{"id":25979,"date":"2017-11-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:47:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T06:47:02","slug":"weekend-reading-11-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/25\/weekend-reading-11-25-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING – 11\/25\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McRib\"<\/p>\n

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n

How US Army Technology Gave Rise to the McRib<\/a> (via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s Plans to Raze its Vintage Replica of Ray Kroc\u2019s First Restaurant<\/a> (via Eater)<\/em><\/p>\n

Target Is Apparently Selling These \u2018Prongles\u2019 \u2014 and Nobody Knows Why<\/a> (via Grub Street)<\/em><\/p>\n

Walmart’s Pickle<\/a> (via NPR’s Planet Money)<\/em><\/p>\n

Taco Bell’s Friendsgiving Menu Includes Mountain Dew-Glazed Ham<\/a> (via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. How US Army Technology Gave Rise to the McRib (via Munchies) McDonald\u2019s Plans to Raze its Vintage Replica of Ray Kroc\u2019s First Restaurant (via Eater) Target Is Apparently Selling These \u2018Prongles\u2019 \u2014 and Nobody Knows Why (via Grub Street) Walmart’s […]<\/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-25979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23554,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/15\/weekend-reading-7152017\/","url_meta":{"origin":25979,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING – 7\/15\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"July 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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