Ready for a stroll down memory lane? Okay if I wax nostalgic while we walk?
Think elementary school lunch time. We retrieve our lunch boxes (mine had Dale Evans on it) from the cloak room, sit at our desks, mumble a quick Grace and dig in. In my case there were no surprises: a bologna sandwich on Wonder Bread, a few carrots and, for dessert, a Hostess Cupcake or Twinkie.
Lots of my classmates loved the Twinkie, but I was a Cupcake kid. They tasted good, but I found little room for creativity while eating a Twinkie. The Cupcake on the other hand.....
Here's my routine. Notice I write in the present tense because they're still a part of my life. No, not every day at lunch, but every so often when I'm feeling sad -- or just utterly fed up eating tasteless bran muffins.
Back to the Cupcake. First, flip it so the icing is face down. Eat the cake around the cream filling. Exercise a little restraint and avoid sticking your tongue into the cake for a taste of the cream. After all the cake is eaten, then lick said filling. Finally, savor the chocolate frosting.
I did this as a kid in the lunchroom. I still do it, but in the privacy of my kitchen. I confess my guilty pleasure. Embarrassed? No, more hypocritical since I generally profess to be the tofu queen.
Granted, the Cupcakes don't taste quite the same, but that doesn't make me enjoy them any less. Why spoil it all by reading the ingredient and nutrition information on the package. I'm aware that that creamy inside I so love has never seen the inside of a dairy, but let's not burst all my bubbles, okay?
The sad news is that the company that produces all these childhood foods has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. You'd think in a country that suffers from an obesity epidemic, business would be booming, but apparently consumers are buying more whole grain breads and healthier desserts.
If they're going to stop making my beloved Cupcakes, I should stock up. Their shelf life is probably longer than mine.
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By the way, I know the product names are trademarked but, techie that I am, I don't know how to make that little sign.
1 comment:
OMG ... I thought the same thing when seeing that report. Twinkies were good but oh those chocolate cupcakes with the squiggles on top! Yup. Had to save the thick topping for the very last after eating the cake part first. An avid label reader, I don't want to know what's in those.
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