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First a welcome back to me, I am once again trying to get back to writing on a regular basis, I am going to try and start off slowly and build to my previous posting levels, so without further ado:
Here at AmericanMadness we have not been huge fans of the law that requires chain restaurants to post calorie counts. Essentially we feel that the information provided can be misleading since it goes by the assumption that th only concern with food should be the amount of calories you are taking in.
Now we have another problem with it: Over at CellarDoor they have a post with pictures from 2 Dunkin’ Donuts, both located in Penn Station. 1 of them listing the calorie count on a Chocolate Glazed donut at 80 calories and the other listing it at 340 calories. Both are printed up in the official D & D way so which is to be believed? Or maybe they are both right, maybe each Dunkin’ Donuts in the city is using different recipes and cooking methods and that is why they get different calorie counts. Or the donuts on the left could be almost 1/4 the size of the ones on the right, there are so many possibilities that I decided to ask Dunkin’ Donuts to explain it. I am still waiting for a response.
Also in the realm of calorie counting: Read more »
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If you want to eat twinkies, washed down with Mountain Dew, while snorting Pixie Sticks you had better think twice if you work at the Bay County Florida Health Department.
There’s a new sheriff in town, and he is drawing a bead on junk food.
Bay County Health Department Director Jason Newsome believes his office should be the gold standard of health, which to him means healthy eating and living habits. So to that end, he is “encouraging” his employees to reconsider further enlarging their waist bans with doughnuts and the like.
And by encouraging, I actually mean force-feeding his employees shovel loads of health food slogans. Meetings are led off with words about nutrition, and even the health department’s electronic sign on the street flashes slogans such as “Donuts = Thunder Thighs” and “Fried Chicken = Double Chin.” Here’s a cute little video of all these phrases.
But even that’s not enough, since taking over in 2006, the health department director, has done the following:
- Outlawed junk food from staff meetings;
- Tossed sticky buns out of the office vending machines, replacing “unhealthy” snacks with “healthy” snacks;
- thrown away treats employees bring to share in the office lounge;
And then, last week’s topper. “When an employee brought doughnuts for a mandatory training session, Newsom stepped in to enforce his edict. The employee, whom Newsom would not identify, got a written ‘counseling’ for disobeying a directive from the boss.” Read more »
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Apparently I have developed quite a reputation amongst my group of friends as someone who likes Peeps (not our summer photographer, but the marshmallow treats… Not that I have anything against Peeps the photographer). Now don’t get me wrong, I like Peeps, I even have my own Peeps maker at home, so maybe I do like them a bit more then most, but anyway…
Some have you may have seen this already, but last year, the Washington Post had their “First-ever Sunday Source Peeps Diorama Contest.” They got a ton of entries and some of the better ones made it on to the site. You can view them here. Lots of creative stuf (though, personally I disagree with who should have won).
Also, special thanks to Amy, Veronica, Susannah and Rachel (all of whom told me about this)
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I have a huge sweet tooth. I like all different types of candy (well, except for that violet stuff, licorice and anything grape) and am usually up for trying new things.
This Website is really fun though, it has all different types of candies, including favorites (and not so favorites) from the 1950s through the 1980s. Candy is organized by decade and by type, oh, and alphabetically as well.
Lots of fun stuff to choose from here, the biggest difficulty for me is not loading up too much and paying off my dentist bills after I have to get all my cavities filled.
