Pop Goes The Poptart!

Hello friends, stalkers, and awesome people. Thank you for following me on this wonderful journey of creating this food blog, but sadly this blog will come to an end. Since this will be my last blog post. BooHoo! (Don't cry.) Thanks!

Okay, back to the topic of the day. Today is Pop-Tart's 45th Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP-TART! I love Pop-Tart. Do you love Pop-Tarts? It is good to eat anytime of the day: breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, and midnight munchies. (Yeah, I know you get those once in a while.) According to the Wikipedia, Pop-Tart is a brand of flat, rectangular, prebaked toaster pastries. Of course, you will say that you can not trust Wiki but, it is so funny the way they describe it. They made it so unappetizing where it is rectangular. If I read the description without the context, I would thought that they are talking about dry wall.

If you are a person who is on a tight budget and wants a tasty snack, Pop-Tart is the way to go! Especially for those "broke" college students and yes, I am referring to most of my viewers. Well, some of my favorite flavors are strawberry, smores, chocolate, and double chocolate fudge. I like how they packaged the Pop-Tarts where they separate them into doubles. Doubles are good if you are extremely, extremely hungry.

There are two ways you can prepare your Pop-Tarts:

1. Open the Pop-Tart packaging. (Well, you don't want to eat foil, do ya?)
2. Skip to step 4, if you want to eat the Pop-Tart toasted and warmed.
3. If you want to eat it chilled or room temperature, just eat it.
4. Put the two Pop-Tarts in the toaster, straight up/vertical. (Meaning the long way is facing you.)
5. Wait and voila eat it. (Be careful it is hot.)

I like the warmed and toasted ones and the chilled ones. I remember as a kid, I would hopped onto the kitchen counter and held a plate in hand to catch the Pop-Tart. I would wait for the right seconds and catch the Pop-Tart (feeling like a ninja.) But my mother would always yell at me for climbing on the counter. When you first hold the toasted Pop-Tart it is warm and when you split it in half the gooey filling climbs out of the sweet goodness. I love the way it tastes but too some people it is too sweet for them. (I love sweet stuff.)

Pop-Tarts has a competitor Toaster Strudel where Toaster Strudel let you put on the frosting. I think that is too much work why would you do that much extra steps to get something the same minus the extra steps. You should definitely try the pumpkin pie Pop-Tart since Thanksgiving is coming around and it is good. Remember it is available only this month it is limited edition. I found a funny video spoof on Pop-Tarts. I'm sorry if it is too gory for you, just pretend that it is strawberry jam. Did you get your Pop-Tarts? It is crazy good. Enjoy.

Nom Nom

*** Caution: Sorry if this get stuck in your head. I am not responsible for headaches, diarrhea, stomach ache due to laughter, non stop farting, belching, scratching and or any of the combination above. ***

Nom nom, what will I talk about today? What type of food will it be: fruits, vegetables, grains, or food?

I will talk about bunny chewing on carrots and how fluffy and stuffed their cheeks can get. (Just kidding.) Since today is no specific food holiday, this will be a rant/talk food blog post. The video above was forwarded from a friend (I think from last year) and it was stuck in my head. Thanks to this song, I could use this as my blog's name (look up if you never noticed.)

Let's talk about fast food. McDonald's with Ronald McDonald the creepy clown dancing with children or do you remember the food more? Did you ever heard of the Happy Meal Art Project where the happy meal never decompose over a month or so? Would you ever eat it again if you know that it will never decompose in your stomach and the the meal you just ate is fake? When I first saw the pictures of the study, I was shocked and wanted to stick a finger in my throat to clean my stomach out. The bread and meat was in the same condition as it was three months ago. (Ewwww...) See pictures below:

 

Look at that happy meal. It looks appetizing even after four months. What ingredients does McDonald's use? Isn't it a shocker, but after this you are probably thinking it is photoshopped or eating a McDonald's meal at this moment. Or you are like the opposite who chucked the hamburger across the room or spit the bite in your mouth onto the computer screen. Believe this or not, it is your choice not mines. Nom nom McDonald's.

After that appetizing note, the McRibs are available at McDonald's. Yummy, the juicy slab of meat, onions and pickles covered with barbecue sauce on never rotting toasted sesame buns. BUT... it is only available for "six artery clogging weeks." Also, web searches soared over 600% about this infamous McRibs but this sandwich only contains 26 grams of fat. No worries be happy. Look at that sexy piece of meat below.

i'm lovin' it!

D'oh Donuts

Happy Donuts Day! Did you grabbed for a donut today or is it your favorite companion with coffee or milk? Donuts are one of my favorite snacks to munch on but not as much as our friend, Homer Simpson. You can find donuts everywhere from the bakery, local grocery, fast food restaurants and even in your kitchen! :) I have a question for all of you, how do you spell donut? Is it "doughnut" or "donut"?? The world may never know the truth to the spelling of donut. On television, donuts are usually portrayed by middle aged man with a belly munching on a doughnut such as Homer and most policemen. (Sorry, I was not trying to offend anyone here.) No matter what kind of doughnut is your favorite; it is one of my favorite breakfast/snacks.

As you can see, we stereotyped police officers as always munching on a donut instead of paying attention to their duties. The fat and sugar from the doughnuts probably created that beer belly similar to Homer's. I remember one time, watching a Youtube video of a police officer stealing donuts through a window with their baton. It was so funny because the police officer was stealing the donut by using the help of the baton but silly officer was captured on video. Haha! Here is another video referencing to police and firefighters by Remarkably Mark: Our Heroes

Flavors, smell, texture, and yumminess are some of the factors of choosing donuts. There are so many different types of doughnuts such as Fritters, Long Johns, Boston Cream, Jelly filled, Custard filled, not filled, one hole, and no holes aka. munchkins. There so many doughnut chains all over the nation and the world like Dunkin' Donuts, Krispy Kremes, and so on. However, the Krispy Kremes in Chicago are all closed down due to the economy. I really loved the way Krispy Kremes was structured because on the outside there will be a sign flashing fresh donuts in bright red and neon lights. You could smell the sweet aroma in the parking lot before entering the door and once you are inside it is like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. You will see a glass wall which separates the sitting area from the donut making machine where you see dozens and dozens of doughnuts are created. They served only a few variety of donuts but my all time favorite is the plain sugar glazed donuts.There are some bear shaped which is "oh so cute" that I don't want to eat that poor thing or it would bite me back.

Donuts are really good and could be addicting which is definitely a bad thing. Some might say that doughnuts are like drugs and you can not stop eating it. The icon of a doughnut is usually the round doughnut with a hole in the center as shown in the pictures. The frosting is covered in bright pink blankets on top of the fluffy goodness. Don't forget the rainbow sprinkles which gives it the signature look. Some people are so obsessed with donuts that they created a cake shaped of a doughnut with Homer laying on top. Donut is one of the best desserts to eat with coffee or milk, your call.

Haha, I wished there is such a thing as "donut seeds" which will be a good to make loads and loads of money. I love the idea but sadly it is just a make believe thing. :/ Who wouldn't want a donut tree planted in their backyard? Anywho, donuts are the best thing that is ever created in the world! I LOVE DONUTS!!

Donut Facts:

Dunkin' Donuts Calories Counter
1 Powered Cake Donut - 340 calories
1 Boston Kreme Donut - 310 calories
1 Double Chocolate Cake Donut- 380 calories

Yikes! Fattening isn't it, yet it is so good. Just to remind you to take care and don't over stuff yourself and good luck! Happy Donut Day Y'all!!