Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

An unusually good thing from cattitude's subscription snack box: Vestky brand "caraway pretzel bites." They taste remarkably like rye bread, despite not containing any rye: I think it's because I haven't had a lot of foods that fit in a "savory baked thing with caraway seeds." Less crunchy than American pretzels, and crisper than the crust of good rye bread. (The comparison is German Jewish rye bread, rather than the denser Scandinavian rye bread.)

These are from Czechia, and the very small print on the bag invites me to order more from Universal Yums (the snack box company in question).

One of the things cattitude and adrian_turtle got at the farmers market on Friday was black currants, which Cattitude wanted to try because he likes black currant candy, and Ribena, and other black-currant-flavored things.

We rinsed the raspberries and some of the black currants Friday, for dessert. I tried one first, and said "I don't think I like this." Adrian and then Cattitude also tried them, one currant each, after which we agreed that we didn't like them. There was some discussion of ways to cook with them, but Cattitude was the only one who was at all enthusiastic about trying them instead of cranberries in apple crisp, or using them to make a sauce for duck, and we may abandon the project. Ah, well, now I know.