2008 Woodie Awards
The U-News Diet
When the stomach sins
Jessie Burche
Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: Culture
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My guilty pleasure is Pop-Tarts. When I feel like crap, nothing cheers me up like a nice, toasty chocolate infused toaster pastry. I know they're terrible for me, but they're too delicious to pass up.
U-Newsers had a junk food tasting this week to decide what the best guilty pleasure is. Of course, there was no agreement. Everyone had a different opinion on what junk food was the best.
What is junk food? One staff member said junk food is anything not made from scratch, but another didn't realize that pizza rolls and ice cream aren't healthy options.
However, five out of the eight tasters thought the spicy fried pork skins, also known as pork rinds, were the grossest junk food.
We also found some junk foods we didn't know existed, but which looked terrifically disgusting. For example, the Koolickle is a pickle which has been marinated in brine infused with Kool-Aid. Apparently, it's a real hit in the south.
There are also Jimmy Dean pancakes and sausage on a stick. Sausages can be wrapped by regular, chocolate chip or blueberry pancakes. Oh, America, you love anything on a stick. One reporter heard about this on "The Daily Show." Unfortunately, we couldn't find it at the store.
Some of the favorite junk foods were cheesecake, cinnamon rolls, ice cream, Ho Ho's and Gates Bar-be-que.
In fact, the staffer who loves Gates suggested that Ollie Gates be the president of the United States and the governor of Missouri.
jburche@unews.com
U-Newsers had a junk food tasting this week to decide what the best guilty pleasure is. Of course, there was no agreement. Everyone had a different opinion on what junk food was the best.
What is junk food? One staff member said junk food is anything not made from scratch, but another didn't realize that pizza rolls and ice cream aren't healthy options.
However, five out of the eight tasters thought the spicy fried pork skins, also known as pork rinds, were the grossest junk food.
We also found some junk foods we didn't know existed, but which looked terrifically disgusting. For example, the Koolickle is a pickle which has been marinated in brine infused with Kool-Aid. Apparently, it's a real hit in the south.
There are also Jimmy Dean pancakes and sausage on a stick. Sausages can be wrapped by regular, chocolate chip or blueberry pancakes. Oh, America, you love anything on a stick. One reporter heard about this on "The Daily Show." Unfortunately, we couldn't find it at the store.
Some of the favorite junk foods were cheesecake, cinnamon rolls, ice cream, Ho Ho's and Gates Bar-be-que.
In fact, the staffer who loves Gates suggested that Ollie Gates be the president of the United States and the governor of Missouri.
jburche@unews.com
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