Cartoon Cuisine
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Peanut Butter And Pretzel Sandwich
The Peanut Butter and Pretzel Sandwich is a somewhat surprising food creation for Homer. While it’s not the healthiest choice for lunch, it certainly doesn’t compare to something like Moon Waffles. Peanut butter has protein and good fats, while pretzels are a fairly healthy snack. The white bread is the only truly unhealthy ingredient. Before…
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Shake ‘n Bake Coffee
I’ve previously discussed that Homer enjoys drinking Buttered Coffee. In that coffee I thought he was using the butter as a replacement for cream. So for the Shake ‘n Bake Coffee, I would say that the Shake ‘n Bake is meant to act as a kind of sugar substitute? A terrible, horrible sugar substitute that I will regret testing for…
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Season One Chocolate Cupcakes
Season One Chocolate Cupcakes play a pivotal role in two back to back episodes of The Simpsons first season. First, in Bart the General we have Lisa baking cupcakes before school for “Mrs. Hoover” who at this point still had blue hair. I’m unclear when the Mrs changed to Miss but it was probably around…
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Graffiti You Can Eatie
As previously noted, Marge tries to show her love for her family through food and that effort is once again completely disregarded by Bart. If this episode proves anything it’s that Bart chooses to stop eating junk food and lose weight because it has bankrupted his family, not because he cares about his health. Anyway,…
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Kippers For Breakfast
Is it Saint Swithun’s Day already? Tis replied Aunt Eats Like A Duck! Yes, apparently July 15 is the Feast of Saint Swithun and so of course I had to have Kippers for Breakfast. Also of note, Kippers are apparently making a comeback as a breakfast food, so as usual I am on the cutting…
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Hermes Manwich from Futurama
No food is more closely tied to Futurama than Hermes’s favorite Manwich…unless you count Slurm as a food, I guess. Okay, or Bachelor Chow. And I guess there was that one episode where Leela ate Dr. Zoidberg. But whatever – Hermes Manwich love is still a joke that gets frequent callbacks throughout the entire series,…
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