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― estela, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
what is cool whip
cadbury's<<<<hershey's<<<<<whittaker's<<<<nestle
― Rubyredd, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Cool Whip is a "whipped topping" that people buy and put on their Jell-o or pie in place of real whipped cream. I find Cool Whip to be too sweet/cloying/artificial in taste, but some people do love it.
Nilla Wafers, though, are yummmmm just plain.
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, and don't forget to walk into a See's Candy store a.s.a.p. They give you a free chocolate and I am completely obsessed with some of their stuff (scotchmallows, rum nougats, raspberry creams, raspberry truffles...). See's is a West Coast thing, so you'll be in the totally right spot to wander in and try things there at random.
Oh, and their "Awesome Nut and Chew" bars are sooooo good.
btw, I love See's, but would recommend buying stuff at the counter rather than pre-boxed off the shelves, for the sake of freshness.
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i love see's mini pops (the chocolate and butterscotch ones, not vanilla though normally i love vanilla).
― estela, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I have tried the vanilla ones. I usually try not to eat candy that sits on my teeth because I'm totally paranoid about cavities (and dentists).
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 04:42 (sixteen years ago) link
They have dr peppers in australia, they dont have in nz?
― wilter, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Grits rule. Use butter and salt, pls.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
add enough butter and any starch is good. grits are worth a try
― YOUR ORGANS, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link
The way Curtis describes grits has me thinking of polenta, I guess it's the same family of flavour what with being corn and all.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:31 (sixteen years ago) link
grits don't really sound like my kinda thing, but fuck it, i'll try them out.
come on guys, i need some more 'healthy' stuff to try, because this shopping list is starting to make jordan worry about my health (he already said 'you're not gonna eat this all right away, right?' so i pouted and pulled the 'BUT IM MOVING HALF WAY ROUND THE WORLD' card on him. which pretty much gives me a license to eat whatever i want and fuck my arteries).
― Rubyredd, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
cool whip sounds like the same kind of aerated cream cans we get here (which i adore).
Has anyone mentioned White Castle hamburgers yet?
Also lol Cool Whip, I know the guy who invented it.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
RR, cool whip isnt the same as the cans. its totally next level. id be surprised if there was any dairy involved at all.
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
its one of those "foods" where you eat a spoonful and think "this is terrible!" then you eat another spoonful.
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:33 (sixteen years ago) link
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004Y6A6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
^^^ Cool Whip in a nutshell
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago) link
yes
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Cool Whip = tub of processed awesome
Ingredients
Cool Whip is made of water, corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut and palm kernel oil (CPKO), sodium caseinate, vanilla extract, xanthan and guar gums, polysorbate 60 (glycosperse), and beta carotene.
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:53 (sixteen years ago) link
also apparently the guy I thought invented Cool Whip... didn't???
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Dan, are you seriously recommending White Castle hamburgers!?
Cool Whip makes me shudder, but apparently many people enjoy it, so don't listen to me, RR; try it for yourself!
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS MAKE YOUR STOMACH HAPPY, THEN V V V SAD, THEN HAPPY
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I am totally interpreting that through the lens of my last pregnancy, Daniel. JUST SO YOU KNOW
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
gross
― HI DERE AS JOHN JUSTEN, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Sonic hamburgers! Not sure they have a presence on the west coast though.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost Yes, it was kind of gross. Except for the part where food tasted so awesome that I gained a ton of weight, but honestly then I wound up looking REALLY gross, so overall, I'd say "gross" is accurate.
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Burgers I can't resist are from Culver's. Their frozen custard also A+++++
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit I should get lunch
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
i used to love sonic when i first got here but now i cant work out why. nothing is appealing except pineapple sundaes
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
healthy eats specifically for here, ruby? there are lots of course but they're way less exciting to talk about. of course you can go to the organic grocery store and get good wheat bread and fixings but that's BORING
― jergins, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
re. sno balls: BAD to eat but FUN to play with re. dr pepper: YUM! tastes like lipstick re. almond roca: it's made in tacoma, our sleepy neighbor to the south; you can go to the factory outlet! re. grits: i will cook them when you come here
― lxy, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i have never ate a sno ball.
grits: MUST TRY. awesome: shrimp and grits. also awesome: cheese grits. so awesome that someone graffitied the wall outside my house.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3388/2402071821vx6.jpg
(sadly the wall's down now, rip cheeze gritz)
― tehresa, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
yes, cheese grits are very awesome; i will cook grits for all this itrers.
― lxy, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Grits are indeed similar to polenta, but it's a different part of the kernel. A common way to have grits is to cook them twice: Once for regular cooking, then after they have cooled overnight, fry them up in patties. Serve with traditional USA breakfast foods.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I suppose you don't have to let the cool overnight, but it helps them stay together.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, a totally USA thing to have is chicken & waffles, and there are plenty of places to get 'em around here (e.g., in Oaktown):
House Of Chicken N Waffles 444 Embarcadero W Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: (510) 836-4446
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Trayce, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:31 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Link
grits are like the southern u.s. version of polenta and are sooo goood
― max, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
spicy cheese and sausage grits mMMMMMM
speaking of southern food: biscuits in gravy
mexican food also otm
― max, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
All this grits talk has me thinking about the empty industrial-sized tub of grits my wife brought into our marriage full and how perhaps it should be full again or at least approximated by another full tub.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
It's actually Canada that's got the really good sweets: Coffee Crisp, Smarties, Kinder Eggs... mmmm.
― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:03 (sixteen years ago) link
smarties: http://www.shopatmoxie.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/smarties350.jpg or smarties: http://candyaddict.com/blog/uploads/smartiesuk.jpg
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― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
damn. smarties no2:
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1123/smartiesukle2.jpg
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
they sell kinder products here!
― tehresa, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I would eat all this giant Smarties.
― suzy, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
It's so clear that I have got to get back to Canada, wow.
― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1123/smartiesukle2.jpg These smarties!
Re: Kinder products - they're German but apparently rarely seen in the USofA; Americans online seem (rightly) to think Kinder Eggs a source of joy and amazement.. didn't know if they'd made it to NZ.
― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Im eating a fun size banana laffy taffy right now. Here are the jokes on the wrapper:
From Whitney P in Champaign, IL 17: WHAT IS AN OWL'S FAVORITE SUBJECT? 17: OWLGEBRA
From Connie G in Kent, WA 18: IN WHAT MONTH DO PEOPLE TALK THE LEAST? 18: FEBRUARY-BECAUSE IT'S THE SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!
?!
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
banana laffy taffy is the best of all laffy taffys, btw.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
-- HI DERE, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:28 PM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Link
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HI DERE - details plz
SUNNY - cool whip is a fucking blight on this planet. its literally whipped corn syrup & water & it is horrible. eat it next to actual whipped cream & you will never want it again.
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link