But seriously how awesome is that Jimmy Dean logo? The boot is the J!
Monday, July 03, 2006
New Product End Times
Even I, the man who buys everything New!, was left excitedly speechless:
Some days your new product discovery is so boring (I'm looking at you, Town House Toppers "The Cracker Built for Topping!") that it makes your question your purpose. Then, one day, you wake up, go the store, and score a mind-blowing double-new-deuce like this and the skies open up and the warm glow of the food-scientist god shines upon your skin and bathes you in its brainy brilliance ("we can put a bakery fresh bun in the package!"), and everything, really everything, makes sense again.
But seriously how awesome is that Jimmy Dean logo? The boot is the J!
But seriously how awesome is that Jimmy Dean logo? The boot is the J!
pancake and sausage I'm just about getting to grips with...
ReplyDeletebut chocolate chips with your moulded pig bits? eeeuuuwwww!!! ew ew ew!
Just a random note to say I love your blog. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh Cabel. Did you purchase these products? With the intention of eating them? Oh dear.
ReplyDeleteI've never had one of those sausage wrapped in pancake things but dear god do they look nasty. And any microwaved hot dog tastes, well, weird. So I'll pass on both.
ReplyDeletep.s. That logo really is pretty sweet. Don't you wish you were that creative? I know I do.
I have TWO boxes of the normal Sausage and Pancake things in my fridge right now ;)
ReplyDeleteSomething about a hotdog already in a bun scares me.
ReplyDeleteI had enough trouble coming to grips with pouring maple syrup on breakfast meats and baked beans. But wrapping a sausage in a pancake just goes too far.
ReplyDeleteAmerican food is scary. Please don't die!
ReplyDeleteJeez, that sausage/pancake thingy is not only too odd to even TRY, no, it looks like a goddamn heartattack-in-a-box.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, where are the japan vids/pics ?!!!
Hi, Cabel. Long time reader (pre-DS-Lite-review... so that's gotta count for something, right?) I was first introduced to your blog via looking up info on "The Aristocrats." And then I was introduced to the Japanese Brain Age by your article and have been hooked ever-since. Oddly enough, though, until now I had thought "Cabel" was some sort of a handle or something. But, looking at your "about" at the top of the page, you list that as your name. Is this your real name (assuming you trust me not to be some sort of a stalker)? If so, I must say kudos to your parents for a keen proficiency in child-bearing nomenclature.
ReplyDeleteHotdogs in the bun, psfft NEVER!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmm... I love the pre-packaged hot dogs in a bun. What could be more inviting than that ?? Come on, people. I guess the degree of amazingness also depends on wether that box needs to even be refrigerated or not. Does it ? If it doesn't, that's just that much more excellent.
ReplyDeleteI note that Ball Park hot dogs have reached the holy grail of congruence, wherein they do, in fact, package 8 hotdogs together.
ReplyDelete^^^ for the same price as 10.
ReplyDeleteThis past weekend, radio station Live 105 out of SF had an event that screamed class and also Panic: Top 500 Snacks & Tracks.
ReplyDeleteThis was an ordered list of 500 foodstuffs and songs, presented throughout the weekend. A sampling:
45: FATBOY SLIM, SATISFACTION SHARK
44: REFRIGERATED COOKIE DOUGH
43: DIAMOND MIXED NUTS
42: COLDPLAY, CLOCKS
The presentation was great too. "Number i, Original M&Ms! <2 second pause>. Number i-1, the Ramones! %lt;music plays>"
The only disappointing aspects were that (1) the order was arbitrary, and (2) the snacks were too tame. Spice it up, yo!
Regarding (1), I originally thought I wanted to hear them debate the merits of Radiohead vis-a-vis Wheat Thins, but it's possible that that isn't sustainable for 500 snacks (and tracks).
I love San Francisco.
Man, I just ate one of those hot dogs, and I have to say that they are delicious. They taste awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna try to convince myself I never saw that. Of course, tagging it in del.icio.us is probably not the best way to go about forgetting something.
ReplyDeleteHot Dog in buns is really nonsense, because it probably cost about $3 bucks more than just regular hot dogs, which you could then go around the corner and buy "Best Value" buns :P
ReplyDeleteAlthough, the Pancake and Sausage thing is very good.
Okay, I can see having the hot dogs at the office. It gives the impression of a weekend BBQ in the confines of the breakroom. But the Jimmy Dean things? I love pigs in blankets, but I can't see throwing chocolate into the mix.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those foods look revolting in my opinion. I'll stick with freshly preparing the entire thing, that way I know exactly what has been put in it and how it was made.
ReplyDeleteI can kind of understand the hot dogs, but I had to stare at the pancake sausage thing with choc chips for a while to believe it.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless, I look forward to visiting the 'store' at in SF this August!
I once (age 19) worked filling orders for a candy distributor. I thought I'd seen all the wonders of "food" product development genius. This truely takes the pancake! Unbeleivable... don't they have awards for these people? The Foodies or something?
ReplyDeleteCabel -
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I dare point this out to you, but The Junk Food Blog seems like it might be in a similar(ly clogged) vein.
;-)
I actually buy those Jimmy Dean Pancakes and Sausages! I never had the chocolate chip though. They taste pretty good, but I always get the feeling that I'm going sterile or something when I eat them... hmm... By the way, I really love your blog. Keep it up! I'm picking up my Nintendo DS Lite today because of your recommendation! Or was it the subliminal Fruit Loops...
ReplyDeleteOscar Meyer has been selling single-serving-size microwavable-packaged hot dogs in a bun for more than 10 years now. I first encountered them in a New Jersey office's refrigerated vending machine in 1993 and they were there for years afterwards (may still be for all I know); 4-5 years later I saw them show up in a Maryland office's refrigerated vending machine.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're still at work at 2 am, they're great. It looks like the box you found is just a set of 3 of the individually-sold packages I started eating so many years ago.
wiener! rofl rofl love that name
ReplyDeleteI love that the breakfast sausage is ON A STICK! I've spent too much time at Ye Olde Renaissance-e Faires with hawkers because I get this mental soundtrack of 'The queens finest breakfast sausage on a stick wrapped in lightest cake with chocolate from the new world'. I just can't decide if it would be sold to me by a hungover man, or a woman threatening to pop out of her clothing.
ReplyDeleteCabel! please help me! i just watched your 3rd part of the DS Lite review, so i thought you would be a good person to ask, should i get a DS Lite? i am tired with my PSP games, there is only one coming out that i want, and the DS Lite and games are very affordable, i'm wondering will the DS Lite live up to the expectations i have with my PSP? (gaming, i don't care for the other stuff..) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIf this is civilization.... enjoy your "meal" !
ReplyDeleteGod Bless America is all I can say. Never mind having wars with Arabs, try challenging them to a Bad Food contest!
ReplyDeleteThey'll be all "Hey dude, we eat sheeps eyes!"
And the American team can produce choc chip sausages.
On sticks.
"Hey! We feed these to our own kids in peacetime! Imagine what we'll feed yours in a war!"
Now I'm Scottish. We'll eat some truly BAD things. We invented the deep fried Mars Bar.
But we'd have to admit defeat in the face of the choc chip sausage.