We all have certain foods that we're ashamed to admit we like. They represent the thing that we eat when nobody else is around, or they're what we turn to when we're in need of something to bring comfort. For me, the list is pretty long of things I can't say I'm exactly proud to enjoy. For example, let me throw out this simple phrase: Chicken in a Biskit. For those of you who have never noticed this on the aisle next to such things as Ritz, here's what the box looks like:
There are, of course, a lot of things inherently wrong with this product. Let's start with the obvious. It's a
chicken-flavored cracker. And for those who are wondering, I just checked Nabisco's website and yes, coming in 10th on the list of ingredients is dehydrated cooked chicken. So they have dehydrated a chicken (though not much of it, based on its position in the list -- there is more baking soda in there than chicken), ground it up, and mixed it into a batter. But then, they don't call it chicken crackers, they called it chicken in a biscuit. Only they are aware that this isn't so much a biscuit as a cracker, and so they spell biscuit biskit. This is sort of like the cereal Froot Loops, who know that if they called it "Fruit" Loops, they'd probably be open to some sort of lawsuit, so they simply spell it phonetically. General rule of thumb: if the name of the food is spelled phonetically rather than correctly, it's probably not good for you.
One last side note before I get to last night: I love that on the Chicken in a Biskit box, they have clear as day "0g Trans Fat" as if to imply that these are somehow healthy. Eat lots of these and you won't add any trans fats! You'll eat a remarkable assortment of other horrible things, but no trans fat!!
So last night's meal was La Choy's Chicken Chow Mein:
Which I served over these noodles:
There's really little discussion about how to make this. Let's see, you heat up the contents of the can. You boil some water and put the noodles in. And then combine. I'm also not going to sit here and pretend that this dinner is healthy or has any redeeming qualities. All I'm going to say is it has a uniquely wonderful taste that bears very little resemblance to a chow mein you'd get in an actual restaurant:
Hey, we all have things we like to eat that we perhaps know we shouldn't. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone here.
