Not As Cracking!

Ahh, food love, is such a fickle thing! One day you're the cat's meow, the next you're road kill! Propelled by nostalgia I was driven to buy this packet of the original caramel peanut popcorn. Oh yes, this sailor boy was around a long time before Poppycock! But just like Jessica Alba makes way for another pouty, soon-to-be-Miss-Yesterday, I think the hey days of Sailor Jack and Bingo are over.

I remember Crackerjack when it was in a cardboard box and there was actually a more tangible toy, like a mini flipbook, in it. These days, you get a paper with a bad joke. Taste wise, with the event of the really great caramel corn at GSC cinemas, there really is not need to buy corn which had to be shipped from America. Unless you're a big peanut fan, which I am not. In the days when I was no older than eight, the boxes of Cracker Jack retailed at RM3. Now this 81.5 gram bag is about RM6.

Apart from the sad story of the boy who was the inspiration for Sailor Jack on the boxes dying before he got to see his likeness go commercial, there is not much draw left for me on the eating front. Food history-wise, there is still a lot of things to remember. Perhaps it is better, since memories don't have calories.