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COMMUNITY A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017 Inside my shoes goes inside my head S STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI The packaging of Gudrun chocolates are among the many things Herald community editor Tammy Malgesini ponders about. ometimes I think I think too — from choosing the right cocoa beans to the development of reci- much. Simple things can get my pes. It ended with the simple word, head twisting and turning — like “Enjoy!” Back in the day, Candyce why aren’t birth control pills dis- pensed in childproof containers? Lukens, a former boss, would push Or what are the names of the two her fingernail into the bottom of a people in a “Pedestrian Crossing” piece of candy to determine what was inside. Those techniques sign? aren’t required with Gudrun. But one thing that oc- The insert featured cupied a lot of space in my mouth-watering descrip- mind recently is the packag- tions of each piece of can- ing of products. dy — complete with a color Over the holidays, a box of photos. Gudrun chocolates appeared Each morsel of deli- in the newsroom’s kitchen. ciousness had its own name The thing that intrigued me Tammy Malgesini — including Twinkle (pis- was the intricate packaging. INSIDE MY tachio with hazelnut pieces) It came in a lovely silver SHOES Seabreeze (a layered truffle case (box is too simple for the elegant craftsmanship, which with salted caramel) and Cocori- even featured a magnetic strip to co (milk chocolate with coconut hold the flap down). Inside were ganache). I’m licking my lips as I type. two glorious trays of candies. Speaking of coconut — I recall A brochure included a three-paragraph description of the time my good buddy Marko the process of making chocolates Briley mistakenly started to eat some “flakes” of paper. The error was understandable — he’s legally blind. But, the bigger contributing factor was the packaging. This, also, was a box of choc- olates. The pieces of candy were lying in a bed of what appeared to be gourmet coconut flakes. The paper actually looked like and had the consistency of coconut. However, Marko said it didn’t taste like coconut. I took his word for it. It certainly doesn’t make sense to package gourmet chocolates in a bed of paper. Oh, and by the way, I named the people in the “Pedestrian Cross- ing” signs — Pedestri-ANN and Pedestri-ANDY. You’re welcome! ——— Tammy Malgesini is the commu- nity editor. Her column, Inside my Shoes, includes general musings about life. Contact her at tmalge- sini@eastoregonian.com or 541- 564-4539. 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Greg Smith - State of Oregon Representative district 57 Karen Pettigrew – City Manager, City of Boardman James Doherty – Morrow County Commissioner Gary Neal – General Manager, Port of Morrow Boardman Chamber Events, Committees & Activities Monthly Luncheon Ribbon Cuttings Ambassadors Marketing Economic Development Community Awards Frostbite Golf Tournament 4th of July Celebration Careeer / Job Shadow Day Christmas Activities For further information or to rsvp for luncheon please contact the Boardman Chamber of Commerce at (541) 481-3014 or info@boardmanchamber.org Luncheon RSVP requested by Friday, January 13, 2017 for catering purposes N EW C HAMBER M EMBER Boardman Beauty Bar 200 B NW 1st St • Boardman OR 97818 (541) 616-4247 Owner: Kimberly Trott Facebook : Boardman Chamber of Commerce Website - www.boardmanchamber.org WELCOME FIRST-CLASS SERVICE & LOCAL EXPERTISE. 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