Alaska – Jeff/January 2010

Alaska – Jeff/January 2010 (Arrived 1/26/10 from http://alaskawildberryproducts.com )


Jeff - The box arrived last night. It contained Reindeer Meat sticks, (sorta a pepperoni spiced stick) Sourdough Sauce, mustard, honey, cheese, smoked salmon. This was a great taste of Alaska, I will admit that I purchased this gift box due to the inclusion of the Reindeer Meat Sticks, which ended up being a little disappointing. They taste like a spicy pepperoni, so spiced up you can't taste the meat, so I can honestly say I still don't know what Reindeer tastes like! I enjoyed the Mustard on some ham for lunch. It was a nice spicy mustard I really enjoyed. The smoked Cheddar cheese was really nothing special, Anne even raised doubts that the Cheese was made in Alaska, I am pretty sure they probably do have a Cheese manufacturing plant in Alaska, and can say there is nothing that really sets this apart from the cheese we get in California. Unlike Wisconsin Cheese which has a very different, and more Earthy flavor than California Cheese.

Now, the REAL WINNER in this box, and a surprise was the HONEY!. The jar Reads Fireweed Honey, and I would order this again. It has what can best be described as a spice sweet flavor. Not being a foodie I like the words to describe the flavors, but I can tell you that this Honey danced across my tongue and spun my palette out! It was an entire new and I will say remarkably enjoyable experience!

Anne - Reindeer Meat sticks were okay ... reminded me of beef jerky, salty, kind of chewy in a tough sort of way - but it is protein, not too gamy either. The sourdough
sauce was quite good ... berry based, and I used this as a marinade for chicken breasts. I haven't tried the cheese yet, and won't say anything about it unless it's
perfectly awful, as I think it was used to increase perceived value for price - I don't think it was Alaska made! I tasted the honey, and didn't have quite the "over the top"
response as Jeff did - it was perfectly acceptable, but didn't especially stand out for me. I haven't used the honey mustard yet ... but once again, I wonder if this was
"filler" to add value, rather than being a product made in Alaska of ingredients unique to, or reflecting Alaska. I'm not especially fond of smoked salmon, so the can of
smoked salmon will be re-gifted to someone else.

Someone really needs to come up with a "Palin Pie" ... and Mrs. Palin herself could volunteer to have one thrown at her as a fund-raiser!

Ah: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/funny_palin_moose_berry_pie_poster-228047772350160519