Just Grapes & Sunshine

I belong to a raisin eating family. This is largely because my youngest is a finely tuned raisin eating machine. So I purpose to have them on hand for his dining pleasure since they're decidedly better for you than gallons of high fructose corn syrup. The only downside is I often find remnants of his raisins carelessly scattered throughout the house. Or worse, stomped deep into the threads of our carpet, which is largely why we rent...okay partially why we rent ;-)

The other day I happened to notice the little phrase on the box which boasted its ingredients to be "Just Grapes & Sunshine." I recall thinking it seemed too good to be true because they taste so sweet. There must surely be high fructose corn syrup embedded in there somewhere. Upon further investigation I was relieved to find the label of contents missing the ghastly syrup of death.

Nice.

Much like good food & good cooking, sometimes simple is best. I continue to be amazed however as to how anyone could bite into one of these tiny fruit snacks & believe its existence to be mere happenstance. Simple ingredients aside, it possesses highly complex design, obvious purpose, & months of cultivation to reach maturity. None of which just happened or happens by accident.

Reminds me of the late famed astronomer & astrochemist Carl Sagan who once acknowledged "In order to create an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." Key word being..."create."