HudsonHawk
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I can walk into any convenience store, gas station or supermarket and find a shelf full of RC. Many vending machines have it as well. I'm surprised at the lack of availability in some parts.
We're about as far from traditional RC territory as it's possible to get, but it's still widely available in the big 2-liter plastic bottles or 12-packs of cans in any supermarket.
If I had to choose a soda other than Coke, I always chose RC over Pepsi -- the sicky-sweetness of Pepsi was never something I liked, but RC seemed quite a bit less sweet.
What I haven't seen in stores in many years is the Nehi line of fruit flavored sodas. These were from the same company that made RC, and were very common in bottles here up thru the '70s. Then they vanished, and haven't been seen since.
Re a candy bar meal. To this day, I can have a candy bar (or two) or a moon pie or similar item and a soda for breakfast or lunch and be good to go most days. Two Drake's coffee cakes and a can of coke was a my default breakfast through four years of college. Many times, I don't want a "meal" or even a sandwich and just want something to take the edge off..
For many years, my youngest cousin's favorite snack was a full sized Drake's Coffee Cake and two bottles of Mountain Dew. That he is still alive today, and doesn't weigh 600 pounds, is one of nature's lesser miracles.
But, I like a slice of bread with nut-nougatcream still very much, too.
I can't believe that no one has not noticed the irony of Walmart, health foods and candy bar in the same sentence.Walmart has all kinds in the health food dept
I don't care for hazelnuts, so I certainly don't want hazelnut flavor messing up my chocolate. But the kids at work swoon over the stuff, and will dunk anything in it, from a stick of celery to their fingers. I think it's icky, but they think my habit of eating tuna fish straight out of the can is icky. The Generation Gap.
Nutella (more often the cheaper store brand
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Agreed. I prefer the store brand. It is usually thicker and less sweet. Except for the walmart store brand. It's so runny its almost like a jar of syrup. Still less sweet, though.Gimme five!
Nutella, to me:
-much to sweet
-too "oily"
-maybe kind of rancid taste
-no taste like nut-nougat (too much kakao)
All store-brands seems to be better.
Okay, you did it. I just had to go out and get a Moon Pie. I probably haven't had one since I was 10. Now taking a bite.
Reasonably chewy, but not as much filling as I remembered.
Could be moister, but at least not too sugary.
Chocolate coating is undistinguished.
Fourth bite now. Can't really distinguish what that filling is.
Now I'm just finishing it because it's there.
I can't say the mystique is justified. A Hostess Twinkie is more pleasing to the palate. But nothing tastes like it did because our tastebuds deteriorate along with everything else.
I love Moonpies and, as they are readily available at any quick mart around here, eat them on a regular basis. I'm very partial to the banana flavor ones. They don't really taste like bananas, but then, the chocolate coated ones don't really taste that much like chocolate either.