Food That Won't Die And Scary Things In Your Refrigerator

[Jimmy]

Can I ask a question, What are Peeps????

 

[amethist]

They are the tiny marshmallow sweets that you can drop into hot chocolate, or pin to notice boards :rofl:. Never done that myself, but I bet it could be fun.

You get hundreds in a bag over here in the UK.

Amethist

 

[suzie q]

They are called peeps because they are shaped like baby chicks and are usually around in stores at Easter. They come in Easter colors...yellow pink blue etc... For some reason, they don't tend to get old...is that a good thing to eat?

suzie q

 

[amethist]

Thanks suzie, you learn something new every day, as over here they just call the tiny ones peeps.

Well that's what my kids used to call them years ago.

Amethist

 

[Marlene]

I have never been able to pin down what Veggomite is (did I spell that right?). I would love to hear what it is.

What it is is horrid!!!! OMG! I worked with an Aussie before and his family used to send him some in a care package and he shared it with me. It was like eating this green/black goo that smelled like yeast and tasted like nothing I've ever tasted before.

Must be an aquired taste. Then again, so is hitting yourself in the head with a hammer. :crazy:

Lisa

 

[Marlene]

Great! Just the help Lisa needed. As if she wasn't already scared enough to clean out her refrigerator, you've gone and validated her fears. That cool whip may be sitting there until next Thanksgiving now. LOL :rofl:

I'll send in my hubby. He's bigger and braver than I am. And he doesn't know about the cool whip bowl!!!

 

[gdf]

OMG, you people have nearly made me wet my pants laughing! I needed that (the laugh not the wet pants that is). Easter Peeps are a real phenomenon over here. The inside part is not so bad but its that crunchy, sugary and sand-like texture on the outside that sort of hits your teeth when I bite into one that gets me.

Lisa, for the mystery cool-whip--could I suggest you send the hubby in with tongs? A very, VERY long pair of tongs?

Yellow Peeps are almost believable as a representation of a baby chick (chicken that is for the non-farm crowd).

When they started making pink ones it was like, ok, the pink is very Easterish color and maybe someone thought that pink would be cute in a little girl's Easter basket but blue? Blue is really unnatural looking. And those beady little eyes...they seem to follow me as I walk by them. Maybe we should start a creepy-Easter-candy thread?

Cadbury Eggs, the kind that when you break them open look like an egg with a yellow yolk inside utterly gross me out. And speaking of gross, suzieq, from a pet lover's stand point deep freezing your dog is not so weird or uncommon. In the winter for example, where I live you can't dig a hole until the ground thaws so people will do that and bury their pets in the spring. I understand that so it's not so far a stretch to do what you did. This reminds me--I need to clean out my fridge.

 

[gdf]

Amethist, what do they call the "big" peeps over there? Just curious.

 

[catjudo]

Just For The Record...

Peeps are little marshmallow treats covered with colored sugar that are widely available and very common at Easter time. Originally they were shaped like chicks and were yellow. Like gdf said, they are now available in other colors. In recent years I've even seen them in this orangish-red color that is VERY creepy looking to me, personally. Now, they also very commonly come in bunny shapes as well as the original chick shapes.

Most recently, they've tried to cash in on other holidays and make similar treats for other holidays...ie ghost shaped peeps at Halloween, etc. I just think that's wrong. Peeps are meant for Easter and they should leave a good thing alone.

 

[Marlene]

PEEPS!!!!!! *insert drooling icon here* I'm fine until I see them and then I want them.

 

[catjudo]

Sorry, not feeling too badly. Aren't you the one who posted pictures of GS cookies?? :rofl:

 

[anni]

Hahahaha! That'a fall-down funny Cat! I just made my husband jump laughing out loud!!!

They get all dried up and frizzled as corpses and the dogs don't even eat them.

Here's the rest of our Easter tradition. My father got high cholestrol a few years ago, and stopped eating eggs. What to do with all those decorated Easter eggs? Shoot 'em. After Easter dinner ( and drinks... ) picture trooping into the backyard with an assortment of artillery, everyone in their Sunday Best, blowing the crap out of our colored Easter Eggs all lined up neatly on a specially built egg holder down by the tomato plants. We do it every year, and the neighbors all come out to watch.

That is a true story, from deepest Appalachia in Pennsylvania.