city.

As we had a light night with only a couple of bottles of champagne and a few fingers of whisky it was easy to get up and smile at the face of a new year. I know this year will be great as there were less fireworks than normal the night before, there was a sunny day to greet us and I did exercise on the first day of the year.

Contrasting

The traditional Russian "champagne" leftovers from the night before.

There was only one shop open, it has traditional and regional food and three fridges of regional beers! I think I am in heaven.

Crusty and crunchy the new year appears

People already on the move.

Paths crossing in the stratosphere

Everyone wants to fly away.

Sometimes the easiest way to get away you just need to do it yourself.

The icy paths are everywhere and were great to watch people shuffle along.

Gently gently.

The paths look like this up close.

Staring into the new year.

Many people were out for a walk.

Such a nice day for a walk and to start the year.

many were out for a walk :)

Time to follow the path

It may look like it is into the dark, but the path still leads to something new and bright.

I hope the first 2 months of the new year have treated you well. Let's all be creative, happy and positive so that the year will be great for all around us, which in turn helps us to have a great life.