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Sweet dreams are made of cheese

by BS

Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week

Blame Oklahoma???

– DAD Gansie has the final word on the Pringles Scandal: Chips Are good. I like the baked lays with ridges. Mom Gansie Likes herrs too.

– Totally random commenter wants to remind you that today is your last chance to enter the Pine Nut Contest: this pine nut contest rules! i love pine nuts!

– The verdict is in on pre-packaged peanut butter slices, and simmer-ers are not happy.

Clayton: Please, for the love of all that is holy, tell me this is a joke.

Jon: This brings America one step closer to futuristic food pils. USA! USA! USA!

And you can trust JoeHoya will track evil down to its source:

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by BS

Things Even America Really Shouldn’t Have Invented

Maidelitala sent this one along and I just had to share. Yes, it’s the latest product for those of you who always wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but haven’t figured out how to use your opposable thumbs to open that gosh darn jar.

Pre-sliced, individually packaged peanut butter.

I would link to the company’s site, but I think they deserve no promotion, only derision.

via: Thursday Night Smackdown.

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by BS

Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week

Forget Ice Cream! You guys were all over Maidelitala’s Tofutti Cutie plug:

Liza: “I was a lactard as a child, and I depended on Tofutti (yes tofutti “ice cream” did exist in the 80s) so I was delighted to see this childhood favorite back and in “cutie” form. (and because when I was little I thought Tofutti was a silly word and it made me laugh when I saw it again) I’m addicted!!!!”

JoeHoya offers up an alternative: “I still prefer Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches…only 10 more calories and 6 more grams of sugar, but 4 fewer grams of fat and more protein and fiber. Plus they come in mint and chocolate/peanut butter!”

And Sarabelle has another: “I have to say, my fave dairy free ice cream is SO purely decadent coconut milk dairy free ice cream. so yummy. They also have lowfat so delicious ice cream sandwiches, you have to try them. Thanks gansie for addressing the needs of the lactose challenged! Any idea why people grow into lactose intolerance?”

–Back in the world of real dairy, Liza also sides with gansie on toning down the fancy cheese scene:

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by BS

Too Good to Be Food

I’m a little late getting to this story, but it has absolutely floored me, so I just had to share.

I’m sure everyone here has had the privilege of eating a Pringle or two in their lifetime. Or, more likely, seven or seventy or seven thousand. Once you pop, you can’t stop. It really is true. More than a few times in my life, I have sat down and eaten an entire tin of these things in one sitting. There’s just something about them–you could eat Pringles all day long and still be hungry. Now, after all this time, I’ve finally found out why that is–THEY AREN’T FOOD.

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by gansie

The (Cheddar) Cheese Stands Alone

Maybe I don’t live in New York City. Maybe I don’t buy my groceries at a cool Brooklyn Co-op. Maybe I don’t like cheese plates. But you know what, I count too!

I do love cheese. I love feta, swiss, mozzarella… and SHARP CHEDDAR. But, I just can’t get into those fancy cheeses that cost $6/ounce and are served with dried fruit, red wine jam and stale toasts.

I know I write a food blog and I should posses a more delicate palette, but you know what, give me extra sharp cheddar over a stinky cheese any day.

Feel free to berate me in the comments.

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by BS

Man Cannot Live on Pizza Alone

As mentioned earlier, it’s back-to-school day here at Endless Simmer (how’s the studying going, 80p?) I have sure come a long way since my college eating days (microwaved bacon…raw ramen noodles…congealed leftover pizza…shudder), and so I feel it is my duty to let the next generation of college students know that it doesn’t have to be that way. Especially for those of you in New York, there are plenty of ways to upgrade your college eating experience, without having to call mom and dad for a credit upgrade (I swear). Here’s the ES guide to Microwave-free College Eating in New York, replacing each college standard with a much less embarrassing option. Those of you elsewhere, feel free to chime in on what I missed in the outer boroughs, D.C., etc…

Dorm Fare: Easy Mac

Photo: Bucklava

You know you’re a college student if you’ve ever referred to the “fancy kind of mac-n-cheese” and meant the box of Kraft stuff that is cooked on the stovetop instead of in the microwave. Easy Mac is, well, unbelievably easy. Just add water to this little packet, microwave it for two minutes, and suddenly you’ve got gooey, cheese-y deliciousness. But the ingredient list in the “cheese sauce mix” is enough to make any sane person think twice: It’s made up entirely of hydrogenated this, modified that… trust me, none of these things is actually cheese.

Upgrade: S’MAC

Photo: S’MAC

Put down the packet and head to S’MAC, where you can get a huge cast iron skillet full of piping hot mac ‘n’ cheese, made with real certifiable cheese, and no powder. Starting at a meager $4.25, the offerings range from the kid-friendly classic (loaded with gobs of American and cheddar) to fancier versions for us “grown-up” folks, made with yummy stuff like Kalamata olives and goat cheese.
345 East 12th Street, 212.358.7912

More upgrade recs after the jump…

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