Topic the first: I used to wear a lot of brightly coloured clothing. In fact, I once had a coworker comment to me that she didn’t recognize me because I was wearing a black & white sweater paired with black pants and she was used to seeing something more colourful on top. The year I spent working in a marketing department really did my wardrobe in. The other day, I put in a load of laundry that was entirely composed of black clothing. (For those keeping score at home, the fact that a load of laundry was so precisely sorted means that Mike was very much involved. He doesn’t approve of my laundry sorting process. And by “process” I mean how I gather up an armload of random items of clothing and toss said armful into the wash.)
Topic the second: When I went shopping in Michigan with my aunt, I purchased a few boxes of Jell-O sugar free fat free instant pudding mix, in “Cheesecake (artificial flavor)” flavour. I cooked up one of those boxes last weekend (and by “cooked up” I mean added it to some milk and whisked a little bit) and enjoyed it bit by bit over the next few days. Then, whilst sorting some recycling, I came across the box and made the mistake of reading the ingredient list (and by “ingredient list” I mean the random assortment of chemicals they toss together in a little packet):
modified food starch, maltodextrin, tetrasodium pyrophospate, and disodium phosphate (for thickening); contains less than 2% of nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavour, salt, calcium sulfate, xanthan gum, mono- and diglycerides (prevents foaming), aspartame and acesulfame potassium (sweeteners), yellow #5, yellow #6, artificial colour.
There is also a warning for phenylketonurics that the product contains phenylalanine. Better living through science, no?
January 21st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I wear so much black with “just a splash” of colour. I think people would be more concerned if I showed up in something that wasn’t mostly black and a little red.
As for topic the second: that isn’t food. It’s like low-fat mayonnaise. Just wrong.
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I agree with your assertion that it isn’t, in fact, food. I have a weakness for two of the lest food-like non-food foods: the orange “cheese” product they put on nacho chips at sporting events, and instant pudding.
*whew* It felt good to get that off my chest.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Oh my goodness, I had the WORST craving for that orange “cheese” product and Patrick found some; Tostitos cheese with salsa mixed in. It certainly hit the craving… but I agree that it isn’t actually food.
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I partook of that Tostitos stuff from time to time while I was in university. I assume it’s probably poison but it sure tasted good.
Also, you have a good excuse for craving weird “cheese” products (i.e. the pregnancy) that I do not happen to share. What’s my excuse?