surprises, good and otherwise

i was trying to sprout some amaranth as an experiment. i kept it moist for 3 days an nothing was happening so gave up and was just gonna let it dry up and brush it out of my sprouting jar. so i came back to it a day or more later and was surprised to see some pink dots in the tan colored grain. it was sprouting after all! i happened to look at a sprouting chart and it says amaranth should be sprouted in 24 hours. so either they mean you soak it without actually getting to the germinating stage, or my seeds where really slow. anyway, i think i'll just plant them rather than eat them.










i tried some jocalat bars and didn't really care for them. i got the chocolate cherry and chocolate hazelnut flavors. i found both jars to be pretty sour tasting. i think they don't sweeten the chocolate. i also tried the larabar chocolate chip brownie which is almost the extra same ingredients as the jocalot hazelnut bar (dates, chocolate, nuts, except that they add sugar and salt, and the larabar was better. but my fav ones are still the coconut and the peanut butter chocolate chip that i bought before.