People, it's a sad world that we live in when a simple trip to the grocery store has me shaking my head so much I get dizzy. The products that are available today are pretending to be something that they're not. I'm surrounded by wolves in sheeps clothing. Or worse, food that's pretending to be other food. And probably stuff that I wouldn't normally eat.
This all started a few years ago when my daughter decided to be a vegetarian and wanted veggie burgers. Well, as far as I'm concerned, there is nothing like a good cheeseburger. And veggie burgers are nothing like a good cheeseburger. Sure, it LOOKED like a cheeseburger but it tasted like dried chili on a bun. Look, chili on a bun is good and so is a cheeseburger. But, don't try to trick me. That's like putting a dress on a dog and calling it my date.
Fuel was added to the fire when a new sugar substitute came out that you can bake cookies with. It's even made from real sugar. Really? So are cookies. Here's a thought, how about we bake cookies with sugar? I know, I know, it has half the calories of sugar. That just means that we can eat twice as many cookies.
Then, Pepsi made "throwback". It's Pepsi but it's made with "real sugar. Real sugar? Holy crap, what have I been drinking all theses years? "High fructose corn syrup", did you have to remind me? I mean, that was just the equivalent of Pepsi taking the dress of the dog and saying, "Ha ha, we fooled you".
But this latest discovery defies logic. I don't even have a punchline for this one. Again, it starts with my daughter who sends me to the store to get her some crackers. I'm in the cracker isle and I see something that actually makes me freeze with fear of what the world has done to shopping. As I am scanning the many varieties of saltine crackers that are available, I actually see a box that has the word, "Unsalted" on it. UN-salted saltines. Unsalted saltine crackers. I can't say it enough.
I can see past the sugar free ice cream. I can ignore sugar free candy. I can understand, but refuse to buy, decaffeinated coffee. But, unsalted saltines? How can you possibly have unsalted salti...it's IN the name?! SALTines without salt is just "ines".
