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Let's get into it. I've never done a live on Substack before, but I thought it would be fun and I've been wanting to do them more.

So I'm going to just tell you about a few things that I got today.

I went to Surdyks and it had been a while since I'd been there and I was glad to revisit them - on their 90th Anniversary!

They are a local store in Minneapolis and I am a big fan and I bought some things

that I wanted to tell you about.

The first one is a product that is made in Minnesota.

It's called Pommeau and it is from Milk and Honey.

And it is the most delicious like honey apple Brandy liqueur.

And what I do with it is I will pair it with whiskey or with rum.

So I might have like an ounce and a half of whiskey or an ounce and a half of rum

and then an ounce of this and I have it on the rocks and

And it's just a delightful after-dinnery type drink.

So milk and honey, I was out of it.

I was happy to see it was back on the stores.

Here is a new product that I'm excited about.

I got it because it's from Vietnam and I was just there, fun!

Song Cai the name of the gin.

They had three different kinds of these Vietnamese gins at Surdyks

And I happened to chat with one of the folks there and they said this one was their favorite.

So I have not tried it yet, but can you see how pretty the bottle is inside it?

It just looks amazing.

So I'm going to go ahead and give this a try.

I think I'll, it's floral gins are kind of good with tonic or with club soda.

So I'm excited about trying that.

I will report back.

Something that is not alcohol, but I do have two of those left too.

It is Ryze Mushroom Coffee

This is something that I'm nervous about.

Now they say that mushrooms are super good for you.

And I absolutely believe that, but

Could this product replace like my love of coffee or is it just like another thing

to give you more of a wellness supplement?

There's 2000 milligrams of mushrooms in here, which is a lot.

So what you do with it,

and I haven't done it yet,

is you apparently take a tablespoon of this and then eight to 10 ounces of hot or

cold water and you can ice it if you want to or hot.

from 9-11 on MyTalk 107.1 and Ill chat about it with

Stephanie March

So I'm going to do this in the morning tomorrow before my radio show.

It's called Ryse and there's 30 servings in here.

It's from Massachusetts and there's 15 calories in a tablespoon.So it's low cal, which is fine, but we'll have to see how I feel about the mushroom coffee.

Okay.

Also,

I got this at Christmas time and Beauty Counter was, all the rage

and I don't know all the things that happened,

but it was like a woman started the company and then she enlisted all these people

to sell it and it was a great product.

Then someone bought it like an investment company and apparently trashed the company,

This product in particular is a Beauty Counter Hydrating Body lotion and it's

but somehow it's back.

This product in particular is a hydrating lotion.

Okay, at Surdyks today, they had a wine that is from Croatia.

It is called Plavac Bura.

It is made with Plavac Mali grapes.

It is called Plavac Bura.

And it is a very delicious red table wine.

And I also noticed it at my friend Leslie's place, Sip Better Wines

I got this at Surdyks - I have noticed this at Total Wine too.

This is like a $19 bottle of wine and it is fantastic for the value.

It is Croatian.

You'll find it kind of in the weird section where sometimes the best wines are.

But I would like you guys to try this.

I just love this wine.

Another wine and  I have only found this at Surdyks before.

I'm going to be bringing it to a party tomorrow.

a,

drier fruitier kind of bubbly effervescent type of white,

that's not like full on champagne.

It's not probably like that, but just has a tiny bubble.

A Gruner Vertliner is a good wine for you to try.

And this is from Austria, Weingut Brundlmayer

I really like the wines that they have from Austria at Surdyks

But when I hear about organics, it makes me happy.

So this is something that you would have with like a fish,

Or if you're someone that likes a Sauvignon Blanc,

but you just want to try something a little bit different,

I'd highly recommend this.

And then last but not least, La Croix.

Okay, right.

Everybody loves a good La Croix.

I don't really love like the weird little flavors of some of these soda things,

but I do like this Limoncello La Croix.

It has like a vanilla taste almost to it and a little hint of lemon.

It is still no calorie, so it's nothing, but it has some weird sweetener stuff in it.

Let's face facts.

They put chemicals in these things.

I don't know why, but it tastes good.

So this is the LaCroix.

What I like to do actually,

and that's here,

is I take one of these cans and a plain can so that it tempers down the flavoring a

little bit, but it still tastes good.

And then last but not least, I was on Jason's show today and this darling couple.

I ran out of there because I had a meeting.

And when I came back, they had left this on my bag of my Jason show things.

And it is says taste buds on there.

It is adorable, a little embroidered tea towel.

As you know, I did a textile, a class at textile center and it was super fun.

They have really great classes there.

If you are a Minnesota person and you want to

get your needling skills going.

So you guys, that's it.

My first live on Substack.

I would like to do more.

I'm also considering like maybe another format where I talk with someone else.

But if this is something that you liked or you would like to see more of,

I could even do like cooking things that are live.

I just decided I would try it today since I had the good hair and I was alone with

just little Stanley here tonight.

For dinner,

we're going to be having the spring roll in a bowl that I made on Jason's show

today that I marinated some carrots in a fish sauce that I put on my spring roll in

a bowl,

and it made the entire Fox Studio smell like stinky fish.

But it's delicious,

and that's what I'm going to be having for dinner tonight with a glass of this white...

that I'll be having.

And then in the morning, I'm going to try the mushroom coffee so you can tune in.

We'll probably talk about it during the top two an hour or two, which is at 10.05 exactly.

And if you want to hear what I thought about the mushroom coffee, feel free to tune in tomorrow.

Otherwise, have a great weekend.

It's supposed to be super nice.

I'm very excited about that.

I am going to be sitting with my seed catalogs.

Planning for some of my seeds because I've got to get things planted.

And if you follow along,

you know that I garden in a very cold northern place that I only have about 50 to

60 days with the seeds to get them to do anything.

So I'm going to be getting my seeds going in the next couple of weeks.

If you have any early plants like early tomatoes that you recommend or anything

that you've tried and you want to pass that along,

I'm always open to new gardening ideas.

Thank you for being here.

Thank you for following along on Substack.

I started my Substack about a year and a half ago.

It is just a joy.

I love it.

I love spending Sunday mornings writing it.

I think about all of your faces and like what recipes I want to share.

And it really just gives me joy.

So thanks for following along.

I hope that you guys have a great night and we'll try and do Substacks again if you like it.

Thanks.

Bye.