April 20, 2004
Peeps
I spotted them on the close-out table -- Peep poseurs. Of course, the Frankford Candy & Chocolate Co., Philadelphia, PA, wants us to believe its "Marshmallow Chickies" is not a rip-off of the staple of the Easter candy onslaught, Peeps, particularly, the classic yellow Peep; so, Frankford puts its "Marshmallow Chickies" in a little-bitty bucket, a "Resealable Stay-Fresh Tub." Everyone in their right mind knows that the longer Peeps age, the better. There is no "stay-fresh" in the Peep lexicon. This cutesy bucket and stay-fresh scheme will never make it, even in this Atkins world.
These Peep impostors are supposed to be filled with a chocolate "creme."
Now, I couldn’t bring myself to commit sacrilege and eat one of the "Marshmallow Chickies," but Stacey, in the custom of eating l’ortolan, sans her head covering, held the chickie by the orange-colored beak and ate the yellow confection. Then she tossed the beak back in the bucket, just like the French, and as a warning to all the other chickies of the fate awaiting.
Later in the evening, she took a little chickie out of its tub. It was a mistake to grab it by the orange-colored beak; the beak came clean off, revealing the little channel, like a tiny esophagus, where the brown stuff is ingested injected. Just like l’ortolan, there is gunk in the little chickie.
Nothing can replace Peeps! Nothing!!!
Posted by Bill at April 20, 2004 10:00 PMmmmm Peeps. I love Peeps. I always wanted to work for JustBorn but I imagine they would fire me straight away once they found me buried in a vat of marshmallow filling!
Posted by: Jeff A at April 21, 2004 01:59 AMCan we get them in europe?
Posted by: Anji at April 21, 2004 07:01 AMYou'd get along with my dh. I hate them!
Posted by: Charlene at April 21, 2004 10:36 AMGod that took you long enough. I have been waiting for simply ages for you to get onto the subject of peeps. The last time was halloween I think.
Posted by: Michelle at April 21, 2004 03:16 PMYes, I was hoping to see you expound on the subject after I pointed you to the diorama contest in our nearby metropolis... complete with diorama of your own perhaps. Where was that link again???
Posted by: Keri at April 21, 2004 05:40 PMBless you, Bill!
Posted by: Keri at April 22, 2004 01:04 PMBreaking News........
Did I get your attention Bill?
I just wanted to say hello and hope that you case is going well and that you are not too stressed out and that you are at least having time out and that you should start playing golf again seeing the weather is improving and that you have a wonderful, remarkable, beautiful and brilliant wife.
Posted by: Michelle at April 22, 2004 02:32 PMHere I am commenting remotely again. So she actually ate this thing? You don't mention what she thought of it.
Posted by: Keri at April 22, 2004 05:37 PMAren't there laws against faux Peeps? This is simply not natural.
Posted by: Philip at April 22, 2004 10:26 PMOk.
I confess to being the worlds biggest junk food junkie.
(You have to be when you don't cook cuz there aren't many options).
Anywhoooo...my comment on this post, is this:
peeps? yuck.
Posted by: Kathy Howe at April 22, 2004 10:32 PM