Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 15, 2011

I bought some Fig Newtons a few weeks ago, and the bag wasn’t resealable.

Hmmmm…. so just how old were they?

Actually I have a friend who likes those flat, chocolate-covered marshmallow Santas better when they’re stale.

Years ago they sold them from open boxes on the counter so they were often hard and chewy by Christmas.

The modern sealed plastic wrappers have ruined them for her. Takes two years to age them properly.

I am NOT kidding.

Richard — sounds like fun.Bet there was some great stuff left behind! :)

Not that you’ll see this comment either, probably, but I posted to you one day after you mentioned Madison that I went to HS there.

Month old “Peeps” are very good also.

Cokiefan, you beat me to it, but according to my wife who adores stale Peeps, they no longer get stale. Maybe she’s just not waiting long enough.

Fig newtons and scotch, its best if you dunk ‘em…for real!makes me wish I hadn’t quit drinking,

Fig newtons and scotch, its best if you dunk ’em!

I bet she hates Fruit Newtons too…

I’ve had some old C ration peanut butter that was partially crystallized. Best peanut butter I’ve ever eaten.

“When we were young, our fig newtons got so hard and stale, you broke a tooth trying to eat them. And we LIKED IT!”

I miss the days before they put in the Fig Newtons the HFCS.

Stale peeps, nothing like them :)

Even if you have to wait a year for them to get that way.

led you either need more coffee or less of that special medication. ??

i’ve never had stale fig newtons-but stale corn pops are the best!!

Not a fan of Fig Newtons, but I’ll take a nice and stale Red Vine any day.

She might like the Fig Newtons featured on yesterday’s “Monty.” Aged on the floor of the boys’ washroom!

I dumpster-dived some discarded Civil Defense food once, when it was finally discarded in the 1990s.The hard candies were fine, but had no flavoring other than sugar. Maybe they were made with ascorbic acid that decayed, dunno.The crackers were inedible, but made good duck feed.

Did you know Peeps are translucent? I saw a demonstration on combustion where the demonstrator impaled a Peep on a sparkler and lit it; when it reached the inside you could see the glow through the exterior!

I recall in one of Dick Francis’ novels, someone complained about the way fish ’n chips were being served. They used to simply wrap them in castoff newspapers, but then the demand for hygiene caused them to be wrapped in clean, sanitary cellophane wrapping…which held in all the steam and made the food go soggy.