COMMUNITY
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
Inside my shoes goes inside my head
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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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