Ok, this is completely inconsequential, but lately I've been having many conversations with my friends about Pop-Tarts. I don't know anyone who actively dislikes a Pop-Tart, but a debate rages about which is the best flavor.
I stand firm in my assertion that if you're going to eat a Pop-Tart, Frosted Strawberry is the way to go. It toasts well and seems to have the best frosting which stays crunchy when toasted -- not to mention the little colored sprinkles IN the frosting.
Another friend swears by the Frosted Cherry, so in the interest of good scientific experimentation, I bought a box of them, and was, frankly, disappointed. They got far too mushy in the toaster, sagged and broke against the sides, and the frosting and filling melted onto the inside of the toaster. The next time I wanted to toast something, the gooped-on filling started to burn and filled my house with the stench of burning sugar!
Usually I buy my Pop-Tarts as if I'm conducting a drug transaction, on the down low, at my corner deli, and I always buy something "necessary" to hide my true intentions. Because I needed to buy kitty litter and paper towels at midnight. But my corner deli does have a limited selection, usually just the strawberry and cherry.
I marched myself over to my big grocery store and sought out the Pop-Tart Aisle. Man! When did they introduce all those flavors? Grape? I can't wait to try Grape! I remember the commercials from my childhood, and the tag line was something like, "Blueberry, Cherry, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon!"
Ahhh, the Brown Sugar Cinnamon. They were my very, very favorites when I was a child. I've looked in several grocery stores and haven't been able to find the elusive Brown Sugar Cinnamon. I feared for a while that they had been discontinued, but according to the good people at Kellogg's, they do still exist. I will just have to range further afield to find them, I guess.
And I gotta say, "S'mores" flavored Pop-Tarts just sounds gross.
4 comments:
Oh I wish I could still eat Pop Tarts!
The icing contains rendered animals, which is the high-temperature boiling down of animal bodies discarded from factory farms, dog pounds, medical labs, rotting meats from grocers, including the packaging, collars, EVERYTHING, until it turns to a goo, and then it's lathered into the icing, so yeah, I had to give that up since 8th grade!
Dee lish us!
troy aka CocteauBoy
Pop Tarts contain goo from space aliens bribed by the World Bank to rearrange human DNA into ATM circuits. I read this in the National Enquirer. I don't know if it's true or not but it is something to think about.
Wow, between the two of you, I may never eat another poptart. As my mother used to say with quiet Japanese sagacity, "Some things, it's better not to know."
Then again, I may have already had a close encounter with a neuticle and never been the wiser.
Well, I was GONNA say that I like Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon, but now I think I'll just go throw up. Bye!
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