Archeologists unearth skeeter1's residence in Cleveland and come upon the contents of his clogged toilet. Voila, a coprolite! What will this say about the rest of us? Of course, this will come upon scientists finally determining that smoking was actually a healthy activity and historians selecting George W. Bush as the best American president of the past 14 millenia.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
Growing up in PA (in what other state do natives prefer to use the abbreviation over the state name? we don't just write it, we often actually say it too...but I digress) I was exposed to a wide range of some of the country's best junk food. We've got Tastycakes, which are hands down better than anything Hostess makes. We've also managed to avoid the domination of Frito-Lay and have a number of independent snack food companies, including two(!) pretzel companies named Snyder (Snyder's of Hanover and Snyder of Berlin), as well as a number of other pretzel companies (we're also the home of Auntie Anne's soft pretzels, and many other, more authentic PA German & Philly-style soft pretzel makers). There are also quite a few independent potato chip companies, including Herrs, Utz, Middleswarth, and Wise (and others that I'm forgetting). We even have a few independent soda bottling companies, including the Catawissa Bottling Company (one of the few places in the country that still bottles Moxie!) and A-Treat. Let's also not forget that Hershey Chocolate is from Hershey PA (and there are a number of other PA chocolate co's, including Wolfgang, Wilbur, Sarris, and others I'm doubtlessly forgetting). Finally, we can't leave out the ice cream, including Turkey Hill, Hershey's (not at all related to Hershey chocolate), and the Penn State University Creamery. Basically, if you want to put on 100lb, move to PA - we make it easy.
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Having lived all my life in Ohio, PA's nextdoor neighbor, I've eaten just about all of those. I'm particularly fond of Herr's Honey-Cheddar corn puffs.
Too bad that's kind of far away, but some Ale-8-One would be perfect to wash it down with. Whenever I've gone through Winchester, Kentucky (used to do that often when I was younger), I'd always bring home a case. Great stuff!!
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I think the trick to dealing with junk food is to redefine what your snack foods are.
I don't know what sort of bizarre dehydration technology has just been salvaged from downed UFOs in Asia, but you can find a whole glut of dried-soup-in-a-styrofoam-cup products at your local Asian market. There was probably too much sodium in it, but the 6-mushroom crystal noodle soup I got really hit the spot, and it has got to be better than those damn donettes. Cheaper too, considering I get the donettes out of the vending machine at work.
The other nasty habit I've managed to curb is making myself a hot chocolate while at work. Hot tea gets the same job done with better health benefits. Now, I only use the hot chocolate when I want to mix it in with my Israeli instant coffee as a home remedy for constipation.
I've been "fortunate" in that I've never cared for pretzels, cheese balls, potato chips, popcorn, or most other junk food. Our office has a popcorn maker on the premises, and I'd probably be about 10 pounds heavier than I am if I indulged.
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I hardly ever do this anymore, but once upon a time I used to really love pretzels and coke...or better still, pretzels and RC Cola. (Do they even make RC any more?)
My current "go to" snack is popcorn made with my ancient hot air popper.
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
But I've gotten to the point where I crave the beet/kale/ginger juice. The ginger kick really gets me like caffeine or sugar used to. I hate that they're baked but I still heap a bunch of fresh guacamole on a few corn chips, too.
It is easy to buy small plaster models of what you think life is like.
If I could only have one, it would probably pickled sausage and a good beer. Stick with the mild sausages, though. They're already pretty spicy, but the one's they have listed as "hot" are virtually inedible, they're so hot. You've been warned.
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I went into my freezer looking for a cut of beef that I knew was in there, and came across a bag of Mystery Meat. I think it might be beef jerky that I made several years ago. The way I make jerky, it's so loaded with salt that it would probably last for decades.
If the Mystery Meat isn't jerky, out it goes! I really have to dig through the rest of the freezer one of these days and discover whatever else mystery foods I have in there. My bad!
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