When eating store bought chocolate chip cookies in Canada I always got an unpleasant crunchy kind of something in my teeth after chewing up a cookie. Couldn't put my finger on it. After awhile I finally realize what that strange crunchy thing was.
It seemed to me that these chocolate chip cookies I was eating had tiny little bits of coconut in them. Not pieces big enough for you to see as you were eating your cookie. But tiny little pieces that you could feel in your mouth. They seemed to have the texture that is distinctly coconut.
Did you know that I hate coconut? I hate that texture in my mouth, I hate that little bit of crunch it has. Can't stand it, it makes me feel like I need to scrape my tongue after I eat it.
So I finally made a point to read the label of the cookies.
Sure enough, there it was plain as day...allow me to copy and paste from the cookie website:
"Made with real chocolate chips
INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, DEXTROSE, COCOA BUTTER, MILK INGREDIENTS, SOYA LECITHIN, SALT, VANILLIN), SUGAR/GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (CANOLA AND/OR SOYA AND/OR COTTONSEED), BUTTER, LIQUID WHOLE EGGS, FANCY MOLASSES, DRIED UNSWEETENED COCONUT (CONTAINS SULFITES), BAKING POWDER, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR.
ALLERGY WARNING: THIS PRODUCT MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND NUTS."
There it was right in front of my face! WHY oh WHY in the world do chocolate cookies have to have coconut in them in Canada?? Mind, you I have tried a couple different brands.
I really don't know why this is necessary, all I know is that it surely annoys me. Just one more thing to add to the list of odd Canadian things.
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