I like mine. Protein ice cream is still a little chalky but much better than sucking down a shake or packing the pounds on with real ice cream. I usually use fairlife whole milk, protein powder, some sugar free gelatin and a frozen fruit of some kind.
I confess I only ever had pop tarts once, probably about 40 years ago and was very underwhelmed.
I also confess that lately cheese has become my chocolate. I find it really hard at night to walk past the fridge without cutting off some cheese and eating it. This is done whilst still in the fridge with the door open to block the view from my misses.
The thing with Pop Tarts is that they taste like nostalgia. If you grew up eating them, taking a bite out of one will just immediately light up the olā dopamine centers, irrespective of actual flavor. In truth, like you wrote: theyāre underwhelming on their own. Itās a low quality āpastryā full of low quality processed sugar and fat.
But, like, if I were to bite into one of these bad boys
Suddenly, Iām 11 years old again on the family road trip to Tucson to go see Grandma for Christmas.
Funny enough: I picked these over the donuts because I thought they were healthy. I mean: they have REAL fruit filling! Haha.
Fun fact about cheese: it has casomorphins, which some believe have an opiate-like effect on the brain. So your love for it is just your addiction speaking! Haha.
Takes me back to 5th & 6th grade, when I would go to a nearby diner for lunch and grab one of those on the way back to school. Either cherry or chocolate, sometimes lemon.
Only difference being that when I grew up the milk was in glass bottles and got delivered daily But the full fat flavor and cream on the top is exactly as I remember it. Drinking this makes me feel 40 years younger.
This reminded me of something that is definitely a confession. I had some Walmart branded cheese wiz and it was amazing. Not in a āThis should be in a fine dining restaurantā way but a āI canāt tell you the last time I had this and this shitās goodā way
Whilst I am no historian, I believe that when people first started drinking cows milk, there was a lottery as to whether you got explosive diarrhea or vomiting, or whether you could digest it. Seems there was a genetic component as to who could digest cows milk.
I guess it is not that different to drinking breast milk, but I do see your point. Also interesting that people chose cows over other animals who also produce milk. I am assuming that is just a yield decision.