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COW Advent 12/4/11 – 21 days ’til Christmas!
Item: Kinder Chocolate Snack Bar
Source: Adams Fairacre Farms Sweet Shop
Country of Origin: UK (NOT Germany, as I originally thought.)
Yum Factor: 7.5 of 10 (“More Milk Less Cocoa” means the bar is filled with a yummy “milky filling” which is soft and tasty. Also, this is a smaller item, so unlike some of the other things I’m eating this month, I won’t be left feeling like a sickly glutton.)
Extra note: Penguin plates were a Christmas gift from my little sister a few years ago. I heart them.

COW Advent: 12/03/11 – 22 days ’til Christmas!
Item: Rollos con Cajeta (toffee rolls!)
Source: Associated Supermarcado, City of Poughkeepsie
Country of Origin: Mexico
Yum factor: 5 of 10 (the toffee part was nice, but the sponge cake was way too dry. They need to learn from the Twinkie people. An extra point was rewarded for them being a “buena fuente de calcio.”) (good source of calcium!)

COW Advent: 12/02/11 – 23 days ’til Christmas!
Item: EDO Pack Koala chocolate biscuits
Source: The Asian Market next to the strip club near the airport on 376.
Country of Origin: China
Yum factor: 6 of 10 (the little pillows have a nice crunch, but are a little skimpy on the chocolate filling, which has a bit of an odd banana-esque aftertaste.

COW Advent: 12/01/11 – 24 days ’til Christmas!
Item: Lindt Raspberry Truffle
Source: Adams
Country of Origin: Switzerland (sort of)
Yum factor: 4 of 10 (center is gooey, flavor is cloying.)

Hi.  I’ve been writing about my Advent Calendar on Facebook.  But I realized that these posts will amuse no one else more than my mother, and like any reasonable person, she’s not on Facebook.  So from now until December 25th, please enjoy reading about what I’m doing to assure that I never lose any weight.

Presenting the 2011 Advent Calendar. Foxy inspired me to strive for more, so this year I have a theme. Thanks to the international grocers of the Poughkeepsie area, I have created “Calories Of The World” or “COW Advent” for short.

Sometimes I wish I hailed from one of those Mid-Western states that begin with "W" or "M."You known, the parts of the nation that don't ooze "personality" and "reality shows."

Link to the article in New York Magazine – Don’t miss out on the comments section on that one…