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I don't know what is going on with my special fascination with fast food lately. It is no secret that I generally take an almost anthropological approach to the strange and wonderful world of novelty fast food items. Lately my urge to sample these sorts of things has intensified. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I am in the midst of a monk like diet/exercise regimen (I know that I am in good enough shape that I have abs, I would just like to see them a little better). Anyhow, when I spied a sign at McD's peddling "Pumpkin Pie" my curiosity got the better of me.
This is the first McD "Pie" that I have had in probably about 20 years, no lie. The pie seemed smallish. I think I remember them being much bigger, but maybe I just had smaller hands back then. I will say that the pumpkin pie thing had a fairly enticing smell to it and appeared to be attractively be-spritzed with some sort of cinnamon containing food epoxy. I broke it in half to examine the innards.
You got a nice amount of orange-ish pumpkin schmutz going on in there. Taking a bite the first thing I noticed was that the crust had a distinctive raw flour kind of taste to it. Don't know what that is all about. As for the pumpkin filling, it has that indistinct pumpkin or sweat potato, pie spice-y, "holiday" kind of flavor. Not at all bad. In fact, I am going to say that this is the best 89 cent, self contained, baked pumpkin pie thing that you are going to get out there in the world.
In any event, are people buying this? As a child, my persnickety palette would not have gone anywhere near a "pumpkin" item. I am assuming this is an item geared towards the over 40 crowd but I could be wrong.
How the hell do you have abs?!?!
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And how are you on any kind of exercise program with a Young Master Dave who cannot be sleeping through the night.
None of this makes any sense. I'm just going to assume you were drunk when you wrote this, and carry on.
Or maybe you are holding back on the secret path to man abs: White Castle and sausage.
Nah Daniel, here is the deal. How many times have I posted about White Castle on this blog in the past 4 years? Maybe 3 or 4 times? Well, those 3 or 4 times are the only White Castle incidents during that time period. So maybe once a year do I enjoy the heavenly little bastards.
ReplyDeletePoint being, the stuff documented on this here blog tends to be aberrations in my diet (not staples). Appearances to the contrary, I probably only partake in meat once or twice a week, avoid fried foods, and take my carbohydrates sparingly.
As far as the having kids thing, yeah I am lucky. It is kind of part of the culture of my profession(s) to be in shape (well, among some of my colleagues...), which helps with self-encouragement. I won't get into why, but I need to maintain a fitness level that is a couple of degrees higher than that of the general population.
I have spent most of my adult life engaged in some sort of exercise regiment. I run somewhere between 15 and 25 miles a week generally and make it my goal to get to the gym at least 3 times a week (this doesn't always happen). It helps that most of the places where I work have gyms (or at least some exercise equipment) in them.
As I have entered my late 20s/early 30s I have trended towards carrying around a small (I say respectable) man-bagel in the abdominal area (delightful little love handles too). I blame this on a lot of things (beer mostly). Right now I think I am in some sort of early 30s crisis where I am trying to go above and beyond and achieve Greek statue like fitness just to say I did it once in my life. This will probably never happen, but it is good to set your goals high.
Your comment made me laugh though, as I have alluded to before, I always imagine people picture me as some wild, plump, savage after reading this blog. I may have to do a behind the scenes "day in the diet of Dave" post. I think most would find it fairly boring....
Ever tried Tastykake? (I'm referring to the baked, fruit-filled originals, not their other products, "candykakes," etc.) They're a big Philadelphia point of pride, and it seems like you can find them at any Wawa within fifty miles of the city. Might be worth checking out if you're ever in the area again.
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