Kiddy Snacks
I have rediscovered the joy of a childhood snack. I now eat 3-4 servings of Cracker Jack per week. It is cheap, tasty, crunchy, filling, low calories, and has no fat or cholesterol. The waxy macaroni and cheese box that was practically impenetrable has been replaced by a thin fritos-style pouch. The prizes stink, though – usually a folded up drawing of Abraham Lincoln. They tell me the prizes used to be things like tiny metal cars. Probably less toxic to have a picture of dead presidents. I miss other kiddy snacks, though – candy orange slices, circus peanuts, liquid filled wax bottles, that sour powdery stuff in paper straws, grape and orange Nehi in glass bottles, and banana flavored ice cream bars. These things are still around, but I’m trying to act my age. With Cracker Jack, I still get to be a kid. Sweet!