I can no longer be silent. What happened to 7-Up and what the fuck is a "Sierra Mist"? Admittedly, I grew up in a Sprite-drinking household and prefer ginger ale to all soda. However, 7-Up had a good campaign, taste, and packaging going for it. Who didn't like the red dot? Sierra Mist is just a Sprite knock-off and is clearly a bastardization of Sprite and Mountain Dew campaigns that took a turn for the generic. Every time I see Sierra Mist at a restaurant or movie theatre I feel like I am being forced to consume the product of a corporate hack who is still hung up on "XXXtreme sports" and targeting customers with zany Southwestern furniture sets or Bed Bath and Beyond color-blocked bistro paintings. Shame on you corporate hack. Haven't those people suffered enough? Every time I pass by your product I shed a tear for empty robotic soul.
I have eaten a lot of fast food in my life. Like many kids growing up in the 80's, I was raised to keep special place in my heart for McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's. In the 90's I opened myself up to Checkers, Sonic, and Hardee's. Since moving to California I have tried Carl's Jr., Tommy's, In and Out, Astro Burger, and many more. However, they were all just carnal moments of shame compared to the flame broiled complexity of a Burger King burger and the salty crispness of their fries. After a lot of research, I am now ready to proclaim Burger King the best fast food chain burger and fries in the industry.
I am finally getting around to posting the results of the cereal rainbow competition. Here is the official CR bracket from the weekend. It took 2 days and 3 types of milk to get down to a final 3 and ultimately revealing Cinnamon Toast Crunch as the judges' overall favorite. Through this process I learned a lot about myself and the composition of cereal. I found that cereal texture, cereal flavor(s), and milk flavor to be the most important factors for judging any cereal. Cinnamon Toast Crunch offered all of these in spades.
Also, after the competition with what little hunger for cereal that I could muster, I began to make cereal combos. After some experimentation I recommend Honey Comb/Golden Grahams and Cinnamon Toast Crunch/Apple Jacks, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch/Golden Grahams. I will also say that the Cocoa Puffs/PB Capn' Crunch combo is not as good as Reese's Puffs.
After last Thanksgiving's success with Pie Rainbow, we decided to expand the concept to other foods. Cereal Rainbow was born. This time the process was more involved than cutting slivers of pie to join together for the ultimate piece of pie. Cereal Rainbow is a long process of cereal selections and competitions where only one cereal can rein supreme. This is the journey of Cereal Rainbow.
1. A list of all cereals available was compiled.
2. Cereals were nominated by receiving a 3/4 majority vote from the judges.
3. The nominees were narrowed by allotting each judge 12 votes to disperse in any way to their chosen cereals. Judges were allowed to give 1 vote to 12 chosen cereals or more than one vote to a fewer number of chosen cereals.
4. The cereals receiving the most judges votes were put on the list of elected cereals. Cereals with equal amount of votes continued in a run-off election until a top 12 list was elected with 2 alternates.
5. The elected cereal boxes were lined up in order of the color spectrum and paired off into a bracket of competing cereals.
6. Cereals were judged two at a time and rated on a scale of 1 to 3 by each judge. The cereal with the highest cumulative rating went to the next round.
7. The the bracket of competing cereals continued until one cereal reigned supreme.
Top 12 Cereals
1.Special K w/ Strawberries
2. Post Raisin Bran
3. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
4. Fruity Pebbles
5. Lucky Charms
6. Count Chocula
7. Peanut Butter Capn' Crunch
8. Honey Comb
9. Golden Grahams
10. Frosted Flakes
11. Apple Jacks
12. Cinnamon Life
Alternate Cereals
1. Pops
2. Cocoa Puffs
The results will be posted soon.
My refridgerator as an adult makes the same ice cubes as my childhood refridgerator. The cubes are long, flat on one side, and rounded on the other. Their unfortunate shape creates the perfect dam on the side of your glass to block your drink until you tilt it to the point it spills all over you. I hate these ice cubes.
I saw this on the news this morning and had to tell someone. There is a company in New York that rents display wedding cakes for receptions with a section of real cake to cut during the reception. Then pieces of cut sheet cake are served to fool guests. I am all for cost cutting solutions for weddings, but who is doing this?
I've received a lot of email about the Sarah Silverman Cookie Party T-shirts and finally found a source for them. For your very own Cookie Party T-shirt, GO HERE
While in N.C. I had to get my hands on some Goo Goo Clusters and Moon Pies. Sure, Moon Pies are available at gas stations in Los Angeles too, but not in new orange, lemon, and strawberry flavors. In the past, the double-decker marshmallow and cookie sandwiches were only available in chocolate, vanilla, or banana flavors. More recently, they've come out in newer flavors and I had to give them a try. My hotel room focus group decided to test out the orange flavor. I found the taste a refreshing change from the classic Moon Pies. However, the rest of the group complained of an unpleasant aftertaste and didn't finish their samples. Change can be hard for some.
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