They get better and better -

[Tangerine LaBamba]

I got the funniest email from nutsonline.com, all honking and happy that my order had been successfully delivered. These folks have a great sense of humor.

They asked if I'd care to write about their products and what I thought of them so far, so this is what I sent them:

Gee, I love when you beg. That email from you trumpeting the arrival of my order was hilarious. Thank you for goading me into writing this testimonial.

Seriously, I was so excited when my beautiful big box from nutsonline.com was brought to me, and when I opened it, it was one great big surprise after another.

Since I'm old, I had forgotten what I'd ordered, so everything was like a brand new surprise. It's nice being old.

And what a bunch of surprises I got!

The wrapping is perfect - the dark chocolate-covered cashews made it here, on a very hot day, in pristine condition. And your cold pack went to a friend who uses that kind of stuff for his insulin when he takes a road trip, so recycling took place.

The packaging is perfect, easy on the eyes, informative, entertaining, and, best of all, really, really resealable! Not like that cheap crap that pretends to be resealable - can you hear me, KRAFT FOODS? - but isn't, and you end up grabbing another Ziploc bag.

Not your stuff. Class act.

I randomly selected two bags, and surprised myself by keeping my eyes closed until I had opened them.

(Did I mention that I have no life?)

So, my first grab was the Deluxe House Mix. What startled me right off the bat was that fact that it was almost moist. Not that dry, crackly stuff I'm used to. Not leathery dried fruit, not crumbling nuts, no raisins like tiny ball bearings. Your DHM was as if it had just been assembled.

Exercising a kind of self-restraint I didn't know I had, I managed to eat about a handful of the Mix before wisely and hurriedly sealing it up. And the sealing worked!

The other bag, to my squealing joy, was the dark chocolate-covered cashews.

Now, somewhere, I am certain, someone who bought these from you and indulged in them has written an opera, a brilliant opera, one in which all the townspeople congregate for the finale and sing to the joys of this incredible combination, just before the horse dies.

Horses always die in good operas.

This is the kind of snack that probably inspired Jonas Salk to develop the polio vaccine, and was the reason why Mother Teresa decided to spend her life ministering to the sick.

It's about as close to a religious experience I've had since that cute Jesuit made a pass at me in law school.

They're perfect. I mean, they are just so smooth and infinite and the dark chocolate with the warm golden flavor of the cashews - well, I'm getting flushed.

The other bags - I ordered a LOT, didn't I? - are stashed, and I have decided that I'm going to have be very, very good, and do acts of great kindness and generosity before I can allow another bag to be opened.

I'm thinking World Peace. If I do that, I can dive into that dried papaya. And then the coconut.

In short, I was not disappointed in my purchase. In fact, it was so much better than I had anticipated, and my expectations were frightfully high. It would have been easy to disappoint me.

But, you didn't. You surely did not disappoint me. What you did was make a fan and a customer out me, and I already can't wait until I've earned the right to order from you again.

I expect to achieve World Peace in about a month. See you then.......................

[elleng]

1. Just IMAGINE

Whirled Peas!!!!!

No Life????

NO!!!!!!!!!!

Check THIS OUT!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7298991496728805097

Remember the Kuklapolitans????

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I've bookmarked their site. This would be a great place for those gifts for

the person who has everything. Did you see the dark chocolate covered sunflower seeds?

[blaze]

3. Hahahahaha

Didn't take them long to get your testimonial up on their site, did it?

My order is due to arrive on the 18th.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. They posted it?

I have to look. They emailed a really funny thank-you note this morning, but I hadn't even thought of it being posted there.

Lucky you. I just broke open a bag of - oh, I have chills! - Honey Roasted Sunflower Seeds. They are so good, I'm breaking out in a sweat.

Or maybe the a/c needs adjusting.

Do let us know when your order arrives, and tell what you got. I'm telling you, you can't imagine how GOOD their stuff is.

And I just discovered that the design of those great, sturdy, resealable bags is such that they stand straight up while you dip into them. No need to decant them, and all my pretty glass canisters stay on the shelf, scorned, empty, unused.

Yummy!!!

[blaze]

5. Wait... you achieved world peace???

In thanks, I may have to place an additional order for you. :)

[elleng]

6. Thanks SO MUCH;

I'd LOVE SOME!!!

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