Snacktime

On account of my inability to do anything at all without eating at the same time, a few months ago I decided to buy some healthy snacking food. The plan was that if I had something healthy to eat, I wouldn't get through a family-sized pack of Kettle Chips or three Crunchies. I went to one of those posh food shops and decided on pumpkin seeds, because:

a) they can't possibly have any calories in them, since they taste of wood;

b) they were buy-one-get-one-free;

c) I'd heard they were an aphrodisiac (two birds, one stone, etc)

Anyway, that was some time ago. I dutifully tucked into them for the first week or so, but then the excitement waned somewhat (they taste of wood). To cut a long story short, I now have 1kg of pumpkin seeds to eat in the next month, before they go off. To rub salt into the wound, it turns out that it was "Doctor" Gillian McKeith who said they were an aphrodisiac, and as we all now know, she's a liar and a crazy person.

This experience has taught me several lessons which I feel it is only right to share with you, and they are as follows:

a) They may have no calories, but I need a Crunchie anyway to get rid of the woody after-taste;

b) Buy-one-get-one-free is not a bargain unless you want two. I do not want a kilo of these;

c) Alcohol is the only aphrodisiac worth bothering with.

If you have any great need for pumpkin seeds (like if you're allergic to all other foodstuffs, or you want to build a fire) please let me know.


Sunflower seeds = not as good as Crunchies. 
Picture from the improbably named Vermont Fiddle Heads.