Happy Tuesday, friends!
Admittedly, today's bit of inspiration probably comes off as a bit strange. It's kind of like one of those Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon games—sort of. ☺
Here goes: As a child, I loved Nestlé Quik. I couldn't get enough of it. I'd drink it; I'd put it on ice cream. When I got older, I'd sometimes put it in coffee. I thought it was great. But in another way, it was very, very bad. I think—no, I know—that it started my chocolate obsession.
Nowadays, chocolate is something I need, and not in powder form. Oh, no. I want the hard stuff: the Cadbury and the Hershey's and the Lindt. My waistline begs for mercy, and still I crave milk chocolate and dark chocolate. I'll even eat unsweetened baking chocolate. (It's actually quite good!) The only chocolate I don't care for is white chocolate, which technically isn't even chocolate at all and shouldn't be sullying chocolate's good name—but I digress.
So I know what you're thinking: Dana, your A to Z theme is about things that inspire you. How in the world does "Nestlé Nostalgia" fit in? It's a good question. Here's your answer:
If it weren't for Nestlé Quik, I wouldn't be a writer. (How's that for dramatic? ☺) Seriously, chocolate is my writing reward. Chocolate drives me to create—to eat chocolate, I must create—so therefore, I find chocolate to be very inspiring.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Nestlé Nostalgia is on my list of things that inspire me.
Now please enjoy this nostalgic Nestlé Quik commercial. It's glorious in all of its cheesiness!
My daily haiku is up at the Pulitzer Remix site. You can find it here. Thanks again to everyone who has been reading and commenting. I love writing haiku, and I'm having a great time with the project. Your support means so much!
Wishing you all a wonderful Tuesday. ☺
Chocolate is a great reward. I use it too.
ReplyDeleteAlso, white chocolate is a derivative of chocolate. It's not as tasty or as good for you but it is related.
Heather
I knew I wouldn't be the only one!
DeleteYes, I realize that white chocolate is a derivative of chocolate, but since it doesn't contain the cocoa solids, I don't consider it to be chocolate at all. :)
Ha, now I have an excuse to eat the rest of the Easter Egg that is lurking on the top shelf!
ReplyDeleteDo it! It's your reward for a hard day's writing. :)
DeleteWhat a yummy inspiration! i too am a chocolate fan....I think my obsession started with Ovaltine.... :)
ReplyDeleteI still buy it and my kids drink it. I like this inspiration a lot.
Thanks, Julia!
Deletei think chocolate is inspiring too and i love kevin bacon ;)
ReplyDeleteYay to both. :)
DeleteOh my goodness! The metal pop-top lid! I had totally forgotten :)
ReplyDeleteI remember using a spoon to pry it off. Ah, the good old days. ;)
DeleteHaha! Good "N" choice...coz ya can't drink it slooooooow... :-) And I think there be a lot fewer writers if chocolate didn't exist! :-) Have a good Tuesday, Dana!
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling you're right about that!
DeleteYour photo does not shout your waistline line is crying out for mercy. Now chocolate I can leave the stuff alone but my oldest son and my wife crave the stuff. Mind you he did bring me back a Hershey bar and I nearly threw up How can you eat that stuff I can't say it passes for chocolat at all. Had to go out and buy a Cadburys fruit and nut to get rid of the taste. I will admit that I won a prize and got a certificate from Cadburys once for an essay I wrote on Chocolate, mind youI was 10 at the time. Must see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteOh yes you can keep Kevin bacon
Your comment about Kevin Bacon: LOL ☺
DeleteYes, Hershey's is definitely an acquired taste, but it's something we Americans are used to. :)
Congrats on your win. A certificate is great, but I think a lifetime supply of chocolate would have been even better. :D
I loved that stuff too when I was a kid!
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http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
After writing about it, I'm starting to crave it. I might have to pick some up this week—for the kids, of course. ;)
DeleteChocolate = best. reward. ever.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I use it for a reward ALL the time! Probably because my sweet tooth is the size of a small country.
Yours and mine both! :D
DeleteI remember Quik too. Also a lovely thing when I was tiny, that came as a liquid in a plastic shape with a screw-cap. There were strawberry and banana versions whose shapes were of the fruits, but 'chocolate' didn't have a recognizable shape...
ReplyDeleteI agree that Hershey's is horrible. I had to spit out the only Hershey's kiss I ever tried. If you're brought up on European chocolate, the other stuff just isn't!
Yes, Hershey's is an acquired taste for some. It's very American, and in general, we love it. Our differences make the world go round. :)
DeleteAw, the bee cheered me up after the 'saddest sound I know.'
ReplyDeleteI'm glad. :) Thanks.
DeleteI love chocolate but I've never liked drinking chocolate milk or hot chocolate. Weird, I know!
ReplyDeleteI'll drink hot chocolate if it's the only chocolate in the house. :)
Deletehaha! I had totally forgotten about this commercial . . . However! Believe it or not yesterday I WAS singing "N E S T L E S, Nestles makes the very best . . . chocolate!"
ReplyDeleteI remember that jingle! Love it. ☺
DeleteI just LOVE chocolate. So much. I don't care for much other candies, but chocolate gets me every time :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday!
Same here. I can take or leave other candy, but I need chocolate. :)
DeleteHow funny! I find chocolate to be very inspiring, too!
ReplyDeleteI knew I wouldn't be the only one!
DeleteGosh, I remember that Nestle's bunny.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. :) I think my three-year-old would find him cute.
DeleteNow THAT is the MOST creative justification for being a Chocoholic I've ever read. Works for me! With a bit of editing you can work this into Letter O for obsession...Letter P for powder and Q for...QUIK. There ya go...done for the rest of the week. Your welcome!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy Letter 'N'...Needle Nests
Sue CollectInTexasGal
AtoZ LoneStar Quilting Bee
Haha! Sue, you're awesome!
DeleteYou've inspired me to try Nestle Quik in coffee. Duh -- I'm sure it's just like a powdered creamer. Who knew?
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you like it. :)
DeleteI always keep my stash of big packs of Cadbury- for inspirarion!
ReplyDeleteNas
Chocolate is a very inspiring thing. :)
DeleteI agree with you on the white chocolate thing. A chocolate obsession isn't a bad thing unless you start harassing people for change on the street to buy a candy bar.
ReplyDeleteHaha! So true. :)
DeleteThat commercial really takes me back. Reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons.
ReplyDeleteYes, back in the days of the good cartoons. I remember them well. :)
DeleteNice write for N..... A real chocolate thing anyway...have a nice day.:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Murthy. Hope the rest of your week is great. :)
DeleteI bent so many spoon handles prying off that lid, and then the gobs of powder floating around until you got to the bottom where they all settled...Blast from the past!
ReplyDeleteGreat memories! I kind of wish they still had those cans. :)
DeleteIt's important to know what motivates you!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! ☺
DeleteGood girl! I eat way too much chocolate. I'm trying to cut back. It is tough!!!
ReplyDeleteSure is. :)
DeleteI'm with ya! White chocolate is NOT chocolate. And chocolate IS needed in order to be creative, celebrate, nap well, whatever. :0)
ReplyDeletefrom The Dugout
Ah, a kindred spirit!
DeleteMan! Nestlé quick was the bomb diggity when I was little!!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Valerie Nunez and the Flying Platypi
Happy Wednesday!
DeleteI can't eat dark chocolate! I like milk chocolate and white chocolate, just not dark. Add peanutbutter to it, and I'll smack anyone who tries to take it away. haha But thats a good idea. Maybe I should only eat junk when I write something.
ReplyDeleteConfession: I just ate a ton of chocolate, and I didn't write more than a couple of lines of poetry so far today. Shhh... ;)
DeleteYour wonderful post put a big smile on my face, and it reminded me of a movie I loved many years ago...The Big Chill...
ReplyDeleteMichael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
Sam Weber: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.
Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
Haha! Awesome!
DeleteOkay...there is the one BIG thing you and I have in common. I love chocolate...I do not like white chocolate...well, maybe when it is covering a pretzel and there is no real chocolate around. I still will drink Nestles, but I try not to over do it...because I need to fit in my summer shorts :)
ReplyDeleteHappy N Day!
We're kindred spirits! :)
DeleteI have to agree, white chocolate... ick. :)
ReplyDeleteYep—definitely.
DeleteWhat a lovely haiku today. We could use a little summer in Chicago today.
ReplyDeleteHappy was the day when they announced chocolate was good for you. I knew it all along, of course, but it helped hearing it from the "professionals".
ReplyDeleteThat was indeed a joyous day!
DeleteGreat post! As, chocolate lover its good to know about it.. Yay! I'm gonna eat one bar right now:) Thanks for sharing Dana:)
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed!
DeleteLoved Nestle Quick as a child in the Philippines but when I got here (U.S.) ..seems to have lost that special yumminess. My taste buds changed cuz that's how it's been for many food items.
ReplyDeleteLove, love chocolates!!
I kind of wish I'd lose my taste for chocolate. It's good, but it's so, so evil at the same time. :)
DeleteAnd it goes so well with coffee after a day of teaching. ;')
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