Junk Food Craving

[bjarvis]

For no good reason whatsoever, I had a craving for chocolate and sugar. Since I haven't had near enough preservatives lately, I thought I'd go check out the selection in the vending machine downstairs here at the office. I suspect being UNIX Primary for a week has given me a subconscious death wish.

I selected "Mrs. Freshley's Creme Filled Chocolate Cupcakes."

Um, "Mrs. Freshley"? Who are we trying to kid? We all know these came from a retooled former car factory in some industrial park on the far side of the continent.

The best before date is 3/24/07, 16 days from now. How much of this item is entirely composed of preservatives, chemicals selected for their ability to impede if not kill life outright?

Well, at least there's 0g of trans fats so it must be healthy. :-)

Comments

[apparentparadox]

If there's 0g of trans fat, then the thing must have been made very recently!

One of the reasons that companies used trans fats was that they allowed for longer storage. I guess with no trans fats, that now things will start to have a shelf life that isn't listed in decades.

Speaking of which, I once saw a jar of Marshmallow Fluff in a grocery store that was past its expiration date. And you know that stuff has a shelf life of 30 years or so. I can only imagine when that particular jar was packaged -- probably in the 50s when the stuff was popular.

[deege.livejournal.com]

"A clear winner with consumers, the Mrs. Freshley’s name is synonymous with freshness and homemade goodness."

Mrs. Freshley's cupcakes have a shelf-life of 30 days.

Eat up! ;-)

[justetthon.livejournal.com]

go for it.

how about the products of Vachon?

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

Brian, you're Canajun. What you're rilly craving is a Jos Louis. And I understand that Vachon products are available in the USA. I can't see Jos Louis on the US portion of the site, YOU know you want one.