Get ready for some bad bad breath…
Onions have bested Beets 20-9 in last night’s match. Sorry beets- I still like you except for when you make my throat all scratchy (anyone ever try eating a golden beet slice raw and get all swollen and itchy from it???)
Tonight’s match… A fruity fight.
The powerful Pomegranate vs. the Killer Kiwi…
Let’s get it goin’!
Now, I promised anyone who accepted my shameless bid for attention (aka reposting my Munch Madness graphic) a tasty treat in return. My friend Emma, a formidable blogger and new momma, has graciously featured my silly fruits and veggies on her blog. She will not go unrewarded…
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Straight from the work vending machine to my heart mouth |
Which of these owls is not like the other? In honor of Emma’s site, An Owl’s Nest, which focuses on everything from mommy tips to product reviews to photography to crafts and home articles. There’s something for everyone, and her site is really well done. Go check it out!
And now, you may be wondering why the last picture is of… Animal Crackers? Well, because they may just be the only thing I’ve ever seriously considered a “favorite food.” How do I love thee, Animal Crackers? Let me counteth the ways…
1. You are not too sweet, just sweet enough
2. Your deceitful name makes it sort of socially acceptable to eat you as a snack, even though clearly you are cookies
3. You can bite their heads/ limbs off, make one-act plays with them, and arrange them in a little menagerie on your computer…
4. Forget ensure- if you ever get the flu and lose weight, they do well for quick weight gain in a pinch
5. Frost them
6. Dip them in yogurt or pudding
7. Crumble them atop oatmeal and let them soak up the liquid
8. Use them as a vehicle for flavored Peanut Butters at PB Loco
9. Dirt cheap! Ever buy the ones from Walgreens or Target for like 50 cents a pound? Me too.
10. They are cute, and make playing with your food acceptable and effortless.
Although as a kid I liked the frosted/sprinkled ones and cinnamon/ iced ones best (Carnival crackers I think they are called?) I now prefer the slightly less sweet, lemony “cracker” version found in the zoo boxes or in a vending machine near you.
Judge if you want, I’ll be eatin’ my animal crackers and listening to this song by Melanie.
Do you like animal crackers? Ever play with your food?
Vote for the fruits!
Meri
Aw thanks for all of the owls! That first one is amazing! 🙂
I used to carry the boxes of animal crackers around with me in high school. I would carry them by the little strap.
I have to vote kiwi – for sure!!!
I love animal crackers! Although animal cookies are good too…I can never resist them at the frozen yogurt shop!
Gotta say kiwi…I have no patients for pomegranates (although I do enjoy them every once in a while!).
I'm definitely in agreement with Maryann about the lack of patience for pomegranate, so my vote's for the kiwi. Besides, anything that shares its name with a cute lil birdie is at the top of my list!
Definitely a pom fan!! There are so many myths (Greek ones!) about them too, that they have to beat kiwi!
KIWIIIIIIIIII
mmmmm
but I do love pomegranates too. We might grow a shrub on our slope soon.
gosh I love animal crackers.
darn you!!!
🙂
Hmmmm, I love both of these. Though I have to go with my gut and Pomegranate!
Good Lordy, there is a funny story about the pom that involves good friends, a coffee shop, a knife and a bowl of water, oh and a tiny apron!
I like Animal Crackers, because I sadistically like biting the heads off. Haha! My favorite part.
I'll take POM only if someone peels it for me.
I do play with my food in my plate – making pictures with the food in my plate 🙂
Animal crackers here in South Africa comes with icing on them. Kids love them and adults too. Yum.
Wow I love them both but since I am in New Zealand I will choose the Kiwi
I love animal crackers too! I am having something very similar right now with my morning coffee 🙂 Cute feature for the owls!
I think I lived on animal crackers for an entire year in college…
Oh my I cant decide! I love them both so much. I will go with pom's though… i have them less so they are more special! 🙂
I don't like either of those, unfortunately, but I love animal crackers!!
I don't know that I've ever ate pomegranate. Animal crackers are addictive. You know you buy a clear jumbo jar of them!
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I love animals crackers. Haven't had them in forever though. They're so yummy, although I don't care for the frosted ones: too sweet!
Kiwis are getting my vote this go around, although it's not because I don't like me some pomegranate once in a while.
Believe it or not, I never liked animal crackers. They just got mushy in your mouth.
Pomegranate!!!
never had that weird beet taste/texture. I only ever eat beets if I can mask the taste with something else – salad dressing/goat cheese.
regular animal crackers are the only kind I've ever liked!
my sisters and I almost always play with our food when we get together…partly because it's fun and hilarious and partly because it pisses off our parents. and we're 28, 26, and 23…haha
Kiwi!
I love animal crackers…although they are more like cookies if you ask me. And I play with my food all the time. I like to eat things by color and siz, etc. lol
I'm going with kiwi! That was a hilarious song. I'm gonna have to eat my animal crackers!
Kiwi, for sure.
Have to go with Kiwi because of the work factor of poms (though I just saw that Costco sells just the little seeds, so half the work is done).
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pomegranate all the away!
love animal crackers! And playing with food is a must!
Animal crackers are some of my favorite things ever. I used to (… and still do …) like to bite their heads off before eating the rest of them. I did the same thing with Teddy Grahams. Not sure why …
Go kiwi!
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I'm not the hugest fan of either contenders today but I'll go for pomegranate. Fun to eat not so much fun to pop the seeds out (unless I have a lot of time…then sort of fun) Kiwi makes my jaw cringe. Weird.
There is something wonderfully savage about biting body parts off of them first, right? I do it with teddy grahams too haha.
And I'm glad to hear that some of you are juvenile delinquents like me and still play with your food 🙂
haha I've been in LOVE with animal crackers for YEARS! I just LOVE them
Aw the owls are so cute! 🙂
I'm gonna vote for kiwi.
SO CUTE!!!!!
I used to be obsessed with animal crackers! Now i like them but can control myself 🙂
I love animal crackers! Especially dipped in nutella, frosting or peanut butter 🙂
Meri, your blog is always so funny. I love the animal crackers pic. My vote today is for pomegranate, 1000 times over!
Hahaha Munch Madness…you're a hoot (owl pun intended.) I must cast my vote for kiwis, since I've always loved them. And I must say, I prefer those animal cookies with the pink frosting to plain animal crakcers. Do you know where ones I'm talking about?
Kiwi!! Hands down! And i loved the ode to animal crackers! I love them too!