{"id":20483,"date":"2016-08-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20483"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:41:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:41:38","slug":"weekend-reading-8202016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/20\/weekend-reading-8202016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 8\/20\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ruffles-cheddar-sour-cream.jpg?resize=334%2C483\" alt=\"Ruffles cheddar sour cream\" title=\"ruffles-cheddar-sour-cream.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"334\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/21\/magazine\/letter-of-recommendation-cheddar-and-sour-cream-ruffles.html?ref=dining>Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles<\/a> <i>(via New York Times)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.foodbusinessnews.net\/articles\/news_home\/New-Product-Launches\/2016\/08\/How_Deep_Fried_Twinkies_came_t.aspx?ID=%7BF4E534D5-7E5F-4EBF-94FE-D1BB9AC5ED45%7D#.V7jV6FQfJPA.twitter>How Deep Fried Twinkies came to be<\/a> <i>(via Food Business News)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2016-hormel-spam><\/a>Beyond SPAM (Click the link to read the article or to make the SPAM move as you drag your cursor over it) <i>(via Bloomberg)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/melting-ice-cream-facts>The Melt Report: 7 Fascinating Facts About Melting Ice Cream<\/a> <i>(via Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s blog)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><small>(Image via Frito-Lay website)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy. Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles (via New York Times) How Deep Fried Twinkies came to be (via Food Business News) Beyond SPAM (Click the link to read the article or to make the SPAM move as you drag your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22235,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/06\/weekend-reading-562017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20483,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 5\/6\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"May 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. KFC just published a ridiculously raunchy and bizarre romance novella starring a Casanova Colonel Sanders (via Business Insider) Crooks Are After the Grease From Your French Fries (via Bloomberg) Cincinnati Chili Is a Glorious Mess\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG 0935","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0935.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0935.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_0935.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5802,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/16\/announcement-spam-macadamia-nut-winners\/","url_meta":{"origin":20483,"position":1},"title":"ANNOUNCEMENT: SPAM Macadamia Nut Winners!!!","author":"Marvo","date":"February 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Read our review of SPAM Macadamia Nuts here. 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How much do we love our SPAM? Well, we have an annual event in Waikiki that attracts thousands of people, and I don't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fast Food News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fast Food News","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/fast-food-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1254","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7187\/7127838537_06a52ea159_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5575,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/15\/review-macadamia-nuts-with-spam\/","url_meta":{"origin":20483,"position":3},"title":"REVIEW: Macadamia Nuts with SPAM","author":"Marvo","date":"January 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"To Hawaii residents, macadamia nuts are like flowers and most of the stuff at Spencer's, they're not something they would buy for themselves. However, that may change thanks to these Macadamia Nuts with SPAM, which combines the canned nut tourists love to buy with the flavor people in the other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Macadamia Nuts with SPAM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4031\/4273744122_b429391062.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17453,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/11\/fast-food-news-jack-in-the-box-spam-teri-jr-jack\/","url_meta":{"origin":20483,"position":4},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Jack in the Box Spam Teri Jr. Jack","author":"Marvo","date":"August 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yup, we have exclusive stuff like this here in Hawaii, because we love our Spam. But it's not the first Spam sandwich Jack in the Box has offered in Hawaii. The burger appears to consist of a small beef patty, a slice of Spam, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, and teriyaki\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fast Food News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fast Food News","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/fast-food-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jack in the Box Spam Teri Jr. Jack","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3864\/14879791781_c7ac29ef62_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3864\/14879791781_c7ac29ef62_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3864\/14879791781_c7ac29ef62_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54042,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/29\/spam-figgy-pudding-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":20483,"position":5},"title":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Spam Figgy Pudding","author":"Mark","date":"November 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I have reviewed some weird things during my six years at The Impulsive Buy. 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