Thursday, April 12, 2007

Weird Lunch


Your eyes do not deceive; it's like Ramen, but cheese-flavored. I'm eating it as I type this (I multi-task like a motherfucker) and it's... well... it's not bad. Let me start by saying that; it certainly compares favorably to the other varieties of Ramen-esque lunches that I've had in the past. It tastes, actually, a lot like Cheeze Doodles, which is partly where the problem that I''m having lies. See, the thing is, a man's lunch shouldn't be disconcertingly flavored like something else. It would be the same if you ate a cheeseburger that tasted like a chicken sandwich; food-wise, they're in the same ballpark, but they're distinctly from opposite sides of the stands, if you get my meaning, and they should stay that way. My opinion, of course, but I feel I'm on solid ground.
Also a problem, it's got the same soupiness of a regular, everyday bowl of Ramen. That is to say, it's watery. It's cheese-flavored water that I'm currently sipping and that's just... weird. It's like if you walked into your apartment after a day at work and found that all of your furniture had been moved a couple of inches to the left; that feeling of not-quite-rightness is prevalent and it's made for the lunch-time equivalent of a waking dream.
Oh, and there are weird little green bits floating in the water, too. Evidence of a lost civilization? Flakes of interstellar matter that have drifted down from the atmosphere? Parsley? I think I'm better off not knowing.
Anyway, I've finished it and I feel pleasingly full. I'm going to eat a couple of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups now. I expect no trouble from them.

32 Comments:

Blogger lioux said...

I LOVE Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

1:08 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

I wouldn't trust a person that didn't. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's how we'll be able to tell the aliens from the humans when we invade. Aliens find them "too sweet."

1:12 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are my favorite!

Cheeder Cheese Ramen though? I'm pretty certain that most Ramen has a shelf life of - Eat Before The Apocalypse, but I would have checked on this one.

1:19 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Believe me when I say that the cheese present in this Ramen was a long ways away from anything even remotely resembling stuff that once sprang forth from a cow.

Those foam cheese-wedges that Packers fans wear on their heads? Closer to real cheese than this powedery substance.

1:23 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

It was probably some Pre-Cambrian era prototype Ramen packed with cheese flavored escherichia coli bacteria.

1:26 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

That's funny, I just said the exact same thing! Well, actually, what I said was, "This cheze be lik reel old. N'stuff."

But it's pretty close.

1:27 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

I didn't realize you spoke Ebonics! What is up my homeboy?!?!?

1:33 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Not Ebonics. Just stupid. Parenthetically, is Ebonics still a "thing?" Like, didn't that go out as a language concept as quickly as it was introduced?

1:43 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

I think it just went "underground"...

1:46 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

Judging from your description of this cheesy meal, I'd rather eat a Cobbler-Dog.

2:15 PM  
Blogger Tracy Kaufman said...

Maybe if you use less water it'd be more like macaroni and cheese as envisioned by the Cheez Doodle people? That doesn't sound half bad at all.

2:20 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Jeff... Yes, eat more Cobblerdogs! They're really putting the pressure on me, here. With lead pipes!

Sloth... See, the thing is, I filled it up EXACTLY to the line in the cup where they told me to. I think they want me to have weird cheese-water. For whatever reason.

2:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like Reese's Peanut Butter cups only when they're of the right consistency. There's nothing worse than biting into a RBPC where the chocolate is mushy and the peanut butter has the consistency of sawdust. Blech.

2:29 PM  
Blogger Irish and Jew said...

omg that looks SO GOOD. I always water down my velveta + salsa. It's a trick i learned from my Southern girl best friend, it makes the goodness last that much longer :)

-Jew

2:33 PM  
Blogger Big Daddy said...

Too bad the green flakes aren't black tar heroin.

Cheesewater sounds like a fun band name.

I need to tell Britney about this Doodle Ramen. She loves her some cheeze doodles.

2:37 PM  
Blogger lioux said...

Maybe you should add MORE water and make a hot cheesy beverage!

2:51 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Giggleloop... The ones I've got were part of a candy jar-type affair that a TV station sent me as a thank you for getting them paid on time (it happens). They're kind of melty and oily, but still quite delicious.

Jew... That sounds kind of like my favorite Watching Sports snack: Velvetta, spicy salsa, and browned, seasoned ground beef all mixed together in an orgy of yum

Big Daddy... Also, The Cheesy Ramens.

Lioux... That's pretty much what I had already. And it was ick.

3:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

those green flaky bits? - they're people

3:12 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

Throw some booze in that hot cheesy beverage and I might try it.

3:29 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Playing Ugly... I thought they tasted like the repressed masses. Where's Chuck when you need him?

Jeff... I had this cheese dip one time that was made from beer. It was I'd died from a heartattack and I didn't care.

3:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Cheezy Ramen is made of People! People!"

3:50 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Girlfriend... I never noticed that you were Charlton Heston. Odd.

Digital... Soylent Gross.

4:01 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

Soylent Yellow-Orange?

4:01 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

Tried to fix my spelling mistake...ack!

4:02 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

Have you ever had Beer Cheddar soup? Sounds gross but boy howdy, is it tasty!

4:13 PM  
Blogger Clinton said...

Digital... Were it not for spellcheck, people would think this blog was written by a semi-trained ape.

Jeff... Yes, actually. They made a version of it at Whole Foods when I worked there. You're right: Quite tasty.

4:16 PM  
Blogger lioux said...

This soup sounds AMAZING!!!

Have an AWESOME trip...in Chicago.

4:24 PM  
Blogger Jeff said...

Clinton, Hopefully you will have some beer cheddar soup ...in Chicago. Have a great trip!

4:37 PM  
Blogger Jonathan T said...

Maybe you should save up the leftover cheese-flavored water and, after a couple more Ramens, you could just use cheese water to cook it. Yum! Death by Cheese!

4:39 PM  
Blogger Digital Fortress said...

Bon Voyage! Have a good trip!

4:48 PM  
Blogger Terry said...

Cheesy Water?!! I am going to be sick now !!

10:11 PM  
Blogger Colleen said...

I bet you could make a good dip out of the flavor powder, though. Just add sour cream!

12:33 PM  

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