Taste Test – Try the World (September, 2020)

Our first monthly box from Try the World arrived and we were anxious to dive into it. First thing we noticed and were disappointed in was the fact that there was no information booklet or flyer describing or giving information on the products. The second disappointing thing was that the products were from all over and not grouped thematically by country or region. I cannot complain about the quality of the products as they were top notch.
The first item was coffee with no identifying place of origin evident, I will have Rita try this later.

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The chocolate bar from Switzerland was some of the best chocolate I have ever tasted and that is with the caveat that I usually do not like nuts in my chocolate. The upgrade in quality from Universal Yums or Snack Crate was very evident.

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The Ghee Oil spray with truffle out of California was wonderful imparting a nice buttery taste to sautéed items.

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The Greek olive oil was also exceptional.

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The fruity chew candy from Poland had a nice pronounced fruit flavor, again very high quality for what it was.

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The honey was out of Georgia and was a good tasting mild-flavored high quality honey.

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The last item in the box were packets of herbal tea. There again was no evident country of origin but they were distributed out of New York, so I assume domestic. The tea was very aromatic and somewhat off-putting but when steeped and served was very pleasant. Alex especially like it.

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To summarize the lack of information on the products was frustrating but the quality of the items more than made up for that deficit. It was nice to get non snack items in the box as opposed to what you get with Yums or Snack Crate. All in all a win and we will continue to look forward to our monthly shipments.

Fort Frederica National Monument – St. Simons Island, Georgia

Fort Frederica National Monument is on St. Simons Island in the state of Georgia. It preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids. A series of archaeological investigations at the Frederica site have been undertaken by the park service and the remains of the barracks is still extant.

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James Oglethorpe and others created a charter for the new colony named Georgia (in honor of King George II). The grant included all land between the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers and from the headwaters of these rivers to the “south seas.”

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Fort Pulaski National Monument – Savannah, Georgia

Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah preserves Fort Pulaski; during the American Civil War, the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannon in combat in 1862 there, the success of which rendered brick fortifications obsolete. The fort was also used as a prisoner-of-war camp. The huge holes left by the cannon can still be seen in the walls of the fort today.

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After the War of 1812, US President James Madison ordered a new system of coastal fortifications to protect the United States from a foreign invasion. Construction of a fort to protect the port of Savannah began in 1829 under the direction of Major General Babcock and later Second Lieutenant Robert E. Lee, a recent graduate of West Point. The new fort would be on Cockspur Island, at the mouth of the Savannah River. In 1833, the facility was named Fort Pulaski in honor of Kazimierz Pulaski, a Polish soldier and military commander who fought during the American Revolution under the command of George Washington. Pulaski was a noted cavalryman, played a large role in training Revolutionary troops, and took part in sieges at Charleston and Savannah.

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