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Drake's Coffee Cakes and other ways media influences you
UnbreakableVow
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I've been a Seinfeld fan for a few years now. Never watched it as it aired, but when the DVDs hit, I picked them up as they came out. Classic. One of my favorite shows.
So I was at the grocery store a few weeks ago and spotted these on the shelf:
Fans of Seinfeld may have this immediately spring to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZU05h3U2Hw
Now, to be completely honest, outside of Seinfeld I had never heard of Drake's Coffee Cakes. In fact, I didn't even know they were an actual product. I don't know why I'd think that; the show has had plotlines revolve around Junior Mints and Snickers bars before.
So I grabbed this box of Drake's Coffee Cakes, and I finally tried one today and holy fuck they are delicious
I've thought about this lately, how even though traditional advertising or shilling doesn't affect me, something put in the context of fiction does.
- I tried Drake's Coffee Cakes because of Seinfeld
- I'm pretty sure as a child that my first exposure to Smores was through The Sandlot
- Michelangelo's adamant anti-anchovy stance in the first TMNT film got an elementary-school me to order an anchovy pizza, just to see what was so bad about it (everything)
- I tried ice cream topped with honey because of a Lady Gaga song
- I had a jar of Vegemite special-ordered to the grocery store I used to work at because of a certain Men at Work song (this was also a bad idea)
tl;dr I am a media whore who lets product placement, good-natured or otherwise, affect him
So maybe talk about similar things you've tried or about how delicious Drake's Coffee Cakes are because seriously I have found a new favorite thing
So I was at the grocery store a few weeks ago and spotted these on the shelf:
Fans of Seinfeld may have this immediately spring to mind:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZU05h3U2HwNow, to be completely honest, outside of Seinfeld I had never heard of Drake's Coffee Cakes. In fact, I didn't even know they were an actual product. I don't know why I'd think that; the show has had plotlines revolve around Junior Mints and Snickers bars before.
So I grabbed this box of Drake's Coffee Cakes, and I finally tried one today and holy fuck they are delicious
I've thought about this lately, how even though traditional advertising or shilling doesn't affect me, something put in the context of fiction does.
- I tried Drake's Coffee Cakes because of Seinfeld
- I'm pretty sure as a child that my first exposure to Smores was through The Sandlot
- Michelangelo's adamant anti-anchovy stance in the first TMNT film got an elementary-school me to order an anchovy pizza, just to see what was so bad about it (everything)
- I tried ice cream topped with honey because of a Lady Gaga song
- I had a jar of Vegemite special-ordered to the grocery store I used to work at because of a certain Men at Work song (this was also a bad idea)
tl;dr I am a media whore who lets product placement, good-natured or otherwise, affect him
So maybe talk about similar things you've tried or about how delicious Drake's Coffee Cakes are because seriously I have found a new favorite thing
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I am curious what Tim Tams and Jaffa Cakes are now
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I actually became aware of White Russians thanks to The Big lebowski. I drink like a fish though and make them for everyone that comes to the house.
What's the difference/is there a difference between Vegemite and Marmite?
I've had vodka martinis shaken and not stirred
I'm not terribly impressed
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Man don't shake my Coke before I open it, that's a dick move.
I would prefer my soft drinks stirred, actually
It would make them colder
i'm not actually sure what exactly Marmite is
think you can only get it in England? i've never seen it here, Vegemite has the market cornered in pitch-black salty yeast spreads
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anchovies
My favorite cocktail bar makes it using Cocchi Americano in place of the Kina (as noted in the Wiki article) though I don't remember what gin they use.
I gotta say, I like it.
I really like them.
But they need to be served correctly.
I am not a fan of entire fillets just whacked on a pizza.
Gotta be diced and sprinkled on.
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Yeah marmite is kind of sweet and nutty compared to vegemite. I'm not a fan of marmite, but then it's one of those things where if you grew up on one you can't stand the other.
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"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
It's also possible that your bartender just didn't know how to make it properly or it was made with bottom/mid shelf liquor.
plus, I imagine most pizza places probably use crappy anchovies
compared to say, going to a nice tapas bar and getting some tapas using anchovy
they're not only going to be high quality anchovies but they're probably going to have a much better sense of how to balance their flavor with whatever they're serving them with
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