{"id":20744,"date":"2016-10-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20744"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:44:31","slug":"weekend-reading-10222016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/22\/weekend-reading-10222016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/22\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/28230037365\/in\/photolist-K1AjDX-K1AjAa-K1AjCz-H6QUSE-H6QUVq-F9xXAs-FyPxxs-Eca1dR-CTNku7-vqFYjm-rvky8i-p5XVBD-9XveU2-9Xveyz-9Xy8cj-7Y9BjW-6XpS2E\" title=\"7-Eleven Birthday Cake Slurpee 2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c6.staticflickr.com\/8\/7573\/28230037365_29834a2fef_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"7-Eleven Birthday Cake Slurpee 2\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Yup, just three, and two of them are from Eater. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.eater.com\/drinks\/2016\/10\/20\/13309514\/slurpee-7-11-slushie-icee-history>A Brief History of the Slurpee, a Frozen American Icon<\/a> <em>(via Eater)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/the-strangely-glamorous-world-of-a-1980s-ronald-mcdonald>The Strangely Glamorous World of a 1980s Ronald McDonald<\/a> <em>(via Atlas Obscura)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.eater.com\/2016\/10\/19\/13309718\/state-fair-texas-food-john-tesar>John Tesar Eats the Most Absurd Fried Foods in Texas<\/a> <em>(via Eater)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Yup, just three, and two of them are from Eater. Enjoy. A Brief History of the Slurpee, a Frozen American Icon (via Eater) The Strangely Glamorous World of a 1980s Ronald McDonald (via Atlas Obscura) John Tesar Eats the Most Absurd [&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-20744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20775,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/29\/weekend-reading-10292016\/","url_meta":{"origin":20744,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/29\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"October 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Exhausted Starbucks baristas 'hate' the complicated-to-make unicorn drink that's taking over Instagram (via Business Insider) 19-Year-Old McNugget Sauce Sells for $14K and the World Is Doomed (via Munchies) KFC's Colonel Sanders: The Man, the Myth,\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":"Unicorn Frappuccino","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Unicorn_Frappuccino.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Unicorn_Frappuccino.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Unicorn_Frappuccino.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23065,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/17\/weekend-reading-6172017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20744,"position":3},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 6\/17\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"June 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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How a 36-year-old Wall Street prodigy saved Burger King (via Business Insider) Portland Is Now Making Ice Cream Out of Garbage (via Munchies) How Roy Rogers Is Mounting Its Much-Anticipated Comeback (via Eater) Here's How\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":"Burger King 002","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/311\/19591978131_3aa42857b4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/311\/19591978131_3aa42857b4_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/311\/19591978131_3aa42857b4_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25167,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/07\/weekend-reading-1072017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20744,"position":4},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 10\/7\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"October 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Here's a Ranking of Stoners' Favorite Fast Food Restaurants (via Munchies) The Dishes You Should Avoid at Chain Restaurants, According to the People Who Work There (via Lifehacker) Christ in the Garden of Endless Breadsticks\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":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24811,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/23\/weekend-reading-9232017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20744,"position":5},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 9\/23\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"September 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Burned Out (via Eater) This Norwegian Candy Bar Is Superior to the Kit Kat (via Munchies) Pumpkin Spice Pizza Exists, Because Nothing Matters Anymore (via Munchies) Why Wendy's Is The Only Chain That Serves Baked\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":"KFC Nashville Hot Chicken 2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1498\/24298110783_2310683d87_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1498\/24298110783_2310683d87_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1498\/24298110783_2310683d87_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}